ry and culture for its members, Rabbi
Wine said. "Although our format is
different, our commitment to the
understanding of the experience and
legacy of the Jewish people is a very
strong one."
The future of the movement
belongs in teaching leaders and rabbis
through the institute, he added.
"The growth of the movement
depends on our ability to train a sig-
nificant body of rabbis, leaders and
educators," he said. "There's no sense
in organizing a community if you
can't service them.
"I think there is no single Judaism
that can serve the entire Jewish com-
munity," Rabbi Wine said. "In a free
and open society, there is great diver-
sity. In the end we need a pluralistic
environment in which different kinds
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"We are Secular Humanistic Jews;
that's a given," Rowens said, but the
conference offers the opportunity for
those in other movements to share and
discuss where they are now, where they
are going and to identify the current
struggle."
Established by Rabbi Sherwin Wine
of Birmingham Temple in 1963,
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istic, human-centered philosophy com-
bined with a celebration of Jewish iden-
tity and culture. Jewish holidays and
life-cycle events are marked with cere-
monies, but not prayer. Holidays are
historically based, celebrated with
music, Jewish stories and such cultural
involvement as lighting Chanuka can-
dles, building sukkot and holding
seders. The Torah is considered a very
important part of Jewish history and
heritage, but is seen as literature and
rests in the temple's library.
Colloquium '99 is sponsored by the
International Institute for Secular
Humanistic Judaism, through a grant
from the Jewish Federation of
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