Can you be spiritual
without being religious?
Can you be rational and spiritual
at the same time?
Is there an ethical dimension
to spirituality?
Do beauty and the arts fit
into the spiritual experience?
Are science and
SECULAR
SPIRITUALITY:
PASSIONATE
JOURNEY TO A
RATIONAL JUDAISM
October 18th - 21st, 2001
Pivnick Center for
Humanistic Judaism
The Birmingham Temple
28611 West Twelve Mile Road
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Secular and spiritual — Are they compatible? Can they
exist together in a meaningful Secular Humanistic
Judaism? As Secular Humanistic Jews we are drawn to
rationality in our search for the truth. But we need more
than reason to give meaning to our lives. Colloquium
2001 will explore the relevance of secular spirituality, its
roots, progression over time and expression in science,
literature and the arts.
spirituality in conflict?
Dr. Andre Aciman
Bard College/New York
Can we learn from the
Ruth Calderon
Alma Hebrew College/Tel Aviv
mysticism of the past?
Can a secular spirituality embrace
the Bible and the Talmud?
Does a secular spirituality
have roots in the secular Jewish
movements of the past?
Do Zionism and Israel have
a spiritual dimension?
Is "spiritual" the best word we
can find for the "experience?"
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Dr. Joseph Chuman
Ethical Culture Society
Dr. Dan Cohn-Sherbok
University of Wales
The Rev. Harry T. Cook, II
St. Andrews Church/Michigan
Dr. Rahel Elior
Hebrew University/Jerusalem
Rabbi Daniel Friedman
Congregation Beth Or/Illinois
Dr. Yaakov Malkin
Tel Aviv University
Dr. Norbert M. Samuelson
Arizona State University
Dr. Mitchell Silver
University of Massachusetts
Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine
International Institute
For More Information and Registration
Can a secular spirituality
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international Institute for Secular
Humanistic Judaism
with support of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
8/24
2001
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