Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism

"A Home for Wondering Jews"

info@oremet.org

612-787-7812      

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Welcome to Or Emet

Or Emet — the Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism — is grounded in Jewish culture and offers a meaningful Jewish community for secular Jews and others who love to learn about and celebrate the richness of Jewish culture, history, values and traditions.

Based in the Twin Cities, Or Emet is centered around humanism, a philosophy that holds that people make the human world the way it is independent of supernatural authority, and which embraces reason and science as the paths to knowledge. We welcome interfaith and multicultural families and individuals.

Our members include secular Jews, cultural Jews, unaffiliated Jews, atheists, agnostics, and wondering members of many different religions and backgrounds.

Our Jewish Cultural Sunday School provides students ages 3 through Bat/Bar Mitzvah (B Mitzvah) an opportunity to be part of a Jewish community while learning about Jewish culture, values and history as documented by scholarship, rather than as told in religious texts.

Events

February 9, 2025
  • Or Emet Book Club: 'When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains '
    Time: 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
    Location: TBD
February 12, 2025
  • Executive Committee Meeting
    Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Location: If interested in attending, please contact info@oremet.org; 612-787-7812
February 15, 2025
  • Shabbat Service | Refugee Shabbat Program: Trump 2.0: Are We Still a Nation of Immigrants?
    Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
    Location: Minnesota JCC Sabes Center Minneapolis, 4330 Cedar Lake Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
February 23, 2025
  • Adult Program: Jewish Communities in Egypt
    Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Location: Twin Cities German Immersion School, 1031 Como Ave, St Paul, MN 55103, USA

All Events

Recent News

Or Emet Program to Feature Immigration Attorney Steven Thal
Program to Explore How Humanists Teach Children About the Bible
Speaker to Reflect on Early Life in Argentina As a Secular Jew
Winter 2024/Spring 2025 Illuminator Newsletter
Speaker to Share Jewish History of Aberdeen, South Dakota
Shabbat Program to Highlight Jewish Characters on Broadway
Rep. Mike Freiberg to Discuss Minnesota State Legislature’s Secular Government Caucus
Shabbat Program to Focus on Sukkot and Housing Justice
Or Emet’s Rabbi Eva Cohen featured on ‘Who The Folk?!’ podcast

Locations

Jewish Cultural Sunday School and Adult Program
Humanistic Shabbat Service and Adult Program