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Who is a Jew? The recent Supreme Court ruling has highlighted the deep differences between the many ways of answering that simple question.

Felix Posen discusses the roots and development of secular Judaism in a wide-ranging article with The Jerusalem Post.

From conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh to author Christopher Hitchens, many consider the central struggle of our time to be one between secular forces and the faithful over the role of religion in America.

A longtime journalist shares his opinions of the new online journal, Secular Culture & Ideas in a Jewish Telegraphic Agency blog.

Against the odds, Yiddish as a living language is alive and thriving in Lithuania, according to an article by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency focuses on the Posen Foundation's Project that funds courses on secular Jewish culture at academic institutions in the United States and Israel.

A review of The Liberated Haggadah examines how it encourages and provokes discussion during Passover.

The annual CSJO conference will focus on secular Jewishness and human welfare.

With the first day of Hanukkah falling on Christmas day for the first time in 46 years, interfaith families find themselves celebrating two holidays.

A new study by the Jewish Outreach Institute examines how young adult children of intermarried couples regard their Jewish identity.

The Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture, the first academic institute devoted to the study of the history and development of secular values, will be established at Trinity College with Barry Kosmin as director.

The Center for Cultural Judaism is pleased to publish the final study conducted by the late Egon Mayer on parental perspectives of their children's Jewish education.

In his new web site on the Talmudic Daf Yomi, Rabbi Adam Chalom enables cultural Jews to study and understand the Talmud from a secular perspective.

The debate over circumcision is growing both in Israel and in the United States. This feature from The Jerusalem Post analyses the situation from various viewpoints, including that of Humanistic Judaism.

The International Federation of Secular Humanistic Jews presented the Tenth Biennial Conference in San Francisco, December 3-5, 2004, with Robert Alter as keynote speaker and Amos Oz at the closing session.

Professor Yaakov Malkin, a key figure for Judaism as Culture in Israel, has been recognized with a Life Achievement Award by the Jerusalem Film Festival.

Rabbi Judith Seid, Baltimore's first Secular Humanistic Rabbi, speaks to the Baltimore Jewish Times about the road to her ordainment and her rabbinical outlook.

This 1993 study, conducted by the late Dr. Egon Mayer of the Center for Jewish Studies of the City University of New York, and sponsored by the Jewish Outreach Institute, reveals that more than 80% of the American Jewish community is in support of concerted efforts by the community in reaching out to intermarried couples.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency features an article on Rabbi Sivan Maas, the first secular rabbi in Israel, posted on April 1, 2004.

The Jerusalem Post introduces the first secular Israeli rabbi in a feature article published on April 1, 2004.

The Forward features communities that offer a cultural celebration of Chanukah, in an article on December 26, 2003

Ha’aretz Daily announces the first secular Israeli rabbi in a feature article published on January 7, 2004.

USA Today, the nation's newspaper, features cultural, secular and Humanistic Jews in its High Holiday article, September 29, 2003.

We are very pleased to re-issue AJIS 2001 – the only comprehensive data currently available on America’s Jewish population. Conducted by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, this was the first study to collect and analyze information on the religiosity and secularity of Americans.

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