Rabbi Krygier, whose synagogue host-
ed the conference.
"In France, no one has heard of the
Conservative movement. We have had
to do all the work ourselves to explain
who we are."
Had there been international back-
ing, Rabbi Krygier believes that "what
took us nine years to build now could
be done in only two or three."
Rabbi Gordon Freeman of the
Conservative synagogue B'nai Shalom
in Walnut Creek, Calif, said that such
an organizational structure has been
lacking because "in the past, the
money was all directed to North
America, since that's where the move-
ment was.
"We are just now beginning to get
direction on a global scale. We have to
create from the bottom up, with grass-
roots organizations."
Conservative organizational leaders
explained that the ability to find fund-
ing for these Conservative communi-
ties will in part depend on how well
they can be integrated into groups
such as the World Council and
Merkaz Olami, the World
Masorti/Conservative Zionist
Movement.
The European synagogues currently
have little to no representation in
these groups.
Pledging that "the organizational
structure of our movement needs to
change," Silverstein, the council's pres-
ident, said he would like to establish
an international steering committee, a
Web site and publications in several
languages to unify Conservative Jews
in Europe. ❑

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