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{{short description|'''UK synagogue movement formed in 2026 by the union of Reform and Liberal Judaism'''}}
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{{short description|'''Progressive Jewish umbrella movement operating across the UK and Ireland since January 2026'''}}
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{{Infobox organization
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| name           = The Movement for Progressive Judaism
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| name = The Movement for Progressive Judaism
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| type           = Synagogue movement; registered charity and company limited by guarantee
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| logo = [[File:The Movement for Progressive Judaism logo.png|200px]]
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| founded         = {{Start date|2026|01|01}}
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| type = Synagogue movement; registered charity and company limited by guarantee
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| registration_id = 1214734 ([[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]]); company no. 16501951
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| founded = {{Start date|2026|01|01}}
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| registration    = England and Wales
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| registration_id = 1214734 ([[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]]); company 16501951
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| headquarters   = The Sternberg Centre for Judaism, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY
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| headquarters = The [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]], 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY
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| area_served     = United Kingdom
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| registration = England and Wales
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| key_people     = [[Josh Levy|Rabbi Josh Levy]] and [[Charley Baginsky|Rabbi Charley Baginsky]] (co-leads)
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| area_served = United Kingdom and Ireland
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| website         = [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/ progressivejudaism.org.uk]
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| key_people = [[Edward David Kessler|Dr Edward Kessler]] (chair); [[Josh Levy|Rabbi Josh Levy]] and [[Charley Baginsky|Rabbi Charley Baginsky]] (co-leads)
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| website = https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/
 
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'''The Movement for Progressive Judaism''' (MPJ) is the synagogue movement formed by the union of [[The Movement for Reform Judaism]] and [[Liberal Judaism (UK)|Liberal Judaism]], which took effect on 1 January 2026.<ref name="jcr_mpj">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/Progressive.htm Movement for Progressive Judaism, United Kingdom], ''JewishGen'', accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> It is a registered charity (no. 1214734), registered on 29 August 2025.<ref name="cc_mpj">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1214734 The Movement for Progressive Judaism – charity 1214734], ''Register of Charities'', registered 29 August 2025, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> According to JCR-UK it is the largest synagogal body in the United Kingdom and Ireland by number of communities, and represents around 30% of synagogue-affiliated Jews.<ref name="jcr_mpj"/>
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'''The Movement for Progressive Judaism''' (MPJ) is the umbrella movement formed by the operational union of [[The Movement for Reform Judaism]] (MRJ) and [[Liberal Judaism (UK)|Liberal Judaism]] on 1 January 2026. It is a separate charitable company, incorporated on 6 June 2025 as company 16501951 and registered on 29 August 2025 as charity 1214734.<ref name="MPJAccounts2025">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16501951/filing-history/MzU0NzU5NTc5NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Trustees’ report and financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2025], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 9 September 2026, pp. 1–5; filed 25 September 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MPJCompany">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16501951 The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): overview], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MPJRegister">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5265589/full-print The Movement for Progressive Judaism: full register record], ''Register of Charities'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
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The operational union did not dissolve the predecessor charities. MRJ’s 2025 report says that it continues to receive residual legacies and donations; Liberal Judaism’s separately issued report says that its burial scheme remains outside the operational transfer and that its charity also continues to receive residual legacies and donations.<ref name="MRJAccounts2025">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07431950/filing-history/MzU0MDI4OTMwNGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Trustees’ annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], ''The Movement for Reform Judaism'', 22 July 2026, pp. 1–5, 7–11, 16–18, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref><ref name="LJAccounts2025">Liberal Judaism (ULPS), [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08281223/filing-history/MzU0MDI4OTI0NWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Annual report and financial statements, 31 December 2025], ''Liberal Judaism'', 22 July 2026, pp. 1–10, 15–16, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref> MPJ’s own first report independently describes the 1 January 2026 transfer of funds, assets, liabilities and activities, with the Liberal burial-scheme exception.<ref name="MPJAccounts2025" />
  
