Celebration: A Ceremonial and Philosophical Guide for Humanists and Humanistic Jews

by Sherwin T. Wine

For twenty years, Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine has provided original celebrations of every variety for a secular Jewish community. This book is the product of his experience. It is an affirmation of the ethical view of life that dramatizes, in prose and poetry, what secular and humanistic Jews feel about their heritage.The celebration material in the book is primarily verbal. It is also strongly intellectual and ideological, as well as reflective and sentimental. The style rests on the conviction that celebration events can touch both the mind and the heart; the content rests on the conviction that reason and emotion, inspiration and integrity, humanism and Judaism, are not separate, but complementary.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Patrick Aleph · Rating 3 out of 5]

His philosophical stuff reads like tired, old anti-theism. His celebrations are a bit stale. However, the reason this gets three stars is the end of the book with the song list. These are readings/interpretations I have already started using in my wedding services. It's worth it for that.