March 2023 - Society for Humanistic Judaism

Ten Modern Plagues

March 29, 2023
SHJ

Movement Advocacy, Passover, Social Justice Issues

Ten Modern Plagues That Threaten America’s Separation of Religion and Government Adapted from a handout sent to SHJ members from Jews for a Secular Democracy Click here to download the PDF version. Passover is about freedom! America is supposed to be […]

“Jewish Liberation: A History” with Natan Fuchs

March 24, 2023
SHJ

Passover, Purim

The topic of liberation has been celebrated in the spring holidays of Purim and Passover throughout the course of Jewish history. During a Special Shabbat on the topic of Jewish Liberation, Natan Fuchs traces Jewish liberation from Hellenistic and ancient […]

THE (SECULAR HUMANISTIC) REBBE’S TISCH: PASSOVER

March 21, 2023
Guest Author

Passover

Rabbi Jeffrey Falick from Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit gets us ready for Passover! This gathering took place on Apr. 16, 2016 at the Birmingham Temple, Farmington Hills, Michigan. “Passover!” The (Secular Humanistic) Rebbe’s Tisch with Rabbi Jeffrey […]

On Becoming a Crone [or, Maybe, a Yente]

March 16, 2023
Guest Author

HJ Meaning, Relationships, Social Justice Issues

This is a guest article by Barbara Martinsons, a member of the SHJ affiliate, Secular Jewish Circle in Tucson, Arizona. Barbara reflects on the different aspects of being a woman (and a Jewish woman) at various life stages. This is […]

Joining and Belonging

March 9, 2023
Guest Author

Adopting Humanistic Judaism, Finding Humanistic Judaism

This article is written by James Ryn McDevitt-Phelps, an independent SHJ member. I first learned about Judaism when I was around five years old and I was questioning the implausible things I had been told by my grandmother’s church when […]

Women in the Bible: Remembering Their Names and Stories

March 8, 2023
Guest Author

HJ Magazine Articles

In honor of Women’s History Month (recognized annually during the month of March), we are spotlighting Jewish women from the past and present! This article was published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Rabbi Jodi Kornfeld, […]

Cup of Miriam

March 6, 2023
Miriam Jerris

HJ Meaning, Passover, Publications

In honor of Women’s History Month (recognized annually during the month of March), we are spotlighting Jewish women from the past and present! This writing is an excerpt from SHJ’s 2019 book Here Is Our Light: Humanistic Jewish Holiday and Life-Cycle Liturgy for […]

Grace Paley’s Midrash on Happiness

March 6, 2023
Guest Author

HJ Magazine Articles

In honor of Women’s History Month (recognized annually during the month of March), we are spotlighting Jewish women from the past and present! Grace Paley was the 2018–2019 SHJ Humanistic Jewish Role Model. This article was published in the Summer 2019 Issue of […]

This Purim, Secular Jews Should “Come Out”

March 3, 2023
Paul Golin

Grow Humanistic Judaism, Movement Advocacy, Purim

Esther, the hero of the story we read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, saved the Jewish people by revealing her Jewish identity to her husband, King Ahasuerus, despite the risks it posed to her own safety. Her “unmasking” led […]

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Archive: March 2023

Ten Modern Plagues

“Jewish Liberation: A History” with Natan Fuchs

THE (SECULAR HUMANISTIC) REBBE’S TISCH: PASSOVER

On Becoming a Crone [or, Maybe, a Yente]

Joining and Belonging

Women in the Bible: Remembering Their Names and Stories

Cup of Miriam

Grace Paley’s Midrash on Happiness

This Purim, Secular Jews Should “Come Out”

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