Celebrate Holidays

Today’s Jewish holidays evolved from layers of development. They were originally created to acknowledge and understand natural events and occurrences, human desires, and human achievements. Religious figures subsequently added a divine layer to the holidays as a way of elevating them to the realm of the supernatural. But the human themes always remained.

Humanistic Jews observe the Jewish holidays by emphasizing the original themes of human knowledge, achievement, and responsibility. Through innovative liturgy, we honor Jewish traditions while only ever reading, saying, and singing what we truly believe. We explore the origin of the holidays and the history behind the traditions, and we adapt the themes to be relevant to our lives today.

Celebrate the Jewish holidays humanistically! Find High Holiday programming here.

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