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The MPJ lists 77 communities in the United Kingdom, 49 of Reform heritage and 28 of Liberal heritage.<ref name="mpj_list">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/find-a-community/ Find a Community], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> Its co-leads are Rabbi [[Josh Levy]] and Rabbi [[Charley Baginsky]].<ref name="mpj_e1">Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/statement-on-the-possibility-of-uk-action-on-settlement-expansion/ Statement on the possibility of UK action on settlement expansion], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 1 September 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref>
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MPJ describes itself as the largest synagogal body in the UK and Ireland by number of communities, representing around 30% of synagogue-affiliated Jews. Its directory describes “around 80” communities across the UK and Ireland; that geographic scope is not a count of UK congregations alone.<ref name="MPJAbout">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/what-is-the-movement-for-progressive-judaism/ What is The Movement for Progressive Judaism?], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MPJDirectory">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/find-a-community/ Find a Community], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Its co-leads are Rabbi [[Josh Levy]] and Rabbi [[Charley Baginsky]], who signed its 1 September 2026 statement in those roles.<ref name="MPJLeads2026">Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/statement-on-the-possibility-of-uk-action-on-settlement-expansion/ Statement on the possibility of UK action on settlement expansion], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 1 September 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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The Movement for Reform Judaism (charity no. 1139806)<ref name="cc_mrj">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1139806 The Movement for Reform Judaism – charity 1139806], ''Register of Charities'', registered 12 January 2011, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> and Liberal Judaism (charity no. 1151090)<ref name="cc_lj">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1151090 Liberal Judaism (ULPS) – charity 1151090], ''Register of Charities'', registered 5 March 2013, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> announced in April 2023 their intention to merge into a single movement. On 18 May 2025, at two parallel extraordinary general meetings, members of both movements voted to unite. 'The Movement for Progressive Judaism' was incorporated as a private company limited by guarantee (company no. 16501951) on 6 June 2025, and the union came into effect on 1 January 2026. The new movement took in all 77 congregations and communities of the two movements, together with two affiliated communities abroad, in the Netherlands and Denmark. Its head office is the Sternberg Centre for Judaism in Finchley, and it has been a member of the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] since its formation.<ref name="jcr_mpj"/>
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[[The Movement for Reform Judaism]] and [[Liberal Judaism (UK)|Liberal Judaism]] announced an intention to unite in April 2023, according to [[JCR-UK]]. The member communities voted for unification at parallel extraordinary general meetings on 18 May 2025.<ref name="MPJJCR">JCR-UK, [https://jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/Progressive.htm Movement for Progressive Judaism], ''JewishGen'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref><ref name="Vote2025">The Movement for Reform Judaism, [https://www.reformjudaism.org.uk/history-made-as-progressive-judaism-forms/ History made as Progressive Judaism forms], ''The Movement for Reform Judaism'', 18 May 2025, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref> The May announcement distinguished the vote from the further work of legal formation; MPJ’s account says that more than 95% voted in favour at each meeting.<ref name="Vote2025" /><ref name="MPJAbout" />
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The new company was incorporated on 6 June 2025 and the separate charity registered on 29 August 2025. Its first report describes the period to 31 December 2025 as dormant, with no transactions; the operational transfer occurred on 1 January 2026.<ref name="MPJCompany" /><ref name="MPJRegister" /><ref name="MPJAccounts2025" /> These are separate dates for the vote, corporate formation, charity registration and operational union, rather than one legal-completion date.<ref name="Vote2025" /><ref name="MPJAccounts2025" />
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== Affiliation and governance ==
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[[JCR-UK]] records membership of the [[World Union for Progressive Judaism]] from formation. It describes 77 extant predecessor communities at the time of the union, two overseas affiliates in the Netherlands and Denmark, and subsequent additions and changes; this is a differently dated and scoped description from MPJ’s current UK-and-Ireland directory.<ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="MPJDirectory" />
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The [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] identifies MPJ as an umbrella or resource body operating throughout England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Its governing document is the memorandum and articles incorporated on 6 June 2025, as amended that day. Its objects are to promote, advance and foster Judaism and charitable purposes furthering the welfare of Jewish people in the UK, Israel or elsewhere in the world.<ref name="MPJRegister" /> [[Companies House]] lists the company as active and as limited by guarantee without share capital, with exemption from using “Limited” in its name.<ref name="MPJCompany" />
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== Charity, officers and accounts ==
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The registered institutional address is The [[Sternberg Centre for Judaism]], 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY.<ref name="MPJRegister" /><ref name="MPJCompany" /> The [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charity Commission]] lists 13 trustees. The table records its names and appointment dates.<ref name="MPJRegister" />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Name as recorded !! Appointment !! Role !! Source
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| [[Edward David Kessler|Dr Edward Kessler]] || 6 June 2025 || Chair || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Richard Maurice Emile Reuben|Richard Reuben]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Lev Benson Taylor|Rabbi Lev Taylor]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Jack Morrie Lubner|Jack Lubner]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Jonathan Clive Lewis|Jonathan Lewis]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Paul David Freedman|Rabbi Paul Freedman]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Tommer Shalom Davis Spence|Tommer Spence]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend|Tania Townsend]] || 1 January 2026 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Nigel John Cole|Nigel Cole]] || 16 June 2025 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Noeleen Cohen]] || 16 June 2025 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Michele Ruth Saffer|Michele Saffer]] || 16 June 2025 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Paul Anthony Langsford|Paul Langsford]] || 6 June 2025 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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| [[Karen Melanie Newman|Karen Newman]] || 6 June 2025 || Trustee || <ref name="MPJRegister" />
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|}
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=== Company officers ===
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[[Companies House]] lists 13 active directors and four resigned directors. Company-office dates are recorded separately from the charity register.<ref name="MPJOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16501951/officers The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): officers], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| [[Noeleen Cohen]] || 16 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Nigel John Cole]] || 16 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Paul David Freedman]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Edward David Kessler]] || 6 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Paul Anthony Langsford]] || 6 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Jonathan Clive Lewis]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Jack Morrie Lubner]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Karen Melanie Newman]] || 6 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Richard Maurice Emile Reuben]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Michele Ruth Saffer]] || 16 June 2025 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Tommer Shalom Davis Spence]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Lev Benson Taylor]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend]] || 1 January 2026 || Active || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Nicholas Paul Bendeth Aleksander]] || 16 June 2025 || 1 January 2026 || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Penelope Beral]] || 16 June 2025 || 1 January 2026 || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Rachel Crasnow]] || 16 June 2025 || 1 January 2026 || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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| [[Colin Eimer]] || 25 September 2025 || 1 January 2026 || <ref name="MPJOfficers" />
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The charity register spells [[Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend|Tania Townsend]]’s forename “Tania”, while the company officers page records “Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend”. The company officers page records [[Colin Eimer]]’s appointment as 25 September 2025, whereas MPJ’s first report gives 16 June 2025; both record resignation on 1 January 2026.<ref name="MPJRegister" /><ref name="MPJOfficers" /><ref name="MPJAccounts2025" />
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=== Accounts ===
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MPJ’s first company filing, approved on 9 September 2026 and filed on 25 September, covers the dormant period ending 31 December 2025. It says that no transactions took place and reports net assets of £0. It is not an account of MPJ’s operational income or expenditure during 2026.<ref name="MPJAccounts2025" /><ref name="MPJFilings">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16501951/filing-history The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): filing history], ''Find and update company information'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
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| 31 December 2025 || No transactions; separate income and expenditure statement not presented || 0 || <ref name="MPJAccounts2025" />
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The charity register states that accounts and annual returns are not yet required for the newly registered charity; this does not mean that no company accounts have been filed.<ref name="MPJRegister" /><ref name="MPJFilings" /> The predecessor MRJ and Liberal Judaism annual results are separate entities’ pre-transfer accounts, not MPJ income.<ref name="MRJAccounts2025" /><ref name="LJAccounts2025" />
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== Relations with Israel ==
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MPJ’s organisational policy page describes it as “a Zionist movement – committed to there being a Jewish, pluralist and democratic State in the historic homeland of Israel”. It supports “two safe and secure states – Israel and Palestine” and describes work alongside the [[Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism]]. The same page says that a detailed framework is still being formulated and explicitly welcomes a diversity of views among its members.<ref name="MPJIsrael">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/israel/ Our Relationship with Israel], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
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On 25 February 2026 MPJ’s co-leads opposed a [[Knesset]] bill that would give the [[Chief Rabbinate of Israel]] sole control of the [[Western Wall]], including its egalitarian section, in occupied [[East Jerusalem]].<ref name="UNJerusalem">United Nations, [https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-209755/ Yearbook of the United Nations 1997: Middle East (excerpts)], ''United Nations'', “Occupied territories” and General Assembly resolution ES-10/2 (25 April 1997), accessed 7 November 2026.</ref> Their statement described the bill as a threat to religious pluralism and urged opposition to it.<ref name="MPJKotel">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/progressive-leaders-speak-out-against-kotel-control-bill/ Progressive leaders speak out against Kotel control bill], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 25 February 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
  
