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
- Separation of church and state (i.e. freedom of religion and freedom from religion);
- Jewish identity/culture, particularly on behalf of cultural, secular, and Humanistic Jews;
- 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
- Human Rights
- Humanism
- Anti-Violence
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