A Life of Courage: Sherwin Wine & Humanistic Judaism
Price: $30

Compiled by Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Harry Cook & Marilyn Rowens, this book is both a biography of and a tribute to the remarkable life of Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine. With contributions from 25 people close to Rabbi Wine and the Secular Humanistic movement he founded over 40 years ago, this book provides many unique perspectives of Rabbi Wine's life. The final chapter, written by Rabbi Wine, reflects on his life and what the movement has meant to him.

Basic Ideas of Secular Humanistic Judaism
Price: $20

Written by Eva Goldfinger, this is the first of a series designed to provide a better understanding of the basic ideas and practices of Secular Humanistic Judaism. It includes a philosophical explanation of Secular Humanistic Judaism, educational guidelines and sample curricula for Secular Humanistic Jewish teachers and schools, recommended reading lists for adults and children, and selected official statements of the movement. (spiral bound)

The Early Modern East European Roots of Secular Humanistic Judaism
Price: $20

Written by David Abramovitz, Zev Katz, Susan Lerner, Karen Levy, Roz Usiskin, and Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, the purpose of this publication is to provide background information for studying the early modern European roots of Secular Humanistic Judaism. It includes an historical survey, selected essays and texts from Yiddish literature in translation, a collection of Humanistic quotations, and an annotated bibliography.  (spiral bound)

Learning Bible Today: From Creation to the Conquest of Canaan
Price: $20

Written by Michael Prival, this book is intended to present major Biblical stories in a readable and accurate manner, to discuss the stories from a scientific point of view, and to  give parents and teachers the information they need to explain and discuss them with children. Aimed at grades six and up, this work is informational for adults as well and includes both stories and detailed discussion topics. (spiral bound)

Introduction to Secular Humanistic Judaism - a 3-part Adult Education Curriculum
Price: $50 per section, $125 for all three

Written by Rabbi Adam Chalom, this curriculum of 50 sessions comes complete with bibliography, introductory essays, discussion questions, and suggested discussion answers for each lesson. The three units are: Introduction to Jewish History, Introduction to Jewish Culture, and Philosophy of Secular Humanistic Judaism. Designed to 'teach yourself.'

Judaism in a Secular Age: An Anthology of Secular Humanistic Jewish Thought
Now available on Paperback!!
Price: $30

Edited by Renee Kogel and Zev Katz, this collection offers secular and humanistic Jews a Jewish source book that supports their beliefs. The writings collected and their authors are divided into three groups: those who first tried to think about Judaism and Jewish-ness in new ways; those who identified as secular and humanistic Jews; and those who have laid the philosophical ground-work for Secular Humanistic Judaism in this century. Political theorists and novelists, Hebraists, Yiddishists, Zionists, socialists, and more are included. 

Humanist Readings in Jewish Folklore (available Fall 2008)
Price: $20

Compiled and written by Bennett Muraskin, this book represents more than 120 Jewish folktales, selected with an eye to those Jews who seek their personal ethics and morals in Jewish culture and literature. The tales reflect the side of Jewish tradition that values freedom of thought, social justice, egalitarianism, and respect for the "other". Offering an introduction, commentary and bibliography, this book explores the pre-modern roots of Jewish humanism. Author Bennett Muraskin, is a union representative for New Jersey college faculty, speaks nationally on Jewish topics and is a frequent contributor to Jewish publications, including Jewish Currents, Humanistic Judaism , and Outlook ( Canada ).  He is the author of A Yiddish Short Story Sampler , and annotated bibliography of Yiddish stories in English translation.

Free Judaism & Religion in Israel
Price: $15

Edited by Yaakov Malkin. Reprinted from the journal Free Judaism , the voice of Secular Humanistic Judaism in Israel , this volume has collected several important essays into two categories: Religion and Democracy, and New Perspectives on Judaism. Contributors include Haim Cohen, Shulamit  Hareven, Rachel Elior, Yehuda Bauer, and A.B. Yehoshua. 

Morning Meditations
Price: $16

Collected and written by Barbara Kopitz, this is an inspirational book for Secular Humanistic Jews. Daily meditations affirm the power and responsibility of individuals to shape their own lives. Within a non-theistic approach, all people are offered a way to live a life of moral and ethical ideals, grounded in rational spirituality. (spiral bound)

Dr. Yudelman's Computer
Price: $18

Written by Leon Levenson, this book is a collection of plays written for children during his years as a Sunday school teacher in the Washington DC congregation. (spiral bound)

Judaism Without God? Judaism as Culture and Bible as Literature
Price: $25

Written by Yaakov Malkin, International Co-Provost of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, this volume describes Judaism as the culture of the Jewish people and explores key concepts in the discourse of Judaism as culture. It also includes a history of pluralism in Jewish culture and models for Humanistic Jewish education.

Epicurus and Apikorsim: The Influence of the Greek Epicurus and Jewish Apikorsim on Judaism
Price: $20

Written by Yaakov Malkin, International Co-Provost of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, this work explores the philosophy of the Greek Epicurus and its connection with Jewish apikorsim, or heretics, through the centuries. It also contains a special tributary foreword to Rabbi Sherwin Wine, founding co-chair of the International Institute.

The Quest for the Historical Israel: Debating Archaeology and the History of Early Israel
Price: $24.95
(Based on Colloquium '05 - Digging for the Truth: Archaeology and the Bible)

Written by Israel Finkelstein and Amihai Mazar, edited by Brian Schmidt and published by the Society of Biblical Literature, this volume presents debate and agreement between two eminent experts in the archaeology of Ancient Israel. Based on their presentations at Colloquium '05, this work is an invaluable introduction to the latest thinking on the origins of the Hebrew people in the land of Israel.