Sherwin Wine Award – Cary Shaw

Sherwin Wine Award – Cary Shaw

Cary Shaw and his wife Joan are long-time members of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism of Fairfield County, CT. Cary has held numerous leadership roles, both within Humanistic Judaism and in the wider secular/humanistic community.

Cary had many accomplishments that easily made him deserving of the Sherwin Wine Award.  Here are some of them:

• He was instrumental in the creation of the Society for Humanistic Judaism (SHJ) award known as the Humanistic Jewish Role Model of the Year.
• He co-founded and is the current president of Humanists and Freethinkers of Fairfield County.
• He was the driving force behind the widely attended annual Darwin Day Dinner.
• In February of 2020 Cary offered a Secular Invocation before the Connecticut State Senate.

To learn more about Cary’s accomplishments, download and read the PDF attachment, written by George Rockmore, that appeared in the SHJ magazine “Humanistic Judaism”  Fall 2021:

Cary Shaw Article

To view the Award Ceremony, click on the following link:

YouTube Video