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On 10 June 2026 Rabbi [[Josh Levy]] and Rabbi [[Charley Baginsky]], writing as MPJ co-leads, welcomed targeted UK sanctions against those financing, enabling or committing settler violence in the occupied [[West Bank]]. They opposed settlement expansion and annexation, distinguished settlements from Israel, and stated that the movement did not support [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions|BDS]] or broad boycotts.<ref name="MPJSanctions">Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/statement-welcoming-targeted-sanctions-against-settler-violence/ Statement welcoming targeted sanctions against settler violence], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 10 June 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.</ref>
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The MPJ describes itself as 'a Zionist movement – committed to there being a Jewish, pluralist and democratic State in the historic homeland of Israel'. It states that it is 'committed to two safe and secure states – Israel and Palestine' and works alongside the [[Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism]].<ref name="mpj_israel">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/israel/ Our Relationship with Israel], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> In February 2026 its leaders opposed a Knesset bill to give the Chief Rabbinate sole control over the Western Wall, including its egalitarian section.<ref name="mpj_kotel">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/progressive-leaders-speak-out-against-kotel-control-bill/ Progressive leaders speak out against Kotel control bill], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 25 February 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> In June 2026 the co-leads welcomed UK government sanctions against those responsible for settler violence in the West Bank, while stating that the movement does not support BDS.<ref name="mpj_sanctions">Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/statement-welcoming-targeted-sanctions-against-settler-violence/ Statement welcoming targeted sanctions against settler violence], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 10 June 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref> In September 2026 they described Israeli plans for the E1 area as 'part of an explicit project, led by [[Bezalel Smotrich]] and [[Itamar Ben-Gvir]], to establish permanent Israeli control and make a viable Palestinian state impossible', and stated: 'We defend Israel's security, condemn Hamas and reject BDS.'<ref name="mpj_e1"/>
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In their 1 September 2026 statement they described the [[E1]] settlement project in the occupied West Bank as “part of an explicit project, led by [[Bezalel Smotrich]] and [[Itamar Ben-Gvir]], to establish permanent Israeli control and make a viable Palestinian state impossible”. They stated: “We defend Israel’s security, condemn [[Hamas]] and reject BDS”, while opposing occupation, dispossession and settler violence. They called for any government measures to be lawful, targeted and effective, and to distinguish Israel from settlement activity.<ref name="MPJLeads2026" />
  
 
== Member communities ==
 
== Member communities ==
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The table lists the 77 UK communities in the MPJ's directory, with the movement each belonged to before the union.<ref name="mpj_list"/><ref name="jcr_mpj"/> A dash in the charity column means that no registered charity number is recorded for the community in the sources cited.<ref name="ccreg">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/ Register of Charities], ''Charity Commission'', public register data extract dated 13 October 2026, accessed 29 October 2026.</ref><ref name="oscr">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/ Scottish Charity Register], ''OSCR'', accessed 29 October 2026.</ref>
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MPJ’s directory, retrieved on 7 November 2026, contains 77 community headings: 76 in the UK and one in Ireland. Its introduction says “around 80” communities across the UK and Ireland, without publishing a Reform/Liberal breakdown. The tables distinguish directory listings and predecessor heritage; they are not a certification of present legal membership or charitable identity.<ref name="MPJDirectory" /> [[JCR-UK]] supplies the heritage designations and separately identifies overseas affiliates and unaffiliated Progressive congregations.<ref name="MPJJCR" />
  
