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Web Magazine Issue 208 - Secular Judaism

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Web Magazine

Secular Judaism

Issue 208: May 8, 2007
Sponsored by the Jesse & Julie Rasch Foundation

 

FEATURED ARTICLES

Can You Raise a Child Without God?

By Ken Burk

The short answer: Yes. The long answer: It's more challenging without the stirring narratives of traditional religion.

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Of Shalom and Om

By Heather Lazar

A Jewish woman married to a Hindu man finds the universal lessons in Jewish holidays.

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Interfaith Families and Secular Judaism

By Rabbi and Cantor Judith Seid

In a Secular Humanistic congregation, the children of intermarriage celebrate both of their parents' heritages equally.

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

More Articles on Secular Judaism

Our Secular Humanistic Seder
By Deborah Freeman

Have you heard of the fifth child, the one who no longer sits at the Passover table?

"Mazel Tov" Instead of "Oy Vey"
Interview by Ronnie Friedland

Rabbi Adam Chalom asks only one question of interfaith couples who ask him to marry them: Do you love each other?

Books

Judaism, Please. Hold the Deity.
By Jesse Tisch

In God-Optional Judaism, Judith Seid takes disbelief seriously.

Avoiding Jewish "Nothingness"
By Michael Felsen

Secular Jewishness for Our Time traces the evolution of secular Judaism--from the socialist Yiddishkeit of the early 20th century to the multicultural activism of the 21st.

News

Is The Popularity of Jewish Culture Sustainable?
By Chanan Tigay

Young people are responding to Matisyahu, Heeb and Guilt & Pleasure. But will it get them into synagogue?

Rabbi Field Embraces "Jews on the Edge"
By Andrea Jacobs

The head of Denver's Judaism Your Way provides alternative Jewish experiences to those outside the mainstream.

From Our Article Archive

Why We Call Them Intercultural Weddings: A Secular Humanistic Jewish Approach
By Rabbi Miriam Jerris

There's no such thing as a by-the-book secular wedding.

Arts and Entertainment

Interfaith Celebrities: Five Beautiful Women, A Violinist and One Caveman
By Nate Bloom

How many interfaith celebs made People's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World? Plus, the Geico caveman's path to Judaism.

The person who leads a Jewish congregation in chanting and singing prayer. ("Hazzan" in Hebrew.) People who attend and worship at a given synagogue. The spring holiday commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. Spiritual leader and teacher. Typically, but not always, leads a congregation. Place of Jewish worship, referring to both the room where it occurs and the building where it occurs. Colloquially referred to as "temple."
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