This is a guest post by Rick Pascal, a member of Kahal Chaverim in New Jersey, describing his and wife Maxine’s journey from Reform to Humanistic Judaism. What does being Jewish mean to me? I was born into a Jewish […]
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Impossible! They said it couldn’t be done! On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 9 Humanistic Judaism Rabbis (plus one executive director) shared personal meaning and teachings about the High Holidays in under 90 minutes! Believe it. Thank you to the nearly […]
In Person Written by Rabbi Adam Chalom for the Jewish New Year of 5781/2020 What does it mean To be “in person”? Is it our body on a map, in a building, at a place? Is that “in person”? You […]
REFLECTING ON YOM KIPPUR by Peter Schweitzer This article was first published in “Humanistic Judaism,” Autumn 2001 This is supposed to be, for Jews, the season to say I’m sorry. This day is about each of us alone yet together, […]
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 […]
If you are not yet an SHJ member, supporter, or subscriber, please enjoy the preview edition [PDF] here. If you are, please scroll down while logged in for access to the full version. SUMMER 2020
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, […]