Over the last twenty-five years, the movement of Secular Humanistic Judaism has had to negotiate the differences between “secular Jewishness” and “Humanistic Judaism.” Some prefer community schools, others appreciate the support of congregations. What they all share is an approach to Jewish life—cultural, this-worldly, appreciating the past and creating for the future.

This is the fifteenth and last session of a year-long adult learning course of "Philosophy of Secular Humanistic Judaism" offered by Rabbi Adam Chalom, Dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (www.iishj.org) and Rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation (www.kolhadash.com). For the complete playlist for this adult learning series, visit    • Philosophy of Secular Humanistic Judaism  .

This course is based on the adult learning curriculum "Introduction to Secular Humanistic Judaism" which you can explore at https://iishj.org/publications/introd.... The two textbooks for the class are "Basic Ideas of Secular Humanistic Judaism" https://iishj.org/publications/basic-... and "Judaism in a Secular Age" https://iishj.org/publications/judais..., both available from the IISHJ directly or on Amazon.com.