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Jewish Culture

JEWISH CULTURE

Judaism encompasses the rich and diverse cultures and ethnicities of the Jewish people. This includes a range of religious and secular traditions expressed through ever-evolving arts, musics, literatures, foods, fashions, and other creative modes.

The videos, texts, and published books linked below are a good place to start exploring this subject. If, after exploring these suggestions, you would like further recommendations, please contact us at info@iishj.org.

Humanist Readings in Jewish Folklore by Bennett Muraskin (Book)

Video Playlist on Introduction to Jewish Culture by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Articles on Jewish Culture by Rabbi Sherwin Wine

Judaism as a Culture – by Yaakov Malkin (Book)

Video Playlist: JWest World of Jewish Music

Pushcarts and Dreamers: Stories of Jewish Life in America by Max Rosenfeld (Book)

Jewish Holidays from Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation, suburban Chicago IL (Text)

Jewish Holiday celebrations from Machar, Washington DC (text)

Video Playlist: Rediscovering Jewish Diversity by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Jewish Holidays from Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Fairfield County, CT (Text)

Jewish Holidays from the national Society for Humanistic Judaism (text)

Videos: The (Secular Humanistic) Rebbe’s Tisch from the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit – various topics

“Secular Culture and Ideas” – an online journal of articles on Jewish culture sponsored by the Posen Foundation through the Center for Cultural Judaism.