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RNS
\nby Adelle M. Banks
\nRabbi Sherwin Wine, the founder of the humanistic stream of
\nJudaism, died Saturday (July 21) in an automobile accident.
\nWine, 79, was vacationing in Morocco at the time.
\nDescribed by the Humanist chaplain of Harvard University as “the
\ngreatest American religious leader you never heard of,” Wine founded the
\nmovement of Humanistic Judaism in 1963 and the Society for Humanistic
\nJudaism in 1969. The society has more than 30 congregations and
\ncommunities led by rabbis or lay leaders in the U.S. and Israel.
\nWine gained national attention when Time magazine featured his
\nfledgling congregation in 1965. More traditional Jewish leaders thought
\nhe was leading a 1960s craze but the movement went on to have an
\ninternational federation and an institute that trains Humanist rabbis.
\n“He had a creative, new vision for what role religion and humanism
\ncould play in American life,” said Greg Epstein, the Harvard chaplain,
\nwho was trained by Wine.
\nA Detroit native, Wine was the founding rabbi of the Birmingham
\nTemple in the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, Mich. Like the
\nmovement Wine led, the congregation celebrates Jewish culture but does
\nnot link it to a belief in God.
\n“He created the idea of a congregation of proud atheists and
\nagnostics,” Epstein said. “He did that without acknowledging the moral
\nauthority of any god. He did that with a nervy assertion that only human
\nbeings can determine what the moral basis for an ethical community ought
\nto be.”
\nEpstein said Wine was an atheist who did not dwell on that
\ndescription.
\n“His focus was on being positive and talking about what he did
\nbelieve in,” Epstein said.
\nWine was the author of several books, including “Humanistic
\nJudaism,” “Judaism Beyond God,” and “Staying Sane in a Crazy World.”
\n“Rabbi Wine was a visionary who created a Jewish home for so many of
\nus who would have been lost to Judaism,” said Rabbi Miriam S. Jerris,
\npresident of the Association of Humanistic Rabbis.
\n
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