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At each SHJ Board Meeting a Board Member is asked to reflect on the SHJ’s mission. Allan Malkis, President of Or Emet, Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, and their designated representative on the Board shared his personal reflections on finding […]
This poem is part of an article on Humanistic Jews and Mussar that will be published in the Summer 2023 issue of Humanistic Judaism magazine. Mussar and Humanism on a Walk By J. Bruce Hillenberg, Ph.D. There is splendor and […]
This guest article by 13-year-old Ira Parsons, a member of Congregation Or Adam in Phoenix, AZ offers a thoughtful reminder of lessons we can learn from some lesser known mammals. Ira celebrates his B Mitzvah this coming weekend. There are various times […]
This article was originally published in the Winter 2021 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Prof. Michael Whitty, a member of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit and an advocate and activist since the 1970s […]
This lecture was given during the Friday Night Service held on July 17, 2015 at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit (formerly Birmingham Temple) Farmington Hills, Michigan. Prof. Mike Whitty speaks to the following questions: Is marijuana safer […]
This is a guest article by Professor Arthur B. Shostak, emeritus professor of Sociology at Drexel University. This article will also appear in the Spring 2023 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. The quoted material is drawn from his book Stealth […]
This is a guest post by Ziyi Guan who has chosen to adopt Judaism. Ziyi is a 20-year-old college student living in South Carolina, and studying Biology. She is of Chinese heritage and speaks the Chinese language. She also feels […]
This is a guest article by Barbara Martinsons, a member of the SHJ affiliate, Secular Jewish Circle in Tucson, Arizona. Barbara reflects on the different aspects of being a woman (and a Jewish woman) at various life stages. This is […]