Four years ago, almost to the day, I posted an opinion piece declaring “We Stand For Equality and Against Hate,” expressing concerns about the incoming Trump administration from a Humanistic Jewish perspective. I was new to my role at the […]
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This article was written by Jonathan L. Friedmann, Ph.D., who is a cantor and leader of our Los Angeles affiliate, Adat Chaverim: Congregation for Humanistic Judaism. It originally appeared in the Nov./Dec. 2020 issue of The Freethought Society News, the […]
This is a guest post by Dr. Richard D. Logan, Immediate Past President of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. I have experienced a lot of important intersections with Jewish people during my life. Two were especially important and life-changing: One […]
The following was written by Rabbi Jeffrey Falick: Some traditional Jewish prayers for peace involve the image of a “Sukkah of Peace.” How can the Sukkah be an appropriate symbol of peace? After all, a Sukkah is the flimsiest of […]
This is a guest post by Rick Pascal, a member of Kahal Chaverim in New Jersey, describing his and wife Maxine’s journey from Reform to Humanistic Judaism. What does being Jewish mean to me? I was born into a Jewish […]
Impossible! They said it couldn’t be done! On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 9 Humanistic Judaism Rabbis (plus one executive director) shared personal meaning and teachings about the High Holidays in under 90 minutes! Believe it. Thank you to the nearly […]
In Person Written by Rabbi Adam Chalom for the Jewish New Year of 5781/2020 What does it mean To be “in person”? Is it our body on a map, in a building, at a place? Is that “in person”? You […]
REFLECTING ON YOM KIPPUR by Peter Schweitzer This article was first published in “Humanistic Judaism,” Autumn 2001 This is supposed to be, for Jews, the season to say I’m sorry. This day is about each of us alone yet together, […]
A note for posterity, to any future generations reading this: Rosh Hashanah 2020 is happening in the midst of a global pandemic! When we reflect on this year past, and wonder about the year to come, it has more urgency […]
Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, founder of the Webby Awards, and author of the best-selling book about her family’s decade long practice of turning off screens one day a week for the past decade, 24/6: The Power of Unplugging […]