On Friday December 1, 2023, we were honored to present Devera and Michael Witkin with the 2023 Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine Lifetime Achievement Award. Below are the proclamation made by Rabbi Miriam Jerris in presenting the award and a recoding […]
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What does Hanukkah mean for Humanistic Jews? How can we recognize the tradition of lighting the Hanukkah candles without the need for a supernatural power to complete the story? Check out our Humanistic Hanukkah PDF here
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This gathering took place on Dec. 24, 2016 at the Birmingham Temple, Farmington Hills, Michigan (now Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit). Traditional Jews gather around their rabbi’s table (their “rebbe’s tisch”) to learn words of wisdom from the […]
Martin Di Maggio is a British Italian Jew, a sociolinguist, and neurodiversity support group facilitator. He leads a Humanistic Jewish group through Central London Humanists, is a leader of the online Spinoza Havurah, is a student in the Leadership Program […]
This is a guest post by Herb Silverman, founder of the Secular Coalition for America and a member of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. This piece was originally published in the November-December 2023 edition of the Freethought Society News. The Crusades were […]
This event took place on Friday, Mar. 22, 2019 at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit (formally Birmingham Temple) Farmington Hills, Michigan Everyone has an opinion about DST, but Rabbi Jeff Falick has been obsessed with abolishing it […]
Meet the wonderful rabbis/cantors of SHJ’s affiliated communities and congregations, and learn with them on a wide variety of topics. Open to all SHJ members and supporters, including members of SHJ-affiliated communities. If already a member or donor, REGISTER HERE. […]
Havdalah is a traditional Jewish celebration that marks the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the new week. A fun way to celebrate Havdalah is by making your own twisted Havdalah candle! You can make your own by […]
PLEASE NOTE: Within the Humanistic Judaism movement, we have the full diversity of political positions as it relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. SHJ refrains from official statements on issues where we cannot speak for a significant majority of our movement. […]