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JCR-UK marks [[The Ark Synagogue (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue)|The Ark Synagogue]], [[Beit Klal Yisrael]], [[Crawley Jewish Community]], [[Crouch End Chavurah]], [[Kehillah North London]], [[Lincolnshire Jewish Community]] and [[South Bucks Jewish Community]] as Liberal heritage. Conversely, [[South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community]], called South Hampshire Progressive Community in MPJ’s directory, describes MRJ membership on its own website and is marked Reform by JCR-UK.<ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="SouthHampshire">South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community, [https://southhantsreform.wordpress.com/ About SHRJC and how to contact us], ''South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community'', accessed 6 November 2026.</ref><ref name="MPJDirectory" />
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MPJ’s directory still uses [[Harlow Jewish Community]], whereas its 4 February 2026 announcement records the formation of [[Harlow and Chelmsford Jewish Community]] from Harlow and [[Chelmsford Jewish Community]]. [[Makor Hayim]] remains directory-listed, but its 2025 report announced expected closure by 31 May 2026; that prospective statement does not establish completion or an asset recipient.<ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="Harlow2026">The Movement for Progressive Judaism, [https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/harlow-and-chelmsford-merge-to-create-new-combined-community/ Harlow and Chelmsford unite and create new combined community], ''The Movement for Progressive Judaism'', 4 February 2026, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref><ref name="Makor2025">Makor Hayim, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A19191068&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=5157701&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=5157701 Trustees’ report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025] ''Makor Hayim'', pp. 2–3, accessed 6 November 2026.</ref>
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| [[Alyth|Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue)]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
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| [[Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue|Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
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| [[Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue || Bedford || England || Liberal || – || [[Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue]]
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| [[Bournemouth Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Beit Klal Yisrael || London (North Kensington) || England || Reform || – || [[Beit Klal Yisrael]]
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| [[Bradford Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge || Cambridge || England || Reform || CC 1136605 || [[Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue]]
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| [[Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Birmingham Progressive Synagogue || Birmingham || England || Liberal || CC 242057 || [[Birmingham Progressive Synagogue]]
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| [[Bromley Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation || Blackpool || England || Reform || CC 1148088 || [[Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation]]
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| [[Cardiff Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Bournemouth Reform Synagogue || Bournemouth || England || Reform || CC 1040356 || [[Bournemouth Reform Synagogue]]
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| [[Cheshire Reform Congregation|Menorah Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Bradford Synagogue || Bradford || England || Reform || – || [[Bradford Synagogue]]
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| [[Coventry Jewish Reform Community]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
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| Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue || Hove || England || Liberal || CC 1046457<br />CC 1149342 || [[Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue]]
+
| [[Darlington Hebrew Congregation]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue || Hove || England || Reform || CC 1155461 || [[Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue|Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation || Bristol || England || Liberal || CC 1191437 || [[Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation]]
+
| [[Finchley Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Bromley Reform Synagogue || Bromley || England || Reform || CC 1098431 || [[Bromley Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Glasgow Reform Synagogue SCIO|Glasgow Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Cardiff Reform Synagogue || Cardiff || Wales || Reform || CC 1144498 || [[Cardiff Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Harlow and Chelmsford Jewish Community|Harlow Jewish Community]] || Reform || Reform predecessor; merged Harlow and Chelmsford community announced February 2026 || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="Harlow2026" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Cheshire Reform Congregation || Manchester (Sharston) || England || Reform || CC 1124560 || [[Cheshire Reform Congregation]]
+
| [[Isle of Wight Jewish Society]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Coventry Jewish Reform Community || Coventry || England || Reform || – || [[Coventry Jewish Reform Community]]
+
| [[Kehillat Kernow – The Jewish Community of Cornwall]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Crawley Jewish Community || Crawley || England || Reform || – || [[Crawley Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Kol Chai - Hatch End Jewish Community|Kol Chai – Hatch End Jewish Community]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Crouch End Chavurah || London (Crouch End) || England || Reform || – || [[Crouch End Chavurah]]
+
| [[Liverpool Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Darlington Hebrew Congregation || Darlington || England || Reform || – || [[Darlington Hebrew Congregation]]
+
| [[Maidenhead Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Ealing Liberal Synagogue || London (Ealing) || England || Liberal || CC 1037099 || [[Ealing Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Makor Hayim]] || Reform || Listed in directory; closure announced for May 2026, completion not established || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="Makor2025" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue || London (South Woodford) || England || Liberal || CC 232980<br />CC 1171254 || [[East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Manchester Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community || Eastbourne || England || Liberal || CC 1115670 || [[Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue || Edgware || England || Reform || CC 1135296<br />CC 1038116<br />CC 1172458 || [[Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Mosaic Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Finchley Progressive Synagogue || London (North Finchley) || England || Liberal || CC 1167285 || [[Finchley Progressive Synagogue]]
+
| [[Ne've Shalom – Hull Reform Synagogue|Ne’ve Shalom]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Finchley Reform Synagogue || London (North Finchley) || England || Reform || CC 1137557 || [[Finchley Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Newcastle Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Glasgow Reform Synagogue || Newton Mearns || Scotland || Reform || OSCR SC052553 || [[Glasgow Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[North West Surrey Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Harlow Jewish Community || Harlow || England || Reform || CC 1186532 || [[Harlow Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue|Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue (previously SWESRS)]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Isle of Wight Jewish Society || Cowes, Isle of Wight || England || Reform || – || [[Isle of Wight Jewish Society]]
+
| [[Radlett Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Kehillah North London || London (Stamford Hill) || England || Reform || CC 1163562 || [[Kehillah North London]]
+
| [[Seven Hills Shul|Seven Hills Shul (Sheffield)]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Kehillat Kernow – The Jewish Community of Cornwall || Cornwall || England || Reform || CC 1090562 || [[Kehillat Kernow – The Jewish Community of Cornwall]]
+
| [[Sha'arei Shalom (North Manchester Reform Congregation)|Sha’arei Shalom]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Kent Liberal Jewish Community || Maidstone || England || Liberal || CC 1109044 || [[Kent Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue|Sha’arei Tsedek (North London Reform Synagogue)]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Kingston Liberal Synagogue || Long Ditton, Surbiton || England || Liberal || CC 270792 || [[Kingston Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Sinai Synagogue (Reform)|Sinai Synagogue, Leeds]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Kol Chai - Hatch End Jewish Community || Hatch End || England || Reform || CC 299063 || [[Kol Chai - Hatch End Jewish Community]]
+
| [[South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community]] || Reform || Listed by MPJ as South Hampshire Progressive Community || <ref name="SouthHampshire" /><ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="MPJDirectory" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation || Leicester || England || Liberal || CC 238867 || [[Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation]]
+
| [[Southend & District Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Lincolnshire Jewish Community || Lincoln || England || Reform || CC 1190120 || [[Lincolnshire Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Southport & District Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Liverpool Reform Synagogue || Liverpool || England || Reform || CC 1098181 || [[Liverpool Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Maidenhead Synagogue || Maidenhead || England || Reform || CC 1110795 || [[Maidenhead Synagogue]]
