A note for posterity, to any future generations reading this: Rosh Hashanah 2020 is happening in the midst of a global pandemic! When we reflect on this year past, and wonder about the year to come, it has more urgency […]
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Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of the best-selling book about her family’s decade long practice of turning off screens one day a week for the past decade, 24/6: The Power of Unplugging […]
This is a guest post by Vicki Wallshein, a member of Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism. My Bat Mitzvah party was held, at my house, on November 2, 2019, right between Halloween and my 65th birthday. So […]
This is a guest post by Marlene Cohen, Secretary of the board of directors of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and a board member of Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Washington, D.C. – June 3, 2020 “I […]
This is a guest post by Patty Becker, written during the SHJ@50 Anniversary Conference in April 2019. A longtime and beloved member of The Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Farmington Hills, MI, Patty sadly died on August 11, […]
This is a guest post by Sheila Malcolm, Madrikha/Leader at Beth Ami, Colorado Congregation for Humanistic Judaism and a board member of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. “No,” I told Rabbi Soddon as he paced back and forth across the […]
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There are many stories that celebrate the value of Humanistic Judaism in people’s lives. Below we hear from two families for whom Humanistic Judaism has made a difference. David at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation, IL “Kol Hadash is our Jewish […]
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