Social Justice: Issues and Resolutions

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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, and
  3. Policy solutions that promote the core ethical values of freedom, dignity and self-esteem and are based on persuasive arguments from compelling evidence.

Read the latest advocacy, actions, and  official SHJ resolutions in the following categories:

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

Separation of Church and State

Jewish Identity & Culture

Israel

Human Rights

Humanism

Anti-Violence/Hate