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The Hanukkah Story – Miracle, Myth, or History?

November 28, 2021
Guest Author

[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 […]

Humanistic “Miracle” Gluten-Free Potato Latkes Recipe

November 28, 2021
Rabbi Miriam Jerris

Hanukkah, Holidays

[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 […]

A Sukkah of Peace

September 22, 2021
Guest Author

Advocacy, HJ Meaning, Holidays, Sukkot

This is a guest post by Rabbi Jeffrey Falick of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit, founded in 1963 as the Birmingham Temple. Happy Sukkot! If there was ever a great example of bad holiday planning, it’s Sukkot. […]

Blessings of Gratitude – A High Holiday Liturgy Supplement

August 24, 2021
Paul Golin

Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur

Happy New Year! Rosh Hashanah begins the evening of September 6, 2021. This year, members and supports of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and our affiliated communities received in the mail printed copies of “Blessings of Gratitude as We Embrace […]

The Four Children – A Humanistic Haggadah Supplement

March 24, 2021
Paul Golin

Holidays, Passover

Happy Passover! This year, members and supports of the Society for Humanistic Judaism and our affiliated communities received in the mail printed copies of “The Four Types of Children: A Humanistic Supplement to the Passover Haggadah.” Written by Peter Schweitzer, […]

Hanukkah Blessings for Secular Humanistic Jews

December 17, 2020
Rabbi Miriam Jerris

Hanukkah, Holidays

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 […]

Chrismukkah? – Fall 2020 Humanistic Judaism Magazine

December 10, 2020
Paul Golin

Community News, Hanukkah, HJ Magazine, Holidays

If you are not yet an SHJ member, supporter, or subscriber, please enjoy the preview edition [PDF] here. If you are, please scroll down while logged in for access to the full version. FALL 2020

Humanistic Ideals for Hanukkah Candle Lighting

December 7, 2020
Paul Golin

Hanukkah, Holidays, SHJ Member News

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 […]

Appreciating and Giving Thanks

December 7, 2020
Guest Author

Grow Humanistic Judaism, HJ Meaning, Holidays

The below original Humanistic Judaism liturgy was written by Stan Eichner, a member of Kahal B’raira Boston Congregation for Humanistic Judaism who also serves on its liturgy committee. It was first recited during a Sunday service before Thanksgiving 2020, in […]

Hanukkah History Lessons

December 3, 2020
Guest Author

Hanukkah, HJ Magazine Articles, Holidays

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. […]

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