This article was published in the Fall 2020 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Dr. Miriam Jerris, the rabbi of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. When I conceived of this article, the question I posed in the […]
Hanukkah
Physical handouts of this PDF were mailed to SHJ Independent Members, supporters, and members of our affiliated communities for Hanukkah 2017.
As a complement to the article written by Rabbi Adam Chalom in the Fall 2020 issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine, enjoy this humanistic “spin” on the traditional dreidel game with a new acronym! Click Here to print your own copy. […]
[Excerpted from Natan Fuchs in “Here is Our Light: Humanistic Jewish Holiday and Life-Cycle Liturgy for Inspiration and Reflection,” pp. 53-54. For a printable PDF of this excerpt, please click here.] Those who come from a traditional Jewish background are […]
[For a printable PDF of this recipe please click here (page 2).] It is a part of the human condition to celebrate light during the season’s shortest and darkest days. Hanukkah occurs around the winter solstice where in the Northern […]
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 […]
This article was published in the Fall 2020 Issue of Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Rabbi Adam Chalom, rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in Deerfield, IL and the dean of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (IISHJ). […]
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SHJ members and donors received a glossy printed version of our 2020 Hanukkah handout in the mail, “Humanistic Ideals for Hanukkah Candle Lighting,” and we are sharing with everyone the electronic copy [PDF] for printout here. We hope you will […]
This is a reprint of an article written by Rabbi Jeffrey Falick entitled, “History Lessons” first published in Humanistic Judaism Magazine, Winter 2017. Rabbi Falick is the rabbi of the Birmingham Temple, Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in Farmington Hills, Michigan. […]