Liberal Jewish Movement Of France
The Liberal Jewish Movement of France or MJLF is an association of worship and cultural liberal Jewish affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism, whose headquarters is in Jerusalem. Founded in 1977 , the movement maintains the religious and cultural life in two synagogues in Paris. Many Rabbis have led this community-founder Rabbi Daniel Farhi , Micha Koenig, Oren Postel, Pauline Bebe , Gabriel Farhi , Celia Surget. Two rabbis lead these communities today: Stephen Berkowitz , in late September 2008 for the holiday Tishri , Delphine Horvilleur, ordered to New York, joined the rabbis.
The MJLF was established in June 1977 by about fifty Jewish families around and obedience liberal initiative of Rabbi Daniel Farhi , President and Mrs. Roger Benarrosh Colette Kessler , head of education. Today, MJLF, who built his synagogue / community house on the banks of the Seine, a few hundred meters from the old "Vel d'Hiv ', has some 1,400 families. Its chairman was Frederick who was Marc Bouzy Konczaty successor after his resignation mid-term. A second synagogue continues to expand in eastern Paris in the 20th arrondissement. Since 2005, the South MJLF is also installed in the center of the Seals. Authorities Friday night and Saturday morning and the evening school, offices parties, a community seder, and a Talmud Torah on Wednesday afternoon held there.
Two rabbis provide the spiritual life of two community centers: Stephen Berkowitz and Delphine Horvilleur.
310 children attend religious education classes (see Talmud Torah). Some 250 adults attend classes of the Cultural Center. Many forums, theme days, round tables, conferences, meetings interdenominational friendly activities make this community one of the liveliest and most active of Paris. It is the meeting place of personalities from all walks of life. The MJLF wants to be very involved in all sorts of fights, especially the perpetuation of the memory of the genocide which was suffered by the Jewish people in Europe during World War II. He devotes to this cause many educational activities and commemoration, including the day of the Holocaust.
Judaism is one of the trends of contemporary religious Judaism. It is affiliated with the World Union for Progressive Judaism is the majority opinion in the United States and contains about one and a half million Jews in the world. He advocates an adaptation of Jewish ritual life in the modern world. He said he does not abandon the principles theological, moral and spiritual needs of traditional Judaism and turned to the problems created by social evolution, science, politics of humanity to contribute to their solution. He does not forget the universal vocation of Judaism as illustrated by the ever present message of the great prophets of the Bible.
Liberal Jewish Movement of France claims to live a Judaism true to the spirit of Jewish tradition, open to the modern world, accessible to all, while retaining the fundamental requirement of morality and spirituality of the Fathers. He wants his children to pass the great lessons of generosity and listening accompanying the message of Judaism. The primary goal of Judaism, which exists and grows over a century and a half, is to allow more Jews to learn, study, live and teach the lessons and precepts of our religion.
Guided by the Word of God, translated into fundamental moral and spiritual laws, Judaism accepts the mitzvot (the commandments) that achieve this ideal. Judaism sees ritual as means not an end in itself. Thus, it focuses on everything in our tradition, our religion is a driving force of humanity, especially the spirit and message of the prophets of Israel, as well as the Psalms, of Ecclesiastes or Job, the extraordinary resilience that are the Talmudic discussions. The strength of the thought of these rabbis as it appears in the Midrash, the reflection of the Jews of the Middle Ages that contributed to the development of world philosophy and the importance of modern Jewish thought at the world plan brightness along the lines of the prophecy of Isaiah: "I have made you a light to the nations."
To achieve this goal, at first glance, is not very different from that of Judaism, Judaism offers an approach, methods, means in the original spirit of the tradition as taught by the prophets and masters of the Talmud, the Midrash and large-makers and thinkers of later ages. Judaism believes that Judaism is the product of successive generations who, from an initial revelation, forged by their intellectual and spiritual quest for a religion that is both universal and particularistic allowing a chosen people for that, to accomplish a mission to all human beings.
In terms of liturgy, Judaism has introduced a number of reforms designed to make worship more attractive and understandable to the faithful few Hebraists often, so it makes next to Hebrew, the language use the country. Moreover, it shortens the offices by eliminating duplication and take out the passages that seem more in line with modern realities (sacrifice, worship priestly inferiority of women, etc..). It resorts to the use of musical instruments and singers to lead the community. At the synagogue, it does not separate men from women. In terms of individual practice, Judaism insists first on the importance of doing, of personal commitment. He says there are mitzvot in a hierarchy. Finally he rejects the logic of "all or nothing" that leads many of our fellow Jews, unable to reach a full practice of law, to waive any religious act.
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