{"product_id":"contemporary-humanistic-judaism-adam-chalom-9780827615649","title":"Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices","description":"Opening up multidimensional ideas, values, and practices of Humanistic Judaism to Jews of all backgrounds and beliefs, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Humanistic Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e collects the movement's most important texts for the first time and answers the oft-raised question, \"How can you be Jewish and celebrate Judaism if you don't believe in God?\" with new vision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part 1 (\"Beliefs and Ethics\") examines core positive beliefs--in human agency, social progress, ethics without supernatural authority, sources of natural transcendence, and Humanistic Jews' own authority to remake their traditional Jewish inheritance on their own terms \"beyond God.\" Part 2 (\"Identity\") discusses how Humanistic Judaism empowers individuals to self-define as Jews, respects people's decisions to marry whom they love, and navigates the Israel-Diaspora relationship. Part 3 (\"Culture\") describes how the many worlds of Jewish cultural experience--art, music, food, language, heirlooms--ground Jewishness and enable endless exploration. Part 4 (\"Jewish Life\") applies humanist philosophy to lived Jewish experience: reimagined creative education (where students choose passages meaningful to them for their bar, bat, or b mitzvah [gender-neutral] celebrations), liturgy, life cycle, and holiday celebrations (where Hanukkah emphasizes the religious freedom to believe as one chooses). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jewish seekers, educators, and scholars alike will come to appreciate the unique ideologies and lived expressions of Humanistic Judaism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Chalom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0827615647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780827615649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jewish Publication Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Adam Chalom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482172481791,"sku":"9780827615649","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f672977e-35b2-4c80-8379-c2093223ac16.jpg?v=1715990252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporary-humanistic-judaism-adam-chalom-9780827615649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}