Rabbi Adam Chalom is the Dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism and rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in north suburban Chicago.
Adam Chalom
By Adam Chalom
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Opinion Letter | People who don’t believe in God have a lot to say about the subject, too.
Dear Editor, Congratulations on your “Still, Small Voice” initiative to explore varieties of Jewish beliefs about God. I am sure you will find some interesting perspectives on this issue. However, you are missing important Jewish voices by only including those who believe in God. Pew’s 2013 A Portrait of Jewish Americans gave respondents three options….
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Community Intermarriage Agony? Been There, Past That
In the 1970s, The Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling had a secret list of rabbis who were willing to perform intermarriages (1973 – still on the books if ignored) opposing “participation by its members in any ceremony which solemnizes a mixed marriage.” In the year 2000, the American Jewish Committee asked several questions about…
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