UNITED SYNAGOGUE LAUNCHES MAJOR STUDY PROJECT
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Conservative Jews have an exciting opportunity to join fellow congregants from all over North America in an important mitzvah -- daily Torah study. Perek Yomi, which invites participants to read a chapter  of Tanakh a day, is an important effort to bring the entire Conservative Movement together in a program of learning and personal growth.

Originally a pilot project of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's Council of Regional Presidents,  Perek Yomi began in spring 1998, involving at that time only the members of the Council. Project participants have expressed a good deal of enthusiasm, noting that there is a particular pleasure in studying the same text at the same time as one's friends and neighbors.

Over the years, through programs such as Jewish Living Now, the United Synagogue has tried to encourage Conservative Jews to undertake such study in order to learn the values, history, literature and language of Judaism. Perek Yomi, which begins with the Book of Joshua, is intended to further this process, enhancing the lives of participants and thereby strengthening the Conservative Movement.

For further information about Perek Yomi or to obtain study materials, contact Dr. Morton Siegel, coordinator of the project, at The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, 155 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010, tel: 212-533-7800, ext. 2234. A website and chat room for participants will
be available this fall.

Founded in 1913 by Dr. Solomon Schechter as the association of Conservative synagogues in North America,  the United Synagogue serves as a resource to its affiliated congregations and works to formulate a Conservative Jewish response to pressing social and religious issues.