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The newest issue of Contemplate, The International Journal of Cultural Jewish Thought is now available.

A new online journal on Jbooks.com, Secular Culture & Ideas, tackles issues of secular Jewish life and culture.

Felix Posen, the chair of the Posen Foundation, is recognised for his contribution to promoting Jewish culture, with an Honorary Doctorate from Tel Aviv University.

The Center for Cultural Judaism releases the latest issue of Contemplate, The International Journal of Cultural Jewish Thought.

Five new institutions receive grants from the Posen Foundation.

The Second Annual Conference on the Teaching of Jewish Secularism in the University will be held at the University of Miami from March 26-27 this year.

The Liberated Haggadah offers a secular perspective on the ancient tale of the Exodus.

A grant from the Center for Cultural Judaism has enabled full professional childcare for the first time at the Association for Jewish Studies convention to be held in Washingon DC.

The Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC), the first academic institute devoted to the study of the history and development of secular values, will be formally opened on November 2, with a series of lectures by some of the world's most prominent contemporary voices on secularism and religion.

An additional four institutions selected as Posen Project grant recipients for 2005-06 brings to 11 the number of U.S. universities and colleges now offering the study of secular Judaism as part of the Posen Project.

The Institute, the first of its kind, will conduct academic study of secularism in order to promote an understanding of secular ideas and values.

This newly released study offers crucial insights into parents' expectations of their children's Jewish education and in particular, those parents who opted not to provide this education for their offspring.

Spain, with her rich history and dynamic present, is the summer destination for the IFSHJ Travel and Lecture Series.

The conference will focus on the theme, "The 'Bible' of Secular Humanistic Judaism: A Journey from Ancient through Modern Jewish Literature."

Yaakov Malkin, a key figure in Judaism as Culture in Israel, is honored with a Life Achievement Award.

In an important step acknowledging the significance of the history, philosophy and literature of secular Jewish thought, six U.S. universities will introduce new courses in Secular Judaism this fall, and have been selected to receive the first grants in the Study of Secular Judaism.

The Center for Cultural Judaism and The Posen Foundation grieve the death of our esteemed colleague and friend, Professor Egon Mayer.

The Center for Cultural Judaism will be the first to join philanthropist Michael Steinhardt in his education initiative to offer free Jewish education to every Jewish child by equally matching his pledge of $10 million towards the $100 million dollar goal provided there is a meaningful effort to serve secular and cultural Jews as part of this overall initiative.

The first Humanistic Rabbi to live and work in Israel will be ordained at a ceremony on October 24 in Michigan. Following her ordination, a new rabbinic "seminary" for Humanistic Rabbis will open in Israel, with 11 rabbinic students already enrolled

The Center for Cultural Judaism announces Posen Foundation Grants for the Study of Secular Judaism (Judaism as a Culture), intended to encourage the study of secular Judaism within already well-established university programs and departments of Judaic Studies, Humanities, Arts or the Social Sciences.

The Center for Cultural Judaism’s vision of the Jewish population is an inclusive view of the Jewish family – as opposed to the exclusive and restrictive view seen in the long-delayed National Jewish Population Study, that limits itself to people who are Jewish by religion or fit some other more traditional definition of Jewish membership. NJPS 2001 has discrepancies too significant to ignore.

The new book A Life Of Courage explores the biography, pioneering achievements and personal influences of Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, founder of Humanistic Judaism, through the eyes of people he inspired.

The Center for Cultural Judaism opens in New York to meet the needs of the large population of cultural, non-religious Jews identified in the recent findings of the American Jewish Identity Survey (AJIS 2001), conducted by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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