+
| [[Swindon Jewish Community]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Makor Hayim || London (Willesden Green) || England || Reform || – || [[Makor Hayim]]
+
| [[Thanet & District Reform Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Manchester Reform Synagogue (Jackson's Row) || Manchester || England || Reform || CC 1205446 || [[Manchester Reform Synagogue (Jackson's Row)]]
+
| [[Tikvah Chadasha (Brentwood Reform Synagogue)]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue || Milton Keynes || England || Reform || CC 1058193 || [[Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Totnes Jewish Community]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Mosaic Liberal Synagogue || Stanmore || England || Liberal || CC 251172 || [[Mosaic Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Wimbledon and District Synagogue|The Wimbledon Synagogue]] || Reform || Listed in MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=== Liberal-heritage directory listings ===
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ Liberal-heritage directory listings, checked 7 November 2026
 +
! Community !! Geographic scope !! Qualification !! Sources
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Mosaic Reform Synagogue || Stanmore || England || Reform || CC 1077299<br />CC 1159303 || [[Mosaic Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Ne've Shalom (Hull Reform) || Hull (Willerby) || England || Reform || CC 1080550 || [[Ne've Shalom (Hull Reform)]]
+
| [[Beit Klal Yisrael|Beit Klal Yisrael (London)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Newcastle Reform Synagogue || Newcastle upon Tyne (Gosforth) || England || Reform || CC 246816 || [[Newcastle Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Birmingham Progressive Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| North Manchester Reform Congregation || Whitefield || England || Reform || – || [[North Manchester Reform Congregation]]
+
| [[Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| North West Surrey Synagogue || Weybridge || England || Reform || CC 256232 || [[North West Surrey Synagogue]]
+
| [[Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| North Western Reform Synagogue || London (Golders Green) || England || Reform || CC 1186738<br />CC 247081 || [[North Western Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Crawley Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Norwich Progressive Jewish Community || Norwich || England || Liberal || CC 1053565 || [[Norwich Progressive Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Crouch End Chavurah]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Nottingham Liberal Synagogue || Nottingham || England || Liberal || CC 246773 || [[Nottingham Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation]] || Ireland || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue || Newbury Park, Ilford || England || Reform || CC 236663 || [[Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Ealing Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community || Peterborough || England || Liberal || – || [[Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Radlett Reform Synagogue || Radlett || England || Reform || CC 1161059 || [[Radlett Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Reading Liberal Jewish Community || Reading || England || Liberal || CC 281610 || [[Reading Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Finchley Progressive Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Seven Hills Shul || Sheffield || England || Reform || CC 1127317 || [[Seven Hills Shul]]
+
| [[Kehillah North London]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue || London (Whetstone) || England || Reform || CC 1171418 || [[Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Kent Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Sinai Synagogue (Reform) || Leeds || England || Reform || CC 1149738 || [[Sinai Synagogue (Reform)]]
+
| [[Kingston Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| South Bucks Jewish Community || Amersham || England || Reform || CC 1098078 || [[South Bucks Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| South Hampshire Progressive Community || Southampton area || England || Liberal || CC 1040109 || [[South Hampshire Progressive Community]]
+
| [[Lincolnshire Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| South London Liberal Synagogue || London (Streatham) || England || Liberal || CC 236711 || [[South London Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Mosaic Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Southend & District Reform Synagogue || Westcliff-on-Sea || England || Reform || CC 237616 || [[Southend & District Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Norwich Progressive Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Southgate Progressive Synagogue || London (Southgate) || England || Liberal || CC 239096 || [[Southgate Progressive Synagogue]]
+
| [[Nottingham Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Southport & District Reform Synagogue || Southport || England || Reform || CC 227576 || [[Southport & District Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Stevenage Liberal Synagogue || Stevenage || England || Liberal || – || [[Stevenage Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[Reading Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community || Ipswich || England || Liberal || – || [[Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[South Bucks Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Sukkat Shalom (Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community) || Edinburgh || Scotland || Liberal || OSCR SC035678 || [[Sukkat Shalom (Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community)]]
+
| [[Southgate Progressive Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue || London (Wanstead & Woodford) || England || Reform || CC 1188399 || [[Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Stevenage Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Swindon Jewish Community || Swindon || England || Reform || – || [[Swindon Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community|Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community (Ipswich)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Thanet & District Reform Synagogue || Ramsgate || England || Reform || CC 294859 || [[Thanet & District Reform Synagogue]]
+
| [[Sukkat Shalom Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community (SCIO)|Sukkat Shalom (Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| The Ark Synagogue (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue) || Northwood || England || Reform || CC 1160487 || [[The Ark Synagogue (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue)]]
+
| [[The Ark Synagogue (Northwood & Pinner Liberal Synagogue)|The Ark Synagogue (previously Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| The Liberal Jewish Synagogue || London (St John's Wood) || England || Liberal || CC 235668<br />CC 1159292 || [[The Liberal Jewish Synagogue]]
+
| [[The Liberal Jewish Synagogue|The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (St John’s Wood)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| The Liberal Synagogue Elstree || Elstree || England || Liberal || CC 1182920<br />CC 262001 || [[The Liberal Synagogue Elstree]]
+
| [[The Liberal Synagogue Elstree]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community || Gloucester || England || Liberal || CC 1159055 || [[Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[South London Liberal Synagogue|The South London Liberal Synagogue]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Tikvah Chadasha (Brentwood Reform Synagogue) || Brentwood || England || Reform || – || [[Tikvah Chadasha (Brentwood Reform Synagogue)]]
+
| [[Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Totnes Jewish Community || Totnes || England || Reform || – || [[Totnes Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Wessex Liberal Jewish Community|Wessex Liberal Jewish Community (Bournemouth)]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 +
|-
 +
| [[York Liberal Jewish Community]] || UK || Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" />
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=== Oxford and differently scoped listings ===
 +
MPJ’s directory uses [[Oxford Jewish Congregation]], whereas JCR-UK uses [[Oxford Progressive Group]] and the retained Liberal community list uses [[Oxford Liberal Jewish Services]]. These source labels do not establish that the entire cross-communal congregation and the different Progressive service/group names are one legal entity.<ref name="MPJDirectory" /><ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="LJCommunities">Liberal Judaism, [https://www.liberaljudaism.org/where-we-are/communities/communities-list/ Communities List], ''Liberal Judaism'', accessed 6 November 2026.</ref>
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|+ Other source-specific listings
 +
! Community !! Source-specific status !! Sources
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Wessex Liberal Jewish Community || Bournemouth || England || Liberal || CC 1160082 || [[Wessex Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Oxford Jewish Congregation]] || UK directory entry; the directory does not state predecessor heritage || <ref name="MPJDirectory" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| West Central Liberal Synagogue || London (Bloomsbury) || England || Liberal || – || [[West Central Liberal Synagogue]]
+
| [[The West London Synagogue of British Jews|West London Synagogue of British Jews]] || Reform heritage; JCR-UK records MRJ membership suspended in 2020 and lapsed February 2023; currently listed as unaffiliated and absent from MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="MPJDirectory" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| West London Synagogue of British Jews || London (West End) || England || Reform || CC 1155821 || [[The West London Synagogue of British Jews]]
+
| [[West Central Liberal Synagogue]] || JCR-UK lists the chavurah as unaffiliated; absent from MPJ directory || <ref name="MPJJCR" /><ref name="MPJDirectory" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Wimbledon & District Synagogue || London (Wimbledon Park) || England || Reform || CC 1150678 || [[Wimbledon and District Synagogue]]
+
| [[Beit Ha’Chidush]] (Amsterdam) || Overseas affiliate in JCR-UK; not a UK/Ireland directory entry || <ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|-
 
