International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
- International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism
The International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (IISHJ) is the academic and intellectual center of Humanistic Judaism. It was established in Jerusalem in 1985, and it currently has two centers of activity: one in Jerusalem and the other in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The Institute offers professional training programs for Spokespersons, Educators, Leaders (also referred to in Hebrew as "madrikhim/ot" or in Yiddish as "vegvayzer"), and rabbis, in addition to its publications, public seminars and colloquia for lay audiences. It has also trained music leaders and cantors, though those programs are not currently active.
The Institute began offering its Leadership Program in 1986 as a joint program serving the communities of the Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations and the Society for Humanistic Judaism. It began a rabbinic program in 1992, and its first rabbinic ordination in North America took place in 1999; subsequent ordinations have happened biennially. [Neihbur, Gustav. "Humanist Jewish Group Reaches New Milestone," [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E4D9103EF933A15753C1A9679C8B63&scp=2&sq=secular+humanistic+judaism&st=nyt "The New York Times", October 20, 2001. ] ] The Israeli rabbinic program of the IISHJ began in 2004 and held its first ordination in 2006. [Barkat, Amiram "Wanted: Alternative Title for Rabbi," [http://israel.jcca.org/articles.htm?y=620051118151243 Haaretz, 7 January 2004.] ] [Ettinger, Yair. "Chief Rabbinate upset over 'secular rabbi' ordination," [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/804506.html "Haaretz", 22 December 2006.] ] The IISHJ's founding co-chairs were Rabbi Sherwin Wine and Yaakov Malkin of Tel Aviv University. Rabbi Wine led the IISHJ in North America until his death in July, 2007. The current Dean for North America is Rabbi Adam Chalom, [Askari, Emilia. "Farmington Hills Judaism institute names Wine's successor," [http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071024/NEWS03/71024052 Detroit Free Press, October 24, 2007.] ] and the Dean for Israel is Rabbi Sivan Malkin Maas.
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External links
* [http://www.iishj.org/ International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism]
* [http://www.tmuraisrael.org.il/ Tmura, the Institute for Training Secular Humanistic Rabbis and Jewish Leadership in Israel]
* [http://www.shj.org Society for Humanistic Judaism]
* [http://www.csjo.org/ Congress of Secular Jewish Organizations]
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