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As Hungarian Jews are rediscovering their religious heritage, Congregation Sim Shalom in Budapest is there to warmly welcome them to Progressive Judaism. The community began in the late 1980s. Sim Shalom was organized as a congregation in 1992 and became a registered Hungarian religious organization in 2004. The congregation's first Talmud Torah class was inaugurated in 2008.
Sim Shalom's dynamic Rabbi Katalin Kelemen, Hungary's first woman rabbi, has created a spiritual house for worship, learning and community, but the congregation has no permanent home. The congregation meets at Balint House, the Jewish Community Center in Budapest. Sim Shalom has limited financial resources to support or expand their existing activities and no funds to acquire a building of its own.
Congregation Sim Shalom needs the financial support of American Reform Jews if Progressive (Reform) Judaism is to flourish in Hungary.
You can help the growing Progressive Jewish community of Hungary reclaim its seven centuries of history and rebuild one of the great centers of Judaism in Eastern Europe.
- Building purchase and renovation
- Education programs
- Worship and life cycle events
- Library development
- Community events and charitable services
You may donate online using your credit card or PayPal account
by clicking the following button:
Or you may mail your contribution to:
Friends of Sim Shalom
c/o Harold J. Tomin
A Law Corporation
146 S. Fuller Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036-2810
Friends of Sim Shalom raises funds to support the programs and operations of Congregation Sim Shalom. The funds will be used for worship, education, life cycle events, charitable programs, library development and participation of the congregation in the life of the Jewish community in Budapest and Hungary.
Friends of Sim Shalom is also committed to assist the congregation to purchase, renovate, and furnish a building to serve as their synagogue and first permanent home.
Friends of Sim Shalom is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, and has federal and California tax-exempt status. Contributions to Friends of Sim Shalom are tax deductible under section 501(c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.
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