|-
−
| York Liberal Jewish Community || York || England || Liberal || CC 1166145 || [[York Liberal Jewish Community]]
+
| [[Shir Hatzafon]] (Copenhagen) || Overseas affiliate in JCR-UK; not a UK/Ireland directory entry || <ref name="MPJJCR" />
 
|}
 
|}
  

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Progressive Jewish umbrella movement operating across the UK and Ireland since January 2026

The Movement for Progressive Judaism

Logo The Movement for Progressive Judaism logo.png
Type Synagogue movement; registered charity and company limited by guarantee
Founded 1 January 2026
Registration ID 1214734 (Charity Commission); company 16501951
Headquarters The Sternberg Centre for Judaism, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY
Area served United Kingdom and Ireland
Registration England and Wales
Key people Dr Edward Kessler (chair); Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky (co-leads)
Website https://progressivejudaism.org.uk/

The Movement for Progressive Judaism (MPJ) is the umbrella movement formed by the operational union of The Movement for Reform Judaism (MRJ) and Liberal Judaism on 1 January 2026. It is a separate charitable company, incorporated on 6 June 2025 as company 16501951 and registered on 29 August 2025 as charity 1214734.[1][2][3]

The operational union did not dissolve the predecessor charities. MRJ’s 2025 report says that it continues to receive residual legacies and donations; Liberal Judaism’s separately issued report says that its burial scheme remains outside the operational transfer and that its charity also continues to receive residual legacies and donations.[4][5] MPJ’s own first report independently describes the 1 January 2026 transfer of funds, assets, liabilities and activities, with the Liberal burial-scheme exception.[1]

MPJ describes itself as the largest synagogal body in the UK and Ireland by number of communities, representing around 30% of synagogue-affiliated Jews. Its directory describes “around 80” communities across the UK and Ireland; that geographic scope is not a count of UK congregations alone.[6][7] Its co-leads are Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky, who signed its 1 September 2026 statement in those roles.[8]

History

The Movement for Reform Judaism and Liberal Judaism announced an intention to unite in April 2023, according to JCR-UK. The member communities voted for unification at parallel extraordinary general meetings on 18 May 2025.[9][10] The May announcement distinguished the vote from the further work of legal formation; MPJ’s account says that more than 95% voted in favour at each meeting.[10][6]

The new company was incorporated on 6 June 2025 and the separate charity registered on 29 August 2025. Its first report describes the period to 31 December 2025 as dormant, with no transactions; the operational transfer occurred on 1 January 2026.[2][3][1] These are separate dates for the vote, corporate formation, charity registration and operational union, rather than one legal-completion date.[10][1]

Affiliation and governance

JCR-UK records membership of the World Union for Progressive Judaism from formation. It describes 77 extant predecessor communities at the time of the union, two overseas affiliates in the Netherlands and Denmark, and subsequent additions and changes; this is a differently dated and scoped description from MPJ’s current UK-and-Ireland directory.[9][7]

The Charity Commission identifies MPJ as an umbrella or resource body operating throughout England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Its governing document is the memorandum and articles incorporated on 6 June 2025, as amended that day. Its objects are to promote, advance and foster Judaism and charitable purposes furthering the welfare of Jewish people in the UK, Israel or elsewhere in the world.[3] Companies House lists the company as active and as limited by guarantee without share capital, with exemption from using “Limited” in its name.[2]

Charity, officers and accounts

The registered institutional address is The Sternberg Centre for Judaism, 80 East End Road, London N3 2SY.[3][2] The Charity Commission lists 13 trustees. The table records its names and appointment dates.[3]

Charity trustees listed on 7 November 2026
Name as recorded Appointment Role Source
Dr Edward Kessler 6 June 2025 Chair [3]
Richard Reuben 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Rabbi Lev Taylor 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Jack Lubner 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Jonathan Lewis 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Rabbi Paul Freedman 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Tommer Spence 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Tania Townsend 1 January 2026 Trustee [3]
Nigel Cole 16 June 2025 Trustee [3]
Noeleen Cohen 16 June 2025 Trustee [3]
Michele Saffer 16 June 2025 Trustee [3]
Paul Langsford 6 June 2025 Trustee [3]
Karen Newman 6 June 2025 Trustee [3]

