Beyond Tradition

Is the return to tradition the answer for non-traditional Jews? How do we find the balance between tradition and innovation? Colloquium 1999 explored the history of non-traditional Jewish identities, including Reform, Reconstructionism, Zionism, the Bund, Jewish Renewal and Ethical Culture, culminating in Secular Humanistic Judaism. What makes a full and meaningful Jewish life for Secular Humanistic Jews?

Is the return to tradition the answer for non-traditional Jews? How do we find the balance between tradition and innovation? Colloquium 1999 explored the history of non-traditional Jewish identities, including Reform, Reconstructionism, Zionism, the Bund, Jewish Renewal and Ethical Culture, culminating in Secular Humanistic Judaism. What makes a full and meaningful Jewish life for Secular Humanistic Jews?

Bonnie Cousens is the Executive Director of Society for Humanistic Judaism and Managing Editor of the journal Humanistic Judaism.