My Nonprofit Reviews

The Society for Humanistic Judaism serves an important purpose in providing a feeling of legitimacy (I'm not alone!) and a sense of community for Jews in the U.S. and Canada who identify as Jewish but do not believe in an interventionist god. Without the Society for Humanistic Judaism and its affiliated local communities, secular Jews like me would be faced with the choice of "going through the motions" of traditional Jewish ritual and prayer or disconnecting completely from our Jewish heritage. The Society supports the development of new Humanistic Jewish communities, the growth of existing communities, and a strong voice for Humanistic Jewish values on the important social issues of our time. My experience with the Society is that it is comprised of caring, hard-working, highly intelligent people who are visionaries in their approach to Judaism in the 21st century.