Communal Shabbat
Zoom 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.
Services
Over the years, the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism has created a library of services that it makes available to individuals and other congregations. Each year these services are tweaked a bit or a lot, as perspectives change and the responsible congregation members deem appropriate.
You are welcome to download any of these services, which are in Word doc format except where noted.
2023 High Holiday Services Booklet (pdf)
2021 CHJ Hanukkah Service (doc format)
Shabbat and Havdalah Services (doc format)
Shabbat and Havdallah Services (pdf)
Tu B’Shvat Seder Service (pdf)
Yom HaShoah (pdf)
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Sukkot Celebration
Member's residenceMeet in a member's backyard at 11 a.m. - Bring fruits and flowers for us to decorate the Sukkah with - and help to decorate! - Enjoy the music of Rayhan Pasternak as we go through our service, sing, and wave the etrog and lulav. - Partake of a very simple lunch of chili, corn... Read More
Communal Shabbat
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.
Women to Women
Member's residenceCome join other CHJ women to talk about a topic to be chosen at the meeting. It's a great way to get to know one another. This month will be held at a member's home. Watch our listserv for the member's name and address.
Shabbat Service and Program “Origins of Religion”
ZoomSave the Date: Shabbat Program Friday, October 13, 2023 7:30PM, via Zoom How did things get to be the way they are? How might early Homo Sapiens have understood life and death, given the analogic way we think? And how might early hypotheses have evolved into the range of current belief systems? We will not... Read More
Book Club – Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
Member's residenceIt’s Porter's most celebrated story, where a young woman lies in a fever during the influenza epidemic, her childhood memories mingling with fears for her boyfriend on his way to war.