Company officers

Companies House lists 13 active directors and four resigned directors. Company-office dates are recorded separately from the charity register.[11]

Directors of company 16501951, checked 7 November 2026
Name as recorded Appointed Resigned / status Source
Noeleen Cohen 16 June 2025 Active [11]
Nigel John Cole 16 June 2025 Active [11]
Paul David Freedman 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Edward David Kessler 6 June 2025 Active [11]
Paul Anthony Langsford 6 June 2025 Active [11]
Jonathan Clive Lewis 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Jack Morrie Lubner 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Karen Melanie Newman 6 June 2025 Active [11]
Richard Maurice Emile Reuben 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Michele Ruth Saffer 16 June 2025 Active [11]
Tommer Shalom Davis Spence 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Lev Benson Taylor 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend 1 January 2026 Active [11]
Nicholas Paul Bendeth Aleksander 16 June 2025 1 January 2026 [11]
Penelope Beral 16 June 2025 1 January 2026 [11]
Rachel Crasnow 16 June 2025 1 January 2026 [11]
Colin Eimer 25 September 2025 1 January 2026 [11]

The charity register spells Tania Townsend’s forename “Tania”, while the company officers page records “Tanya Chanelle Anita Townsend”. The company officers page records Colin Eimer’s appointment as 25 September 2025, whereas MPJ’s first report gives 16 June 2025; both record resignation on 1 January 2026.[3][11][1]

Accounts

MPJ’s first company filing, approved on 9 September 2026 and filed on 25 September, covers the dormant period ending 31 December 2025. It says that no transactions took place and reports net assets of £0. It is not an account of MPJ’s operational income or expenditure during 2026.[1][12]

Company 16501951: first financial period
Period ended Income / expenditure disclosure Net assets (£) Source
31 December 2025 No transactions; separate income and expenditure statement not presented 0 [1]

The charity register states that accounts and annual returns are not yet required for the newly registered charity; this does not mean that no company accounts have been filed.[3][12] The predecessor MRJ and Liberal Judaism annual results are separate entities’ pre-transfer accounts, not MPJ income.[4][5]

Relations with Israel

MPJ’s organisational policy page describes it as “a Zionist movement – committed to there being a Jewish, pluralist and democratic State in the historic homeland of Israel”. It supports “two safe and secure states – Israel and Palestine” and describes work alongside the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism. The same page says that a detailed framework is still being formulated and explicitly welcomes a diversity of views among its members.[13]

On 25 February 2026 MPJ’s co-leads opposed a Knesset bill that would give the Chief Rabbinate of Israel sole control of the Western Wall, including its egalitarian section, in occupied East Jerusalem.[14] Their statement described the bill as a threat to religious pluralism and urged opposition to it.[15]

On 10 June 2026 Rabbi Josh Levy and Rabbi Charley Baginsky, writing as MPJ co-leads, welcomed targeted UK sanctions against those financing, enabling or committing settler violence in the occupied West Bank. They opposed settlement expansion and annexation, distinguished settlements from Israel, and stated that the movement did not support BDS or broad boycotts.[16]

In their 1 September 2026 statement they described the E1 settlement project in the occupied West Bank as “part of an explicit project, led by Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, to establish permanent Israeli control and make a viable Palestinian state impossible”. They stated: “We defend Israel’s security, condemn Hamas and reject BDS”, while opposing occupation, dispossession and settler violence. They called for any government measures to be lawful, targeted and effective, and to distinguish Israel from settlement activity.[8]

Member communities

MPJ’s directory, retrieved on 7 November 2026, contains 77 community headings: 76 in the UK and one in Ireland. Its introduction says “around 80” communities across the UK and Ireland, without publishing a Reform/Liberal breakdown. The tables distinguish directory listings and predecessor heritage; they are not a certification of present legal membership or charitable identity.[7] JCR-UK supplies the heritage designations and separately identifies overseas affiliates and unaffiliated Progressive congregations.[9]

JCR-UK marks The Ark Synagogue, Beit Klal Yisrael, Crawley Jewish Community, Crouch End Chavurah, Kehillah North London, Lincolnshire Jewish Community and South Bucks Jewish Community as Liberal heritage. Conversely, South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community, called South Hampshire Progressive Community in MPJ’s directory, describes MRJ membership on its own website and is marked Reform by JCR-UK.[9][17][7]

MPJ’s directory still uses Harlow Jewish Community, whereas its 4 February 2026 announcement records the formation of Harlow and Chelmsford Jewish Community from Harlow and Chelmsford Jewish Community. Makor Hayim remains directory-listed, but its 2025 report announced expected closure by 31 May 2026; that prospective statement does not establish completion or an asset recipient.[7][18][19]

Reform-heritage directory listings

Reform-heritage directory listings; checked 7 November 2026
Community Heritage Directory / affiliation qualification Source
Alyth (North Western Reform Synagogue) Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, Cambridge Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Blackpool Reform Jewish Congregation Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Bournemouth Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Bradford Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Bromley Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Cardiff Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Menorah Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Coventry Jewish Reform Community Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Darlington Hebrew Congregation Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Finchley Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Glasgow Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Harlow Jewish Community Reform Reform predecessor; merged Harlow and Chelmsford community announced February 2026 [7][9][18]
Isle of Wight Jewish Society Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Kehillat Kernow – The Jewish Community of Cornwall Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Kol Chai – Hatch End Jewish Community Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Liverpool Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Maidenhead Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Makor Hayim Reform Listed in directory; closure announced for May 2026, completion not established [7][9][19]
Manchester Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Milton Keynes & District Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Mosaic Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Ne’ve Shalom Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Newcastle Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
North West Surrey Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue (previously SWESRS) Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Radlett Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Seven Hills Shul (Sheffield) Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Sha’arei Shalom Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Sha’arei Tsedek (North London Reform Synagogue) Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Sinai Synagogue, Leeds Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community Reform Listed by MPJ as South Hampshire Progressive Community [17][9][7]
Southend & District Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Southport & District Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Sukkat Shalom Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Swindon Jewish Community Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Thanet & District Reform Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Tikvah Chadasha (Brentwood Reform Synagogue) Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
Totnes Jewish Community Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]
The Wimbledon Synagogue Reform Listed in MPJ directory [7][9]

