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Who we are... Secular Jewish Circle is an inclusive Secular Humanistic Jewish community in the Puget Sound region. We're glad you're here! (What does it mean to be a secular Jew?)

What we do... We gather for secular Jewish holiday events, facilitate community gatherings such as movie nights and book clubs, organize community service/social action in alignment with our values, operate a Pre-K through 7th grade Secular Jewish Sunday School, and officiate lifecycle events, including B Mitzvot and weddings. Check our annual calendar to see what's coming up next!

Where we meet... We are still too small to own or rent our own dedicated space, so we instead rent venues around the 'Sound for our events. The most common area we host events is Seattle, because of community concentration and it being a convenient, centralized city in the region, however we try to host minor holidays and community events outside Seattle, such as on the eastside, and in the South Sound, too! Let us know where you are and we'll try to get something hosted out your way!

When we meet... We are guaranteed to meet up for all major Jewish holidays, and our Sunday School generally meets every two weeks during the local K-12 school year, but the community is welcome to request/host an event any time. Check our annual calendar to see what's coming up next!

Why we meet... For most of us, it comes down to integrity. As science progresses and the world becomes further interconnected, there is less and less scientific proof that the contents of everyone's holy books ever truly happened. Secular Jews, who usually fall somewhere between atheist and agnostic, find even the most liberal, inclusive Jewish spaces, such as reform synagogues, to be too theistic and inflexible to integrate into our busy, intersectional lives. By the same token, we do not want to abandon our rich rituals and traditions. We seek a space where we say what we mean, and we mean what we say...where we will be accepted as Jews without leaving our patrilineal child or Muslim spouse at the door...where we can raise our children on the Torah as culturally-significant fables with morals to impart, rather than as religious dogma. We see you. There is space for you in the Circle!