Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to
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Arzenu is an organization for the political representation of Reform and Progressive Religious Zionist communities in Israel and fourteen other countries. It was founded in 1980 as a ''Brit Olamit'' in the World Zionist Congress, and ...
(the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', נוער ציוני רפורמי), and Netzer Olami means 'Global Netzer'.
Today there are 16,000 members active in the different sniffim (chapters) that are located in the following places: Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, Israel (Noar Telem), The Netherlands, North America (
NFTY
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), Panama, Russia, South Africa, France, United Kingdom (LJY-Netzer, RSY-Netzer) and Ukraine. The Netzer Olami head office is in Beit Shmuel, (The Head Office the World Union for Progressive Judaism) in Jerusalem.
The Netzer symbol
The Netzer symbol was designed in Melbourne, Australia, by Daniel (Danny) L. Schiff.{{citation needed, date=June 2014
Ideology
Every year, the ''Netzer Veida'' Olamit (the decision-making and ideology forum) attracts participants from most of, if not all, the sniffim. Each ''snif'' (branch) has an equal voice and vote. The official ideology of Netzer Olami is set out in the Netzer Olami Platform, which was last changed in 2016.
See also
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Zionist youth movement
A Zionist youth movement ( he, תנועות הנוער היהודיות הציוניות ''tnuot hanoar hayehudiot hatsioniot'') is an organization formed for Jewish children and adolescents for educational, social, and ideological development, in ...
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Reform Zionism Reform Zionism, also known as Progressive Zionism, is the ideology of the Zionist arm of the Reform or Progressive branch of Judaism. The Association of Reform Zionists of America is the American Reform movement's Zionist organization. Their mission ...
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Tikkun Olam
''Tikkun olam'' ( he, תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, , repair of the world) is a concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world.
In classical rabbinic literature, the phrase referred to leg ...
References
External links
World Union for Progressive Judaism: Netzer Olami
Jewish youth organizations
Reform Judaism outreach
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Reform Zionism