Respect and dignity: essential values of Judaism for millennium.

 

Full gender equality, reproductive freedom, and LGBTQ rights: central tenets of Secular Humanism.

 

As the only movement at the intersection of humanism and secular Jewish identity, the Society for Humanistic Judaism is proud to support the mission of the Women's March happening this Saturday, January 21 st  in Washington DC and in communities throughout North America.

 

Members of our movement will be marching individually and as contingents from local Humanistic Judaism congregations. We invite you to march with us!

 

If you will be at the main Washington DC March and would like to walk with Machar - The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism, we will meet at 9:45am in front of the Small Business Administration Building, 409 3rd Street SW.  For more information please contact Marlene at marleneccohen@comcast.net.

Here are some of our other SHJ-affiliated communities that are marching as contingents:

 

CO - Beth Ami Congregation for Humanistic Judaism will join the Denver March. Meet us in front of the Denver Public Library at 11am for a photo op after the march and before the rally in Civic Park.  For more information please contact Sheila at smalcolm280@gmail.com .

 

NY , NY - The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism will join the NYC March. Meet us at Morton Williams Supermarket, 908 2nd Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets, at 11:30am.  For more information please contact Renee at rbettybop@nyc.rr.com .

SHJ's executive director Paul Golin will join this march!

 

NY, Rochester - Beth Haskalah: The Rochester Society for Humanistic Judaism will join the Washington DC March with Machar. For more information please contact Barry at baswan@aol.com.

 

OR - Kol Shalom Community of Humanistic Judaism will join the Portland March. Meet us at the Waterfront Park walkway directly east of where Ash Street ends, at 11:45am.  For more information please contact Randy at rsplitter@mac.com .

 

WA - Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound will join the Seattle March. Meet us at Starbucks at the corner of 23rd Avenue & Jackson St., a few blocks north of Judkins Park where the march begins, at 9:30am.  For more information please contact Judy at judyblinder@yahoo.com .

 

Members of SHJ-affiliated communities  in the  Bay Area, Boston, Chicago , Los Angeles, Minneapolis, South Florida, Toronto , and elsewhere report they'll also be participating in marches. To link up, please find your local SHJ-affiliated Humanistic Judaism community on our website and contact them for more information.

Thank you for putting your Secular Humanistic Judaism values into action!

 

Sincerely,

The SHJ Staff and Board