This article was published in the Spring 2022 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Sam Grabelle, a new member of SHJ and Kahal B’raira in Cambridge, MA. She has been an educator and social worker and wrote the national […]
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This Shabbat service was organized by Rabbi Adam Chalom, rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in Deerfield, IL and the dean of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (IISHJ). As Rabbi Chalom teaches us, Shalom can mean many things. Here are […]
This article was published in the Spring 2020 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Dave Berman, itinerant software engineer who chose to retire in Boulder, CO to be near family, to enjoy his favorite activities of hiking and bike […]
This article was published in the Fall 2017 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by the late Jeff Lipkes (z”l), a past SHJ board member and founder of the Humanistic Jews of Tampa Bay Havurah. Humanistic Jews of […]
This article was published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Isabel J. Kaplan, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist in private practice in Scarsdale, NY and a member of the Board of Trustees of The City Congregation […]
This article was published in the Spring 2018 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by William Thompson, an independent member of SHJ now living in Tennessee with his husband Josh. I have spent most of my life feeling different, […]
This article was published in the Fall 2021 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Kim Wilson, an SHJ member, a writer and an advocate. As a Secular Humanistic Jew, and an autistic person, I appreciate diversity. In both aspects […]
SHJ is delighted to welcome Brandon Elliott to our family. He has taken the Hebrew name, Baruch Shimon. In this post, he shares why adopting Humanistic Judaism is significant for him. I would like to become a Humanistic Jew because […]
This article was published in the Fall 2022 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Dr. Jerid Morisco, a rabbinical student at the IISHJ and the Director of Education for the Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound. Judaism has a […]
This article was published in the Summer 2022 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Rabbi Johnathan R. Cohen, rabbi of Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Toronto and a professor of law and affiliate professor of Jewish […]