Liberal-heritage directory listings

Liberal-heritage directory listings, checked 7 November 2026
Community Geographic scope Qualification Sources
Bedfordshire Progressive Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Beit Klal Yisrael (London) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Birmingham Progressive Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Brighton and Hove Progressive Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Bristol and West Progressive Jewish Congregation UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Crawley Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Crouch End Chavurah UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Dublin Jewish Progressive Congregation Ireland Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Ealing Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
East London & Essex Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Eastbourne Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Finchley Progressive Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Kehillah North London UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Kent Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Kingston Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Leicester Progressive Jewish Congregation UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Lincolnshire Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Mosaic Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Norwich Progressive Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Peterborough Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Reading Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
South Bucks Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Southgate Progressive Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Stevenage Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Suffolk Liberal Jewish Community (Ipswich) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Sukkat Shalom (Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
The Ark Synagogue (previously Northwood and Pinner Liberal Synagogue) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue (St John’s Wood) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
The Liberal Synagogue Elstree UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
The South London Liberal Synagogue UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Three Counties Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
Wessex Liberal Jewish Community (Bournemouth) UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]
York Liberal Jewish Community UK Listed in MPJ directory; Liberal heritage [7][9]

Oxford and differently scoped listings

MPJ’s directory uses Oxford Jewish Congregation, whereas JCR-UK uses Oxford Progressive Group and the retained Liberal community list uses Oxford Liberal Jewish Services. These source labels do not establish that the entire cross-communal congregation and the different Progressive service/group names are one legal entity.[7][9][20]

Other source-specific listings
Community Source-specific status Sources
Oxford Jewish Congregation UK directory entry; the directory does not state predecessor heritage [7]
West London Synagogue of British Jews Reform heritage; JCR-UK records MRJ membership suspended in 2020 and lapsed February 2023; currently listed as unaffiliated and absent from MPJ directory [9][7]
West Central Liberal Synagogue JCR-UK lists the chavurah as unaffiliated; absent from MPJ directory [9][7]
Beit Ha’Chidush (Amsterdam) Overseas affiliate in JCR-UK; not a UK/Ireland directory entry [9]
Shir Hatzafon (Copenhagen) Overseas affiliate in JCR-UK; not a UK/Ireland directory entry [9]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Trustees’ report and financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2025, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, 9 September 2026, pp. 1–5; filed 25 September 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Companies House, The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): overview, Find and update company information, accessed 7 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Movement for Progressive Judaism: full register record, Register of Charities, accessed 7 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Movement for Reform Judaism, Trustees’ annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, The Movement for Reform Judaism, 22 July 2026, pp. 1–5, 7–11, 16–18, accessed 6 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Liberal Judaism (ULPS), Annual report and financial statements, 31 December 2025, Liberal Judaism, 22 July 2026, pp. 1–10, 15–16, accessed 6 November 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Movement for Progressive Judaism, What is The Movement for Progressive Judaism?, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, accessed 7 November 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 7.29 7.30 7.31 7.32 7.33 7.34 7.35 7.36 7.37 7.38 7.39 7.40 7.41 7.42 7.43 7.44 7.45 7.46 7.47 7.48 7.49 7.50 7.51 7.52 7.53 7.54 7.55 7.56 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.60 7.61 7.62 7.63 7.64 7.65 7.66 7.67 7.68 7.69 7.70 7.71 7.72 7.73 7.74 7.75 7.76 7.77 7.78 7.79 7.80 7.81 7.82 7.83 7.84 The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Find a Community, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, accessed 7 November 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, Statement on the possibility of UK action on settlement expansion, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, 1 September 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 9.20 9.21 9.22 9.23 9.24 9.25 9.26 9.27 9.28 9.29 9.30 9.31 9.32 9.33 9.34 9.35 9.36 9.37 9.38 9.39 9.40 9.41 9.42 9.43 9.44 9.45 9.46 9.47 9.48 9.49 9.50 9.51 9.52 9.53 9.54 9.55 9.56 9.57 9.58 9.59 9.60 9.61 9.62 9.63 9.64 9.65 9.66 9.67 9.68 9.69 9.70 9.71 9.72 9.73 9.74 9.75 9.76 9.77 9.78 9.79 9.80 9.81 9.82 9.83 9.84 JCR-UK, Movement for Progressive Judaism, JewishGen, accessed 7 November 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Movement for Reform Judaism, History made as Progressive Judaism forms, The Movement for Reform Judaism, 18 May 2025, accessed 6 November 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 Companies House, The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): officers, Find and update company information, accessed 7 November 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Companies House, The Movement for Progressive Judaism (16501951): filing history, Find and update company information, accessed 7 November 2026.
  13. ↑ The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Our Relationship with Israel, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, accessed 7 November 2026.
  14. ↑ United Nations, Yearbook of the United Nations 1997: Middle East (excerpts), United Nations, “Occupied territories” and General Assembly resolution ES-10/2 (25 April 1997), accessed 7 November 2026.
  15. ↑ The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Progressive leaders speak out against Kotel control bill, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, 25 February 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.
  16. ↑ Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky, Statement welcoming targeted sanctions against settler violence, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, 10 June 2026, accessed 7 November 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community, About SHRJC and how to contact us, South Hampshire Reform Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Harlow and Chelmsford unite and create new combined community, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, 4 February 2026, accessed 6 November 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Makor Hayim, Trustees’ report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 Makor Hayim, pp. 2–3, accessed 6 November 2026.
  20. ↑ Liberal Judaism, Communities List, Liberal Judaism, accessed 6 November 2026.
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