Tradition

Humanistic Judaism

Overview

Humanistic Judaism (Hebrew: יהדות הומניסטית, romanized: Yahadut Humanistit) is a Jewish movement that offers a nontheistic alternative to contemporary branches of Judaism. It defines Judaism as the cultural and historical experience of the Jewish people rather than a religion, and encourages Jews who are humanistic and secular to celebrate their identity by participating in relevant holidays and rites of passage (such as weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs) with inspirational ceremonies that go beyond traditional literature while still drawing upon it.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Humanistic Judaism

• Reform Judaism
• Baruch Spinoza
• David ben Judah Messer Leon

Related ideas

• Judaism
• Jerusalem
• Mordecai Kaplan
• Westport, Connecticut
• Reform Judaism
• Secular humanism
• The New York Times
• Jewish religious movements
• Nontheism
• Naturalism (philosophy)
• Humanism
• J. Gordon Melton
• Farmington Hills, Michigan

Place in the tradition

Part of Atheism.

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