What is the core message of Humanistic Judaism?
Explore meditations written by Sherwin Wine for holiday celebrations, life cycle events and personal reflection
Read how new understandings of Jewish history can transform what it means to be Jewish
"Passover is for us the festival of freedom—not the limited freedom of national survival, but, more importantly, the freedom of personal dignity. The most dramatic liberation of the Jews was not the presumed Exodus from Egypt. It was the power of the Enlightenment which paved the way for the most dramatic achievements of Jews..."
Hear Sherwin Wine explore the history of the United States - over 100 lectures!
Learn about the life and work of Sherwin Wine, from growing up in Jewish Detroit to Reform Rabbi to creating Humanistic Judaism
Watch Sherwin Wine articulate the balance between secular values and cultural roots
Rabbi Sherwin Wine
Sherwin Wine was a brilliant and innovative Jewish and Humanist thinker, a talented and sensitive congregational rabbi, an untiring organizer and activist, and a modern-day Renaissance man who read and learned as much as he could to teach and inspire as much as he could.
We encourage you to read about his life and work, and to enjoy the selections of his writings, as well as audio and video recordings, available here. This legacy website is a project of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism.
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Enjoy over 300 articles and essays, over 2,300 audio lectures and 90 videos by Sherwin Wine from the 1960s to the 2000s.