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What on Earth Do “Bonobos” (Whatever Those Are!) Have to Do with Humanistic Judaism?

April 18, 2023
SHJ

HJ Meaning, Movement Advocacy, Other Holidays, Tu Bi'Shevat

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 […]

Cannabis Can Heal The Heart And Mind: A Humanist Approach

April 18, 2023
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HJ Magazine Articles, HJ Meaning, Movement Advocacy, Social Justice Issues

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 […]

A lecture on treating Marijuana as we would wine

April 14, 2023
SHJ

HJ Meaning, Movement Advocacy, Social Justice Issues

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 […]

Embracing Neurodiversity: Have we been inclusive enough?

April 3, 2023
SHJ

HJ Magazine Articles, Movement Advocacy, Radical Inclusion, Social Justice Issues

This article was originally published in the Fall 2021 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It is written by James Branum, the current editor of HJ Magazine. He also is an attorney, writer, peace activist, and an SHJ member in Oklahoma […]

Ten Modern Plagues

March 29, 2023
SHJ

Movement Advocacy, Passover, Social Justice Issues

Ten Modern Plagues That Threaten America’s Separation of Religion and Government Adapted from a handout sent to SHJ members from Jews for a Secular Democracy Click here to download the PDF version. Passover is about freedom! America is supposed to be […]

This Purim, Secular Jews Should “Come Out”

March 3, 2023
Paul Golin

Grow Humanistic Judaism, Movement Advocacy, Purim

Esther, the hero of the story we read on the Jewish holiday of Purim, saved the Jewish people by revealing her Jewish identity to her husband, King Ahasuerus, despite the risks it posed to her own safety. Her “unmasking” led […]

Ukraine: Updates and Personal Takes on the War

February 21, 2023
SHJ

Movement Advocacy, Social Justice Issues

This is a summary of a presentation hosted by Machar, the Secular Humanistic Jewish Congregation of the Washington DC Area, through the Machar Adult Education Panel Discussion, on January 22, 2023. It is written by Marlene Cohen, Machar Member and […]

Celebrating Jewish Racial Diversity

February 6, 2023
SHJ

Movement Advocacy, Radical Inclusion

February is Black History Month and a good time to reiterate some of SHJ’s guiding principles. Humanistic Judaism stands for equality and racial justice. We acknowledge that white privilege is real, and that there is still so much work to […]

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

January 20, 2023
SHJ

HJ Meaning, Movement Advocacy, Shabbat, Social Justice Issues

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 […]

Poor and Jewish

January 19, 2023
SHJ

HJ Magazine Articles, Movement Advocacy, Radical Inclusion, Social Justice Issues

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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