This is a guest essay by SHJ board member Susan Rubin, who is also a founding member of the Secular Humanist Jewish Circle in Tucson, AZ. How does it feel to be the target of an anti-Semitic bomb threat hoax? […]
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We are excited to welcome Erik into the SHJ family! Erik has recently adopted Judaism and has chosen the Hebrew name Rimmon! Read more about his decision to adopt Humanistic Judaism. I would like to be a Humanistic Jew because […]
Shania Silva has recently adopted Judaism and become a member of SHJ! She has chosen the Hebrew name Shachar which means “dawn” or “sunrise.” We are excited to welcome her into the SHJ family! About four years ago, my sister […]
Rabbi Jeffrey Falick of The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit shares the history of the Hanukkiah. The transliteration from Hebrew to English letters follow the writer’s choice We know that the story of the oil was recorded in […]
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 […]
This article is an excerpt from the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit weekly newsletter. WHAT SIMCHAT TORAH CAN TEACH US ABOUT JEWISH DIVERSITY by Rabbi Jeffrey L. Falick Here’s a little Jewish holiday history trivia question: What is […]
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