Jewish Humanism leader killed in car crash

The American leader of a worldwide Jewish movement that viewed the religion as a culture rather than a faith has died in a car accident.

Mon, 23 Jul, 2007 - 09:47

The American leader of a worldwide Jewish movement that viewed the religion as a culture rather than a faith has died in a car accident.

Rabbi Sherwin Wine, 79, who founded the first congregation of Humanistic Judaism in suburban Detroit in 1963, was killed on Saturday in Essaouira, Morocco, the Society for Humanistic Judaism's website said.

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