Organizations

Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations (CSJO) and Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ)

The Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations and the Society for Humanistic Judaism are the two community organizations that support the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in North America and are served by its graduates. Each organization sponsors and supports communities across the United States and Canada, as well as publishing materials, putting on national conferences, and representing the movement of Secular Humanistic Judaism.

International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews

The world expression of the Secular Humanistic Jewish movement is the International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews (IFSHJ). There are six regions in the IFSHJ: North America, Israel , Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and Australia. Leading figures in the International Federation are/have been Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, founder of Humanistic Judaism in North America;Yair Tsaban, former Minister of Immigration and Absorption in Israel; Albert Memmi, well-known French writer and professor of sociology at the University of Paris; and Yehuda Bauer, noted historian and Holocaust scholar at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. North American affiliates of the IFSHJ are the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations, the Society for Humanistic Judaism, and the Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring.

IFSHJ Website: www.ifshj.org

Leadership Conference of Secular and Humanistic Jews

Graduates of the Institute's Leadership Program are eligible to join the Leadership Conference of Secular and Humanistic Jews. Secular Humanistic Jewish clergy to officiate Jewish, Humanistic or intercultural weddings or other significant lifecycle observances, create and conduct Secular and Humanistic Jewish festival services and observances, teach adults and children, and speak about Jewish topics or about Secular Humanistic Judaism at Jewish organizational events.

LCSHJ Website: www.lcshj.org

Association of Humanistic Rabbis

The Association of Humanistic Rabbis (AHR) was founded in 1967 by rabbis committed to the values of Humanistic Judaism, a human-centered approach to Jewish life. The AHR fosters these values and develops the on-going learning, fellowship and welfare of its members. Rabbis who have received ordination from the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism in North America and secular rabbis ordained by T'mura, the Institute's seminary in Israel, along with students matriculating in these programs, are automatically eligible for membership in AHR. Rabbis who were ordained at other seminaries and who embrace the values of the AHR may also be considered for membership.

AHR Website: www.shj.org/AHR.htm