  Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2384 Registered: 10-2003 |
I was saddened to learn of the death of Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine over the weekend in a car crash in Morocco. I know that he was controversial in many ways, but he was well read and definitely had a lot to say on a great many topics and he shared it with so many people from the area and around the world. I think he enlightened a lot of people! I first heard him speak at a lecture series on the history of Detroit during the Tricentennial year. He was entertaining and shared a lot of personal stories about the neighborhood in which he grew up north of Grand Blvd., west of Henry Ford Hospital. From the WDIV website: "Rabbi Sherwin Wine, who spent his life forsaking convention as the leader of a sect of Judaism that saw the religion as a culture instead of a faith, has died. He was 79. Wine, who founded the first congregation of Humanistic Judaism in suburban Detroit in 1963, was killed Saturday in an automobile accident in Essaouira, Morocco, the Society for Humanistic Judaism's Web site said. He and his partner, Richard McMains, were on vacation and were returning from dinner when their taxicab was hit by another driver. The cab driver was also killed, while McMains remained hospitalized in stable condition, the Web site said. Wine, who lived in Birmingham, founded The Birmingham 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. The American Humanist Association selected him humanist of the year for 2003. ..." The Society for Humanistic Judaism has its home page (http://www.shj.org/) dedicated to him: In Memoriam Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine 1928-2007 | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 414 Registered: 11-2006 |
I watched several of his lectures. He was very informative. He lectured on Middle east history-culture. | ||
Sbradke Member Username: Sbradke Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2007 |
This is a loss for humanity. He was a gentle, wise man. I had the pleasure of hearing him speak on several occasions when he visited my church. He also co-officiated in a Jewish/Catholic wedding of a good friend of mine many years ago. | ||
Revaldullton Member Username: Revaldullton Post Number: 492 Registered: 07-2007 |
Please accept my deepest sympathies Losing a human that fights for humanity is the greatest loss. the good rev | ||
Terryh Member Username: Terryh Post Number: 416 Registered: 11-2006 |
He was on local cable television. Great personality. | ||
Everydayislikesunday Member Username: Everydayislikesunday Post Number: 332 Registered: 12-2004 |
It is my hope that his teachings will inspire those left to continue his work. He was a exemplary model of a human. Condolences and well wishes to Richard, and the rest of his family. | ||
Ditman Member Username: Ditman Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2007 |
Very sorry to hear about Rabbi Wine. I remember him as a guest speaker at a MSTY(Mich State Temple Youth) conclave when I was a member of Temple Israel Youth Group. This was probably around 1961. He was very popular & inspirational as a youth leader. My sympathies to his family & friends. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2389 Registered: 10-2003 |
From reading the local newspaper coverage, I can see that a great many people were touched by the late Rabbi Wine!! He will be greatly missed! Influential rabbi dies in Morocco http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20070722/NEW S05/70722007 Influential rabbi defied convention http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=20077072203 66 Rabbi's friends gather in grief http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2007707240400 Rabbi shook faith with courage http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2007707240336 Letters to the Editor http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=2007707240342 Trailblazing rabbi remembered for brilliant thinking http://www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/072407/loc_2007072418 5.shtml | ||
Jyogi Member Username: Jyogi Post Number: 9 Registered: 05-2007 |
What a shame... He was a very nice man, I spoke with him a few times and always walked away amazed at how much you learned about life just having a regular conversation with him. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 5468 Registered: 11-2003 |
Wonderful man. Two of jjaba's sons were Bar Mitzvah there at Birmingham Temple. Sad day indeed. jjaba, Westside Bar Mitzvah Bukkor. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 2124 Registered: 11-2004 |
New York Times yesterday also: Sherwin Wine, 79, Founder of Splinter Judaism Group, Dies http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07 /25/us/25wine1.html?_r=1&oref= slogin (you may have to register or login) | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2392 Registered: 10-2003 |
Thanks, Dial, for the link. |
