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The World Union for Progressive Judaism is led by a team of diverse, dedicated individuals around the world who are committed to pursuing and realizing the World Union’s mission together.
Our leadership comprises rabbis, educators and congregation officials as well as young people, from their teens through their twenties, who are the leaders of tomorrow. The World Union also works in close cooperation with leaders of major organizations of Reform and liberal Judaism in the United States and worldwide.
Representatives from dozens of countries sit on our International Assembly, the World Union’s legislative body, ensuring that the organization’s objectives are fulfilled. The Executive Board and Management Committee are the organizational bodies that oversee policy and operational efficiency.
At the helm of the World Union are:
Rabbi Uri Regev
Rabbi Uri Regev, an internationally renowned leader and advocate of the liberal movements of Judaism in his native Israel and around the world. Prior to assuming leadership of the World Union in 2002, Rabbi Regev served as founding chair, and later as executive director and legal counsel, of the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), the advocacy group established by the Reform movement in Israel.
Steven M. Bauman, Chairman
Steven M. Bauman, Chairman, president of the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, California and a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). He is a former chairman of the World Union’s FSU committee and former vice president of ARZA.
