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THE UNWRITTEN EULOGY This is a guest post by Jodi Kornfeld, Rabbi of Beth Chaverim Humanistic Jewish Community in Deerfield, Illinois. The Unwritten Eulogy was first presented at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism’s end of the year 2020 […]
Rabbi Eva Goldfinger wrote “PESACH 101: Handbook for a Cultural Celebration of Passover” on behalf of her community, Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Toronto, Canada, and has generously made the PDF available to all who are interested. You can […]
This is a guest post by Jeffrey L. Falick, Rabbi of the Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Metro Detroit, Michigan. (March 2 is Theodor Geisel’s birthday.) Last year at just about this time I was preparing a Friday […]
This is a guest post by Francis Erdman. Francis is a member of SHJ and a software/blockchain professional based on Cape Cod, MA. He is a cat person and, as a life-long Red Sox fan, still holds that the greatest […]
This is a guest post by Marlene Cohen, Secretary of the SHJ Board of Directors, a long-time member of our DC-affiliate Machar, and Chair of the SHJ Youth Education Committee. Like a Rorschach ink blot test, descriptions of what occurred […]
This is a guest post by Jeffrey L. Falick, Rabbi of the Birmingham Temple Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Metro Detroit, Michigan. How many times have you heard the tired old cliché that “there are no atheists in foxholes?” I […]
People all over the world who believe in democracy were shocked and dismayed by what they saw happen in the U.S. capital this week. As a movement, Humanistic Judaism does not engage in partisan politics. We’re invested in values. But values […]
This is a guest post by Judi Gladstone, founder of the Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound. The year 2020 has provided many heartbreaks and responses to them, specifically the Black Lives Matter movement. It is incumbent upon us all […]
This post created with permission and thanks to The City Congregation in New York CHANUKAH BLESSINGS for a Secular Humanistic Chanukah Celebration (Sung to the traditional melody for lighting the candles) Blessing One Ba-ruch ha-or ba-oh-lahm Ba-ruch […]