Jewish History They Didn't Teach in Sunday School

A Provocative People: A Secular History of the Jews by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine (1928-2007), the founder of Humanistic Judaism, is the culmination of a lifetime of study and insight by one of the most provocative rabbis in Jewish history. Its unflinching approach to academic truth, be it biblical, medieval or modern, is unusual. And its celebration of the contemporary secularized reality of most Jews as the culmination of, not a rupture with, the Jewish historical experience is intriguing. Rabbi Adam Chalom, editor of Wine's magnum opus and his successor as Dean for North America of the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism, will explore the importance of this new history for the present and future of the Jewish people.

Thursday, November 29

15 West 86^th Street, New York City

7:30pm (Doors open at 7pm

No charge. Open to the public.

 

Co-sponsored by The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism (www.citycongregation..org) and the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism (www.iishl.org).

Books will be available for purchase at the event for $25 (price includes sales tax)

For more information, call 212·213·1002 or email info@citycongregation.org.