| Conference keynote
addresses |
2011 |
CSJO
Conference Keynote by Mark Neuman |
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2010 |
“My
Convictions” by Hershl Hartman |
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2010 |
Jew-West
Regional Conference 2010 by Sam Ruben |
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2006 |
Progress?
by Leah Bender Siemiarowski |
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2005 |
Voices
of the past, Visions of the future by Denora Knecht |
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2005 |
Voices
of the past, Visions of the future by Judy Seid |
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2005 |
Voices
of the past, Visions of the future by Jerry Bain |
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2004 |
Honoring
the People's Author by Building Communities by Sam
Ruben |
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2004 |
Naye
tsaytn. Naye lider. Singing new songs for new times.
by Gerry Kane |
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2003 |
Creating
& Sharing Jewish Outlooks by Jodi Goldfinger |
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2003 |
Creating
& Sharing Jewish Outlooks by Roberta Feinstein |
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2001 |
Shaping
Our Secular Jewishness by Jeffrey Kaye |
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1988 |
CSJO
Conference Keynote by Amy Meckler |
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1987 |
CSJO
Conference Keynote by Gerry Revzin |
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1981 |
CSJO
Conference Keynote by Jerald Bain |
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1980 |
A
Jewish Alternative To Alienation by Larry Bush |
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1980 |
Yiddishkeit/Mentshlichkeit:
What's so new about that? by Hershl Hartman |
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1974 |
CSJO
Conference Keynote by Gerry Kane |
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| Miscellaneous
essays |
2008 |
Albert
Einstein as a secular humanistic Jew: By Bennett Muraskin |
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2008 |
Spinoza:
The First Secular Jew? by Bennett Muraskin |
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2008 |
Torah
and Modern Morality by Bennett Muraskin |
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2007 |
Secular
Jews and Pacifism by Bennett Muraskin (adapted from
“Jewish Secularism” in Peace, Justice and
Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition (2007), edited by Murray
Polner and Stefan Merken |
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2007 |
A
Funeral Story by Charles Baron |
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2006 |
Looking
Back on 9/11
This talk was given on Rosh Hashanah by leader Mark Weber.
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2004 |
Judaism,
the Jewish Jesus, and the politics of Judea
A workshop presented by Jeff Zolitor offering a look into
the political and social settings, surrounding the life
of Jesus from a Jewish perspective. |
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2004 |
Why
you should go to CSJO
Written for the summer issue of L'Khaim by Lisa Rothman.
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2004 |
Jewish
Is Not
A poem written by Corinne Low |
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2001 |
Hellenism
and the Jews Presented at a workshop at the CSJO conference
by Jeff Zolitor, and published by Canadian Jewish Outlook
in its Sep/Oct 2001 issue. |
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2000 |
The
Khazars Presented at a workshop at the CSJO conference
by Peter Wolfe and Jeff Zolitor, and published by Canadian
Jewish Outlook in its Sep/Oct 2002 issue. |
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2000 |
So
You Want to be a Secular Humanist Jew Essayist Bennett
Muraskin defines the progressive Secular Jewish Movement.
Reprinted from Jewish Currents. |
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1998 |
Fifty
Years of the State of Israel Review of three works
presented at the CSJO conference. Introduction by Larry
Schofer. |
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1998 |
Toward
a True Alliance of Humanistic and Secular Jews Hershl
Hartman, Educational Director of the Los Angeles Sholem
Community Organization/School, offers a study of Secular
Jewishness and Humanistic Judaism. |
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1986 |
Jewish
identity and survival: challenge for secular/humanistic
Jews.
By Jerald Bain |
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1975 |
Secular
Jewishness; what's Jewish about it? An excerpt from
Sholom Aleichem Club News & Comment - By Max Rosenfeld |
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1965 |
Zhitlovsky:
Philosopher of Jewish Secularism from Jewish Currents
- By Max Rosenfeld |
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|
Sacred
Doctrine or Political Manifesto? Ancient Jewish Literature
in Context - Jeff Zolitor |
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CSJO'S
Role in Leading the Movement to Greater Recognition and
Strength - Gerry Revzin |
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|
One-minute
rap on who we are. By Judith Seid |
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|
Poland
and the Memory of the Holocaust Reprinted from the
Sholom Aleichem Club (Philadelphia) "News and Comment". |
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|
In
Search of Sugihara by Hillel Levine A book review
by Jane Schofer, Sholom Aleichem Club, Philadelphia. Reprinted
from the Sholom Aleichem Club (Philadelphia) "News
and Comment". |
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The
Jews of Sepharad Jeff Zolitor offers an introduction
to the history of the Jews in Spain. Reprinted from the
Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations (CSJO) newsletter. |
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Shevuos
and the Giving of the Torah Max Rosenfeld (1913-1997),
founder and for many years director of the Philadelphia
Jewish Children's Folkshul, was an essayist, folklorist,
poet and translator from the Yiddish. Here is his essay
on Shevuos, reprinted from his last book Festivals, Folklore
& Philosophy. A Secularist Revisits Jewish Traditions
(Sholom Aleichem Club Press, 1997). For information on
these books, contact the Sholom Aleichem ClubPress. |