[1] The WUPJ states that it aims to create common ground between its constituents and to promote Progressive Judaism in places where individuals and groups are seeking authentic, yet modern ways of expressing themselves as Jews.

[5] North America is also home to the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, which has affiliates, 97 only five of them outside the continent (in Delft, Netherlands, Curaçao; Wiesbaden, Germany; Serrastretta, Italy; Ijuí, Brazil).

It is the only non-Reform organization in the WUPJ, the other members of which do uphold the basic tenets of ongoing revelation, personal God and the like.

Patrilineal descent is not recognized by the IMPJ, as by many other smaller affiliates, which cannot antagonize the Israeli Orthodox religious establishment.

The movement was established in the 1930s in Melbourne by Ada Phillips with the encouragement of Lily Montagu and Israel Mattuck.

The first new branch established by the WUPJ was in the Netherlands, in 1931, eventually coalescing into the Nederlands Verbond voor Progressief Jodendom.

In 2017 the Reform community there expects to have its first native-born rabbi since the Expulsion in 1492 once he completes his rabbinical training in London.

[4] The WUPJ opened a regional office in Buenos Aires in 1963 to "strengthen and build Jewish religious life" in South America.

The main concern of the time in the early 2000s was the vulnerability of the Jewish communities of Argentina, which was going through a serious social, economic and political crisis.

[8] As of June 2020, UJR-AmLat has 26 affiliated communities, being one Rabbinical Institute, one Jewish School (both in Buenos Aires), two youth movements (affiliated to Netzer Olami) in São Paulo, and 22 synagogues in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.

[16] Abraham Geiger College focuses on providing leadership for communities in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe.

[19] Hebrew Union College, with campuses in the United States and Israel, trains rabbis and communal service leaders for work in North American Reform and Israeli Progressive congregations.

The Iberoamerican Institute focuses on Latin America and Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities, offering an online programme with weeklong, in-person seminars twice a year.

Today there are 16,000 members active in the different sniffim (chapters) that are located in the following places: Australia,[32] Belarus, Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, Israel (Noar Telem), The Netherlands, North America (NFTY), Panama, Russia, South Africa,[33] France, United Kingdom (LJY-Netzer,[34] RSY-Netzer[35]) and Ukraine.