The library of SHIR SHALOM is a repository for the published thoughts of Humanistic Judaism since its inception thirty years ago. Those interested in rekindling "The Enlightenment" are reminded that the message of Humanistic Judaism is not written in the wind, but is written on paper. Journals and other material are available for loan on a meeting-to-meeting basis. These will be present at all future events. You may borrow at one meeting and return at the next.

Available journals and their themes include:

Volume

Number

Topic

X

4

Bar and Bat Mitzvah

XI

2

Torah

XII

3

The Changing Jewish Family

XIII

1

AntiSemitism and the Jewish Future

XIII

2

Humanism in a Non-Humanistic World

XIII

3

A Humanistic Perspective of History

XIII

4

Humanism in Israel

XIV

2

High Holidays

XIV

3

Reason and Emotion

XV

2

1987 conference highlights

XV

3

Marriage

XV

4

Humanism and tradition

XVI

1

Humanism and other Jews

XVI

4

Humanism in the Next Generation

XVIII

2

Who is a Jew

XVII

3

Death, Dying, bereavement

XVIII

1

Intermarriage

XVIII

4

1990 conference highlights

XIX

1

Future of Judaism

XIX

2

Holocaust

XX

1

Purim

XX

2

Leadership

XX

3

Return to Tradition

XXII

1

Family Values

XXII

2

Shabbat

XXII

3&4

Education

XXIII

1

What it Means to be Jewish

XXIII

2

Shavuot - literature

XXIII

3&4

The challenge from The Right

XXIV

1&2

(varied)

XXV

1&2

Homosexuality

XXV

3

Beyond Ethnicity

XXVI

1-4

Women

XXIV

4

Dying

XXVI

2

Reclaiming Jewish History

XXVI

3

Israel at 50

XXVI

4

The Challenge of Jewish Renewal

Additional SHJ materials not from the journal include:

Guide to Humanistic Judaism

Jewish Earth Day (Tu B'Shevat)

Aliya, Emigration, Assimilation, Soviet Jewry

Practice Guides:

Shabbat

History for children, in story form

Promoting our message

New Members

Earth Day

Writers and Artists

Great historical moments

Purim

Hanukkah

High Holidays

The Real History of The Jews (Wine)

The Bible as Literature

Basic Ideas of Humanistic Judaism

Celebration

Philosophers

Torah

Curricula