In MemoriamRabbi Sherwin Wine1928 ~ 2007August 2007Wine was born in Detroit in 1928 and raised by conservative Jewish parents. He earned a Masters Degree in Philosophy from the University of Michigan. He authored several books including Humanistic Judaism, Judaism Beyond God, and Staying Sane in a Crazy World. He founded the Birmingham Michigan Temple in 1963 and helped establish the Society for Humanistic Judaism in 1969. He retired in 2003. He built a movement that began with eight Detroit area families into a worldwide one with an estimated 40,000 members. He was the AHA Humanist of the Year in 2003. Humanists of Utah expresses condolences to his family and loved ones. |