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"It may be true that in a
pre-scientific age, the best
way to ensure Jewish survival
was to emphasize prayer and
worship. They didn't have to
force themselves to believe it.
But in the 20th Century it
might not be the best method.
In fact, in the 20th Century,
the best method has nothing
to do with religion —
Zionism."
Asking Jews to go through
the motions of prayer and
worship if they do not believe
in those acts is dishonest and
immoral, he argues. "What is
important in Jewish life, if it
is to have an ethical quality,
is integrity."
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Ann Arbor Alternative

SUSAN LUDMER-GLIEBE

Special to The Jewish News

W

e're the place not
only for secular and
humanistic Jews
but for lots of Jews who, for
one reason or the other,
don't feel comfortable in
other (Jewish) settings,"
says Judy Seid, 38, director
of the Jewish Cultural
Society and School of Ann
Arbor.
Seid's involvement with
secular and humanistic
Judaism runs deep and
wide. "I'm a third-
generation secularist. My
one grandfather was the
guiding light of the Jewish
Culture Club in Los
Angeles. My other grand-
father started a Jewish
free-loan society in Bound-
brook, N.J. He was a
chicken farmer."
Seid is comfortable with
explaining, and more than
happy to talk about,
secular and humanistic
Judaism: what it has been,
what it is today and what
it may become. "I get im-
passioned easily," she
admits.
The Ann Arbor Jewish
Cultural School was
organized in 1965,
primarily to provide Sun-
day school instruction to
young children. In the
years since then, its
moniker has been added to
and stretched to reflect the
changing scope and range
of activities offered.
Presently it has an eight-
person staff, with 45
member units - individuals
and families - and it makes
its quarters in Ann Arbor's
Jewish Community
Center.

In common with many
other similar groups — it is
affiliated with the Con-
gress of Secular Jewish
Organizations and the
Michigan Coalition of
Secular and Humanistic
Jews — the JCS sponsors
and develops programs
that re-affirm the
historical, cultural and
ethical components of
Judaism. In common with
these groups it remains
removed from, though not
antithetical to, the theistic,
sacred, super-natural
tradition of Judaism. "We
don't have a credo," Seid
explains. "A person's
religion is a private mat-
ter."
So, some may wonder: If
you take away the
religious quota in Judaism
what type of Judaism do
you have left? "There's a
particular ethical message
in Judaism" answers Seid.
She believes that that
message, which is inform-
ed by Jewish history, is one
deserving of being known
by Jews, and worthy of be-
ing acted upon. "Judaism
is a choice," Seid says. It's
a choice made with the
recognition that from it
flows action. "We don't
need any reluctant Jews."
Some Jews, reluctant or
otherwise, who know
nothing about secular and
humanistic Judaism
might be surprised to
discover, for example, that
the JCS not only observes
and celebrates Jewish
holidays, but also prepares
students for bar and bat
mitzvah, performs wed-
dings, baby-naming
ceremonies and the like.
The JCS even hopes to