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HUMANISTIC RABBIS

Mid-Atlantic

Rabbi Binyamin Biber is the rabbi of Machar, a Secular Humanistic congregation in the Washington, D.C. area. Tel. 301-563-6341. Send email.

Rabbi Peter Schweitzer is the rabbi of The City Congregation in New York City, New York. Tel. 212-873-7849. Send email.

Midwest

Rabbi Adam Chalom is the rabbi of Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation in North Suburban Chicago, Illinois and the Dean of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Tel. 847-602-4500. Send email.

Rabbi Miriam Jerris is the Community Development Director for the Society for Humanistic Judaism. Tel. 248-478-7610. Send email.

Rabbi Tamara Kolton is the rabbi of The Birmingham Temple in Farmington Hills (suburban Detroit), Michigan. Tel. 248-477-1410. Send email.

Northeast

Rabbi Greg Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Tel. 617-494-5986. Send email.

West

Rabbi Jay Heyman is the Rabbi of Kol Hadash: Northern California Community for Humanistic Judaism in the San Francisco area, California. Tel. 415-291-0990. Send email.

Rabbi Judith Seid works with Tri-Valley Cultural Jews in the San Francisco area, California. Tel. 925-485-1049. Send email.

Canada

Rabbi Eva Goldfinger is a Rabbi at Oraynu Congregation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tel. 905-889-7450. Send email.

Israel

For a list of secular humanistic rabbis in Israel, contact Tkasim - Portal of Secular Jewish Rites.
This organization provides excellent resources for celebrating secular humanistic Jewish observances in Israel. Click here for ENGLISH. Click here for HEBREW.

ORDAINED LAY CLERGY

In addition to rabbis, there are a number of individuals throughout the country who have been fully licensed as ordained clergy by the Leadership Conference of Secular Humanistic Jews to perform all life-cycle ceremonies. For a list of these officiants, please click here.