At the same time, he said, the movement intends to beef up expansion efforts throughout the world. Until now, Conservative Judaism has been very strong in North and South America and has a well-established framework in Hungary, but it now plans to send field workers to other parts of Eastern Europe.
Part of this involves the setting up of a special program for young volunteers who came from the Masorti university-age group, Marom. The volunteers are to form the nucleus of the Masorti Corps, which is to function something like the U.S. Peace Corps. So far, Wernik noted, there are volunteers who are to go to Prague, Great Britain and Germany. In France, new congregations already exist in Paris and Nice, and there is talk of establishing additional congregations in Marseilles and Grenoble.