Our Mission

Secular Synagogue  aspires to create meaningful, valuable, beautiful Jewish learning, experiences, and community for secular/cultural Jews. Our Judaism will foster two-directional goodness: it will make our lives richer/better and, in turn, it will make us better so that we can create more goodness in the world.

Our Vision

Our vision is a Connected Community across distance, enabled virtually, that provides those looking for meaningful cultural Jewish learning, experiences, and community a space where they feel true belonging. 

Our Values

We serve anyone who wishes to be part of our group including: 

Rabbi Denise Handlarski, Secular Synagogue

  • Jews who are secular/cultural/humanist/atheist/agnostic/questioning/skeptical

  • Those connected to Jews via family, relationship, or ancestry

  • Those exploring becoming Jewish, Jews-by-choice, new Jews, those on their own path/journey to Judaism

We do not believe in "bad Jews" or "bad Jew guilt"

We are pro-intermarriage/intercultural partnerships. There will never be any questioning or guilt about "authenticity" for anyone at any time.

Social justice is part of our Jewish practice and expression.

We are kind. We foster goodness. We turn the internet into a place of communal support and mutual love and respect. 

We are fun and funny. Sure, we tackle serious issues. But we try not to take ourselves too seriously. 

 

More Joy Less Oy

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