(adapted from my book, The Humanist Prayer Omnibus.) I fast on Yom Kippur. Fasting is difficult. Although the long-term health effects of fasting for one day are virtually non-existent, one…
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On September 19th, 2020, we had our first ever online Rosh Hashanah service. Watch an edited recording of the service: To see upcoming events or watch them live, check out…
Idenitities Lina M. Yom Kippur 2019 All people embody multiple identities. Our identifiers describe our relationships, the way we relate to the people and places around us. Among many…
Outside and Inside Ernie Rubinstein Rosh Hashanah, September 30, 2019 On Feb. 10, 2008, at the age of 56, I learned something new about myself. I learned I had a…
Facing the Unexpected Alyson Silverman-Caruso Yom Kippur 2018 Hi, I’m Alyson Silverman-Caruso. My family has been a member of City Congregation for three years, I have two sons in…
On Transition Sandy Farber Rosh Hashana 2018 L’shanah tovah. My name is Sandy Farber, and I’m a long-time member of the congregation, having joined in the 1990s. One of…
On September 10, City Congregation starts its calendar with a bang, celebrating the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It will be my first time officiating as TCC’s Rabbi, and for many of you, the first...
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Rabbi Sivan Maas, one of the leading secular humanistic Jewish thinkers, discusses the accumulated meaning of Chanukah through the millennia. Rabbi Mass is the Dean of Tmura-IISHJ: the Institute for…
The eight-day festival of Sukkot follows the Jewish New Year. Originally a fall harvest festival, the sukkot were huts built in the fields for shelter during the harvest. Humanistic Jews...
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Self-Reflection Essay Matt Rand (Originally given on the occasion of his conversion, February 15, 2017) Ten years ago if someone had told me I’d become Jewish, I definitely wouldn’t…