Book details

  • Genre:religion
  • Sub-genre:Judaism / History
  • Language:English
  • Pages:143
  • eBook ISBN:9780985877835

A Life of Courage

Sherwin Wine and Humanistic Judaism

By Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Harry Cook and Marilyn Rowens

Overview

Compiled by Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Harry Cook & Marilyn Rowens, A Life of Courage is both a biography of and a tribute to the remarkable life of Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine. founder of Humanistic Judaism. Wine began the movement of Humanistic Judaism in the early 1960s at The Birmingham Temple in suburban Detroit, Michigan, with the belief that secular Jewish culture and Jewish history shape people's identity as Jews, rather than their belief in God.
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Description

Compiled by Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Harry Cook & Marilyn Rowens, A Life of Courage is both a biography of and a tribute to the remarkable life of Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine. founder of Humanistic Judaism. Wine began the movement of Humanistic Judaism in the early 1960s at The Birmingham Temple in suburban Detroit, Michigan, with the belief that secular Jewish culture and Jewish history shape people's identity as Jews, rather than their belief in God.
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About The Author

Dan Cohn-Sherbok is Professor Emeritus of Judaism at the University of Wales.
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