Social Justice: Issues and Resolutions

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
-Pastor Martin Niemöller, speaking about silence in Nazi Germany

The Society for Humanistic Judaism promotes our core ethical values by speaking out on issues that satisfy three specific criteria:

1. Separation of church and state (i.e. freedom of religion and freedom from religion);
2. Jewish identity/culture, particularly on behalf of cultural, secular, and Humanistic Jews;
3. Policy solutions that promote the core ethical values of freedom, dignity and self-esteem and are based on persuasive arguments from compelling evidence.

CLICK HERE to read official SHJ resolutions organized into the following categories:

• Separation of Church and State
• Jewish Identity & Culture
• Israel
• Human Rights
• Humanism
• Anti-Violence