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Challenging the Phrase “Judeo-Christian Values”

May 1, 2023
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HJ Magazine Articles, Movement Advocacy, Social Justice Issues

This article was originally published in the Spring 2021 Humanistic Judaism Magazine. It was written by Lincoln Dow. Lincoln is the Community Organizer of Jews for a Secular Democracy, a pluralistic initiative of the Society for Humanistic Judaism. He studies politics […]

Cannabis Can Heal The Heart And Mind: A Humanist Approach

April 18, 2023
Guest Author

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 […]

On Becoming a Crone [or, Maybe, a Yente]

March 16, 2023
Guest Author

HJ Meaning, Relationships, Social Justice Issues

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 […]

Modern Jewish History – Jews In The United States

February 27, 2023
SHJ

HJ Meaning, SHJ Members Access, Social Justice Issues

Natan Fuchs, a member of Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit, discusses the timeline of Jewry in the United States as part of a Jewish History course he teaches at the congregation. There are links to ten sessions of […]

Ukraine: Updates and Personal Takes on the War

February 21, 2023
Guest Author

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 […]

REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

January 20, 2023
Miriam Jerris

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
Guest Author

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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