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Books about Secular Humanistic Judaism:
Anthologies 

*Judaism in a Secular Age: An Anthology of Secular Humanistic Thought edited by Renee Kogel and Zev Katz (1995) 

Secular Jewishness For Our Time, edited by Barnett Zumoff and Karl Zukerman (2006) 

The Faith of Secular Jews. edited by Saul Goodman (1976) 

*Understanding Secular Humanistic Judaism, edited by Judith Seid (1990) 

Overview/ Basis of our Movement 

Festivals, Folklore & Philosophy: A Secularist Revisits Jewish Traditions by Max Rosenfeld (1997) 

*God-Optional Judaism: Alternatives for Cultural Jews Who Love Their History, Heritage and Community by Judith Seid (200) 

*Judaism Beyond God: A Radical New Way to be Jewish by Sherwin Wine (1985) 

Judaism: Myth, Legend, History and Custom from the Religious to the Secular by Abraham Arnold (1995) 

*Respecting the Wicked Child: A Philosophy of Secular Jewish Identity and Education by Mitchell Silver (1998) 

Profiles of Prominent Progressive Secular and Humanistic  Jews 

*Let Justice Well Up Like Water: Progressive Jews from Hillel to Helen Suzman by Bennett Muraskin (2004) 

Jewish Folklore from a Humanist Perspective 

*Humanist Readings in Jewish Folklore by Bennett Muraskin (2001) 

Holidays 

*Celebrating Jewish Holidays: An Introduction For Secular Jewish Families and Their Communities by Bennett Muraskin, Judith Seid and Lawrence Schofer (2002)      All members receive this book when they join the JCSS.  If you are a member and do not have a copy, contact Bennett Muraskin bmuraskin@optonline.net 

*= highly recommended 

NOTE:  Many of these books are available from the websites of the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations (CSJO) www.csjo.org and/or the Society for Humanistic Judaism  www.shj.org