Humanistic Judaism

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Humanistic Judaism is a nontheistic movement within Judaism that emphasizes Jewish culture, history, and ethical values rather than belief in a supernatural God.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Humanistic Judaism canonical 3
Secular Judaism 3
Hillelismo 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish movement
nontheistic religious movement
approachToConversion offers secular Jewish conversion processes
approachToIdentity inclusive of patrilineal and matrilineal descent
ceremonyType secular baby naming ceremonies
secular bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies
secular funeral and memorial services
secular wedding ceremonies
coreBelief nontheism
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
educationInstitution International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
emphasis Jewish culture
Jewish ethical values
Jewish history
ethicalFocus human dignity
human responsibility
reason
social justice
foundedBy Sherwin Wine
hasClergyTitle leader
rabbi
hasLanguage English
Hebrew
Yiddish
holidayPractice celebrates Jewish holidays with secular interpretations
inception 1963
motto A Judaism beyond God
organizationalBody International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
Humanistic Judaism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Society for Humanistic Judaism
philosophicalBasis secular humanism
placeOfOrigin Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
region Europe
Israel
Latin America
North America
rejectsBeliefIn supernatural God
relatedMovement Jewish humanism
Reconstructionist Judaism
Humanistic Judaism self-linksurface differs
surface form: Secular Judaism
religiousTradition Judaism
ritualStyle congregational
egalitarian
usesText adapted Jewish holiday liturgies
humanist liturgy
viewOfJudaism culture and civilization of the Jewish people
viewOnGodLanguage avoids theistic language in ritual
viewOnHalakha does not consider halakha religiously binding
viewOnMiracles rejects supernatural miracles
viewOnRevelation denies divine revelation of Torah

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Americans religiousDenomination Humanistic Judaism
this entity surface form: Secular Judaism
Jewish Americans religiousDenomination Humanistic Judaism
Contemporary Judaism hasMovement Humanistic Judaism
Contemporary Judaism hasMovement Humanistic Judaism
this entity surface form: Secular Judaism
Homaranismo hasAlternativeName Humanistic Judaism
this entity surface form: Hillelismo
Humanistic Judaism organizationalBody Humanistic Judaism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Society for Humanistic Judaism
Humanistic Judaism relatedMovement Humanistic Judaism self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Secular Judaism
Jewish denominations hasPart Humanistic Judaism