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The Biographical series contains material relating to Wine's academic, professional, and personal lives. Content includes academic files from Wine's studies in philosophy and theology at the University of Michigan and Hebrew Union College; daily agendas from the 1970s and 1980s; and clippings related to Wine's career as well as the growth of the Birmingham Temple and other associated organizations. The series also encompasses personal tributes to Wine from members of this congregation, eulogies and funeral materials, and background information on Wine and his family (including his sister and brother-in-law, Lorraine and Ben Pivnick, major benefactors of the Humanistic Judaism movement).

Sherwin T. Wine papers, 1930s-2011
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Sherwin T. Wine papers, 1930s-2011

36.5 linear feet (in 42 boxes) — 1 oversize folder

Sherwin T. Wine was the iconoclastic founder of Humanistic Judaism and an openly gay rabbi who established the Birmingham Temple and formed the Society for Humanistic Judaism, the Center for New Thinking (a community forum for discussion of current events and issues), and various groups devoted to free thought and humanism. Papers include biographical content, correspondence, writings, educational and worship materials, sound recordings, visual materials, and various organizational records.

The Sherwin T. Wine papers illustrate the intellectual traits and organizational acumen of a man who devoted his life to the establishment of a new branch of Judaism and the advancement of humanistic values and rationalism. The collection will be of value to those individuals who seek a deeper understanding of Wine as a person as well as the founder of Humanistic Judaism. Writings, correspondence, and clippings detail the process by which Wine broke free from the traditions of Reform Judaism to found a new denomination. Materials from the Birmingham Temple and other Secular Humanist Judaism organizations trace the development and expansion of the movement. Content related to the many other groups with which Wine was involved reveal an individual able to organize and inspire others to act at local, national, and international levels.

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