Platform address by Dr. Joseph Chuman, February 2014 Last December I had a conversation that I often—perhaps I might say, too often—engage in these days. A gentleman who was about […]
Addresses by our Leaders
Is Respect for Culture Good for Women?
Platform address by Dr. Joseph Chuman, May 4, 2014 It is a well-worn cliché that we can look at the glass as half full or as half empty. What is […]
4/6/2014: How Can People Do This to Each Other? Rwanda, Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities
The killing began 20 years ago this April. April 4th to be exact. It lasted for a hundred days, and when it was over, 800,000 Rwandans, the overwhelming majority who […]
March 2 Talk: Does the current generation have the right to remake society for its own benefit?
There has been a long and consequential debate in the history of ideas, and it can be summarized as follows: Does the current generation have the freedom and the right […]
September 8, 2013 Platform: Resilience, Humanism and the Affirmation of Life
My recent experience with recovery from surgery (this summer I underwent my fifth orthopedic surgery in five years) has gotten me to think about the amazing tendency of the body […]
Must Humanism Be Reasonable?
This platform address by Dr. Joseph Chuman, leader of the Ethical Culture Society of Bergen County, was delivered on March 17, 2013. I want to dedicate my address […]