The Assembly for Open Judaism — Ha-Asifah L’Yahadut HaPetuchah — is the rabbinical movement for Jews interested in Open Judaism: a spiritually open, and theologically non-coercive approach to Jewish life. We serve as a home, resource, and guiding association for rabbis, teachers, communities, seekers, converts, and all Jews who desire a serious and meaningful Jewish path rooted in peoplehood, ethical responsibility, cultural continuity, ritual life, learning, and freedom of conscience.
Open Judaism affirms that Jewish belonging is not dependent on theology alone. Jews who believe in God, Jews who do not believe in God, Jews who are uncertain, and Jews who understand Jewish tradition symbolically, spiritually, culturally, historically, or theologically all have a place within the life of the Jewish people. Judaism is not merely a religion of doctrines; it is the living civilization of the Jewish people, carried through Torah, history, memory, culture, tradition, ethics, ritual, language, community, and shared destiny.
The Assembly works to guide and support Open Jewish communities on the cultural, ethical, spiritual, and communal questions facing modern Jews. Through public teaching, articles, statements, lifecycle guidance, rabbinical formation, Jewish adoption/conversion, and the work of a responsible beit din, we seek to inspire, teach, organize, and strengthen Jewish life for those who want a Judaism that is open without being careless, serious without being coercive, humanistic without being anti-spiritual, traditional-friendly without being dogmatic, and rooted in the dignity and flourishing of the Jewish people.