Editing Humanistic Judaism (section)

{{short description|Nontheistic alternative to religious Judaism}}
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'''Humanistic Judaism''' ({{Langx|he|יהדות הומניסטית|translit=Yahadut Humanistit}}) is a [[Jewish religious movements|Jewish movement]] that offers a [[Nontheism|nontheistic]] alternative to contemporary branches of [[Judaism]]. It defines Judaism as the [[Jewish culture|cultural]] and [[Jewish history|historical]] experience of the [[Jewish people]] rather than a religion, and encourages Jews who are [[Humanism|humanistic]] and [[Jewish secularism|secular]] to celebrate [[Jewish identity|their identity]] by participating in [[Jewish holidays|relevant holidays]] and rites of passage (such as [[Jewish wedding|weddings]] and [[bar and bat mitzvah|bar/bat mitzvahs]]) with inspirational ceremonies that go beyond traditional literature while still drawing upon it.<ref name="KareshHurvitz_Humanistic">{{cite encyclopedia |surname=Karesh |given=Sara E. |surname2=Hurvitz |given2=Mitchell M. |year=2005 |entry=Humanistic Judaism |title=Encyclopedia of Judaism |place=New York |publisher=Facts On File |series=Encyclopedia of World Religions. [[J. Gordon Melton]], Series Editor |page=221 |entry-url={{Google books|id=Z2cCZBDm8F8C|plainurl=y|page=221|keywords=|text=}} |url={{Google books|id=Z2cCZBDm8F8C|plainurl=y}} |isbn=0-8160-5457-6}}</ref><ref name="Cohn-Sherbok">{{cite encyclopedia |entry=Humanistic Judaism |surname=Cohn-Sherbok |given=Dan |author-link=Dan Cohn-Sherbok |title=Encyclopedia of new religious movements |pages=288–289 |publisher=Routledge |year=2006 |editor-surname=Clarke |editor-given=Peter B. |editor-link=Peter B. Clarke |place=London; New York |isbn=9-78-0-415-26707-6 |entry-url= |url={{Google books|id=heeCAgAAQBAJ|plainurl=y|page=|keywords=|text=}} |archive-date=2022-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416083049/https://books.google.com/books?id=heeCAgAAQBAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>