About Us

We are a new and growing Jewish community in the Triangle. We affirm our identity as members of the Jewish people. We draw strength from the history, culture, and achievements of our people. We see Jewish history as testimony to the continuing struggle for human dignity and as a product of human decisions and actions. We demonstrate our bonds through humanistic celebrations of traditional Jewish holidays and life-cycle events. We create and use secular Jewish rituals, services, and celebrations that invoke the core values of Jewish history, literature, and culture. Our aim is to foster a positive Jewish identity, intellectual integrity, and ethical behavior among our members.

Our members are actively involved in planning, creating and implementing a variety of activities that enable us to :

• celebrate Jewish holidays together;
• mark major life cycle events from a Humanistic Jewish perspective;
• educate both children and adults in Jewish history, culture, tradition, and values;
• engage in social action and community service; and
• explore historical, philosophical, and ethical issues.

Please join with us and help us as we create this new community—download a membership application [28 KB].

Learn more about us

• Please read our Credo, and learn what makes our congregation special.
• We would like to share some stories of our members' journeys to discovering Humanistic Judaism, which help picture the diversity of our backgrounds and beliefs.
• A third-party perspective: read what Yonat Shimron, a religion reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer has to say about TCHJ.
• By-laws governing our organization