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Community Service
As a member of local community and religious groups whose goals and values we share, we volunteer where help is needed.
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Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
The shofar is heard at CHJ Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Family Services.
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Social Justice
After Charlotttesville
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Tu B’Shvat
Celebrating nature at the Tu B’Shvat seder is a joyous event filled with music and good food.
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We’re a Cooperative!
Members all play a role in making the congregation work. Read about how CHJ is organized.
Mitzvah Mentoring Program
Mitzvah Mentoring Program For over six decades, the CHJ’s bar and bat mitzvah program has offered highly meaningful opportunities for secular Jewish families to celebrate a traditional milestone in their children’s lives while remaining faithful to their humanistic beliefs and values. Uniquely tailored to the interests of the student and family, the mitzvah program allows… Read More
High Holidays 2024
We are pleased to present our 2024 Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services in person to our members, their families and guests. We will also be live-streaming the services on YouTube to members and non-members who wish to join us virtually. As always, our services are free of charge. CHJ celebrates Rosh Hashanah and… Read More
Invitation to Join
Humanistic Judaism offers contemporary Jews an alternative to theistic-based branches of Judaism. At the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (CHJ), our services and programs embrace Jewish historical and cultural traditions and its ethical values as applicable to our secular humanistic worldview. In our services, and especially on the High Holidays, we celebrate our Jewish identity while… Read More
Letter from the President
Thank you, all CHJ members, for giving me the opportunity to serve as your President. I promise to do my very best to meet your needs. Also, thank you, CHJ’ers, for enriching my life, and for your friendship in difficult times over the past >17 years. CHJ has given me the opportunity to celebrate being Jewish, to enjoy being Jewish, to share being Jewish, to learn more about being Jewish, and to support social/environmental goals. There are as many ways to do these things as there are members of CHJ.
Celebrate, Enjoy, Share, Learn, and Act!
Under the guidance of Steve Getz who is now Immediate Past President, the CHJ Board held special extra meetings over the last year to work on a project Steve called “Envisioning CHJ.” This initiative was successful in many ways. It reconfirmed our commitment to the goals in the bylaws. It achieved the financial review required by the bylaws. It enabled us to update our insurance contract. And it will be ongoing, because it generated a list of multiple ways in which we can act to make sure CHJ can thrive in the future. Among other ideas that have now been implemented is the renewed commitment to the B’nai Mitzvah program. We also had not one but two Havdalahs on the beach last summer. Friday evening programming and Sunday morning Jewish Journeys continue. I am convinced that the more that we enjoy what we do in CHJ, the stronger CHJ will be. Read More
Upcoming Events
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Forum on Israel and Anti-Semitism
Member's residenceThese groups are organized by Loretta Jay, Michelle Tomarkin and Jessica Wolf for CHJ members to have a safe place to talk about Israel, anti-Semitism and other related topics and how we are affected. RSVP is requested so we can plan accordingly. Please email Loretta at lorettacjay@gmail.com.
Board Meeting
ZoomWe will begin to work for next year's programs and any activities of specific interest. Please send me subjects of interest you wish the Board to consider in order to prepare the agenda. Open to all CHJ members. Request the Zoom link from Previn Patel.
Shabbat Candle Lighting
ZoomZoom opens at 6:30pm just to kibbutz. At 7pm we light candles with a short service. We listen to music and short lectures. Watch for the Zoom link on the listserv Friday afternoon.
Book Club – Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Member's residenceThis is the “richly detailed story of a woman caught between two cultures” (Sandra Dallas, New York Timesbestselling author) inspired by the real life of Crow Mary—an Indigenous woman in 19th-century North America. Come and join in on the discussion in a member's residence. Watch the listserv for the exact address.
Havdalah at the Beach
Compo Beach, Westport CT, United States +1 moreGet ready to welcome summer at the beach with fellow members, friends and guests on Saturday September 14, 5 p m at the Compo Beach in Westport as usual. Desserts, drinks and parking compliments of CHJ, bring your chairs and dinner. Please RSVP in order to plan for desserts and drinks. Ask for CHJ parking... Read More
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