Category Archives: Humanism

Freedom To vs. Freedom From

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Recent news suggesting that the US Supreme Court is about to reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that nationally legalized abortion – either long-feared or long-awaited, depending on one’s beliefs – has brought to mind Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian … Continue reading →

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Ever Again?

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

We have said “never again,” but given the realities of human nature, we are chagrined to confess it might be more like “ever again.” Continue reading →

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Power and Powerlessness

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Where do I find the power to face the challenges of life? Continue reading →

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To Pray or Not to Pray?

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

If secular people (Jewish or non-Jewish) find themselves in religious settings, what should they do? Continue reading →

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Forethought of Grief

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Should we prepare for the worst, or hope for the best, or neither? Continue reading →

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The Paradox of “Love Your Neighbor”

Posted on January 11, 2022 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

This post first appeared in slightly different form in the January/February 2022 Shofar newsletter of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation. There are many versions of the so-called “Golden Rule” in human cultures around the world; there are even many versions within … Continue reading →

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“I do not have the words”

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

Sometimes, even when we do not have the words, we still must do something. Continue reading →

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Values Voting

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

This post first appeared in The Shofar newsletter of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in February/March 2020 Ready or not, here comes another national campaign year. Primaries, debates, rallies, fundraising appeals, op-eds and Facebook posts. And finally, long after we have had enough, a chance … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Memorial Day

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

How might Humanist clergy offer an “invocation” and “closing blessing” for a public celebration of Memorial Day? Continue reading →

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“Post-Atheist”

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Rabbi Adam Chalom

One of the first questions I receive as a Humanistic rabbi in any media interview is “Are you an atheist?” – it happened again this past month on Sarasota NPR. One would think that the shock value of an “atheist rabbi” … Continue reading →

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