Jewish secularism
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Jewish secularism comprises the non-religious ethnic Jewish people and the body of work produced by them. Among secular Jews, traditional Jewish holidays may be celebrated as historical and nature festivals, while life-cycle events such as births, marriages, and deaths, may be marked in a secular manner.
Contents
1 Figures
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Figures
Secular Jewish art and culture flourished between 1870 and the Second World War, with 18,000 titles in Yiddish and thousands more in Hebrew and European languages, along with hundreds of plays and theater productions, movies, and other art forms. Franz Kafka and Marcel Proust rank among the creators of these works.
Many prominent Jews have been secular, including Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Billy Joel, Marc Chagall, Henri Bergson, Alan Dershowitz, Heinrich Heine, Albert Einstein, Theodor Herzl, Louis Brandeis, Micha Josef Berdyczewski, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Karl Marx, Boris Pasternak, Dave Rubin and Baruch Spinoza.
See also
- Center for Cultural Judaism
- Cultural Judaism
Haskalah, Jewish Enlightenment in the 18th century
Hiloni, term used to describe secular Jews in Israel
- Humanistic Judaism
- Jewish atheism
Liberal Judaism (UK)- Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
Reform Judaism (United States)- Zera Yisrael
References
External links
- Secular Culture & Ideas
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