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:
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