At Temple Adat Chaverim in the San Fernando Valley, the High Holiday services make no reference to a supernatural God. Adat Chaverim — and members of a sister group in Los Angeles — will join some ...

"We deplore efforts to degrade human intelligence, to seek to explain the world in supernatural terms, and to look outside nature for salvation. We are committed to separation of church and state." - ...

According to an important 2001 survey, 44 percent of American Jews by religion claimed to be “secular,” or “somewhat secular.” I repeat: 44 percent! The next religious group to embrace the “secular” ...

Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...

A recent federal district court decision holding that Secular Humanist prisoners are entitled to organize a discussion groups focused on their beliefs on the same terms as theistic prisoners is easily ...

JERUSALEM, April 1 (JTA) — She may not look like a rabbi, she may not act like a rabbi and she’s not even sure she wants to be called a rabbi. But Sivan Maas is the first secular rabbi in Israel — and ...

Our Judaism is broadly defined as the collective historical experience of the Jewish people – a widely and wildly diverse experience that has helped foster our extraordinary resilience. For a long ...

The Spokesman-Review has thrown a lot of ink lately regarding secular humanism as compared to faith-based religiosity. Mr. Garoutte’s letter of Nov. 26 (“Morality without religion”) says we are a ...

Rabbi Jack Silver will speak on ”Secular Humanist Jewish Life Cycle Celebrations: Preserving Traditions While Being True to Ourselves” on Aug. 9. The program will take place from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the ...

Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...