WUPJ In reading through this talk page I noticed that someone concluded that the World Union for Progressive Judaism was a cultural and social organization I m puzzled by this conclusion I wonder what on the website lead to this Is this a response to an older version of the website It is my understanding from personal acquaintence with the organization and its website that the WUPJ is the umbrella organization for progressive congregations around the world It provides a forum to discuss common concerns work on join projects exchange ideas and so forth For many years it payed the salaries of progressive rabbis in Israel and Brazil It has provided funds and technical support to build synogogues in Russia It currently provides youth training leadership development See for more information