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| Birmingham Temple | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Judaism |
| Rite | Humanistic |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue |
| Leadership | Rabbi Jeffrey L. Falick |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | 28611 West Twelve Mile Road,Farmington Hills, asuburb ofDetroit,Michigan |
| Country | United States |
  Location inMichigan | |
| Administration | Society for Humanistic Judaism |
| Coordinates | 42°29′57″N83°19′49″W / 42.4991°N 83.3304°W /42.4991; -83.3304 |
| Architecture | |
| Founder | RabbiSherwin Wine |
| Established | 1963(as a congregation) |
| Completed | 1971 |
| Website | |
| chj-detroit | |
TheBirmingham Temple, officially theCongregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit, is aHumanisticJewish congregation andsynagogue, located at 8611 West Twelve Mile Road,Farmington Hills, asuburb ofDetroit,Michigan, in the United States. The synagogue was founded in 1963 as the Birmingham Temple inBirmingham, a suburb of Detroit.
The Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Metro Detroit was founded in 1963 byRabbiSherwin Wine (formerly an assistant rabbi atTemple Beth El) and eight founding families, who originally intended that the congregation would be located in Birmingham. The temple originally followed manyReform practices but within six months decided to drop most of these (as well as all mentions of God in the services), and began to pursue a humanist philosophy.[1][2]
The congregation's first services were atEagle Elementary School, and then at Highmeadow School, inFarmington; later services moved to the Masonic Temple, Birmingham Unitarian Church, and from 1965 to 1971 were held atFrost Middle School inLivonia. Finally, in 1971, the temple moved to its current location on Twelve Mile Road in Farmington Hills.[1] The temple began publishing the journalHumanistic Judaism in 1967.[1] According to Sydney Bolkosky, the temple "sought to define a primarily secular Jewish identity" and "steered a clearly liberal political and humanistic moral course."[2]
In 2003,Tamara Kolton was appointed as senior rabbi of the congregation. Sherwin Wine died in an automobile accident in 2007.[3] In 2013, Jeffrey Falick became the new rabbi of the congregation.[4]
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