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Secular Culture & Ideas is a web journal that explores secular Jewish history, cultures, and thought. Since debuting in 2007, Secular Culture & Ideas has regularly published articles, interviews, and essays that consider the many ways secular Jews connect to their heritage — through Jewish art, history, languages, literature, philosophy, foodways, folklore, and politics.

The importance of such a resource was made especially clear after the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) and the 2001 American Jewish Identity Survey (AJIS) showed the steadily growing number of non-religious individuals in the United States. Additionally, the studies revealed that nearly half of Jewish Americans see themselves as secular or somewhat secular. For this growing readership, Secular Culture & Ideas offers a means of engaging with the many cultural expressions of Jewish heritage.

To that end, Secular Culture & Ideas adheres to a broad definition of Jewish culture, with content driven by an enthusiasm for secular Jewish life. Past theme issues have included “Jewish Languages,” “Renaissance of Yiddish,” “Sephardic and Mizrahi Secularisms,” and “Making Judaism Modern.” Secular Culture & Ideas also regularly updates its blog, Secular News & Notes, with information about lectures, art exhibitions, new books, and new media at the vanguard of secular Jewish studies and secular Jewish culture.

Secular Culture & Ideas is supported by the Posen Foundation and edited by the Center for Cultural Judaism.

Past Issues
•	Expressions of Jewish Secularisms, November 2008

•	Back-to-School, September 2008

•	Jewish Languages, June 2008

•	Sephardic and Mizrahi Secularisms, January 2008

•	Memoirs, November 2007

•	Making Judaism Modern, September 2007

•	Renaissance of Yiddish, June 2007

Topics of Interest
•	Roots of Secularisms

•	Secular Thinkers

•	Contemporary Topics

•	Literature & Arts

•	Holidays & Life-Cycle

Official Website
http://www.secularjewishculture.org

Links
http://www.culturaljudaism.org

http://www.posenfoundation.com

http://www.posenfoundation.co.il