Excerpted from Contemporary #Humanistic #Judaism: #Beliefs, #Values, Practices
by Adam Chalom and Jodi Kornfeld
"Sometimes ideological #secularists—particularly early twentieth-century #Zionists working for a #secular, Hebrew-speaking #Jewish state and socialists creating new expressions of secular #Jewishness in #Yiddish—also adapted traditional Jewish forms to their #political agendas."
Excerpted from Contemporary Humanistic Judaism: Beliefs, Values, Practices - TheHumanist.com
Reprinted with permission from The Jewish Publication Society (pp. 3-9) Copyright 2025 THROUGHOUT JEWISH HISTORY, many Jews have questioned specific Jewish religious beliefs. In the nineteenth century, thousands of Jews became more secularized through the Haskalah (Enlightenment) and experiences of emancipation and integration in Europe and America. Sometimes ideological secularists—particularly early twentieth-century Zionists working for […]