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

Call (248) 476-9532

enrich my life?

E-MAIL: iishj@iishj.org
or visit us on the internet at www.iishj.org

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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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