In honor of Women’s History Month (recognized annually during the month of March), we are spotlighting Jewish women from the past and present! This writing is an excerpt from SHJ’s 2019 book Here Is Our Light: Humanistic Jewish Holiday and Life-Cycle Liturgy for […]
Natan Fuchs, a member of Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit, discusses the timeline of Jewry in the United States as part of a Jewish History course he teaches at the congregation. There are links to ten sessions of […]
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Judging morality is an ongoing topic of discussion, especially when considering the construct of religion. Who makes the rules on morality if there isn’t a god? And what does “judgement” look like in the modern era when we have progressed […]
Rabbi Miriam Jerris graduated from the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism and ordained as a rabbi in 2001. She has been married to her Catholic born, Humanist husband for more than thirty-two years. There have never been any restrictions […]
This lecture was given during the Friday, January 8, 2016, service led by Natan Fuchs at the Birmingham Temple, Farmington Hills, Michigan. In honor of Tu Bi’Shvat (the Jewish “Arbor Day”), Natan Fuchs explores biblical references to demonstrate that the […]
Rabbi Jeffrey L. Falick presents a text study on the holiday Tu Bi’Shevat and how Humanistic Jews should be addressing the environmental crisis. This event took place on Friday, February 7, 2020, at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, founded as […]
This article was published in the Spring 2019 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Richard D. Logan, past president of Or Emet and the SHJ board, and Rabbi Jeremy Kridel, rabbi of Machar, The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic […]
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In honor of Roe v. Wade Day, we reflect on the important human right’s issue of a woman’s right to make decisions, with her doctor, regarding her reproductive health. We offer this reflection for Repro Shabbat, sponsored by the National […]