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He was educated at the University of Michigan and Hebrew Union College. He founded the Birmingham Temple (the first Humanistic Jewish congregation) in Detroit in 1963.
The American Humanist Association named him Humanist of the Year for 2003.
A few within Humanistic Judaism, a small group of atheist and agnostic Jews, hold that messianic Judaism is a viable approach to Judaism, and believe such groups should be considered forms of Judaism. Examples of humanistic Jews who hold this view include Sherwin Wine and Judith Seid.