Eyes On Wise – Monday, March 16

Dear [first_name],

In these deeply challenging times, we hope that you, your family, and your friends are doing well and navigating the evolving nature of our community’s and our nation’s response. As you know, our public worship services, classes, and programs have moved online exclusively and every day we are updating our resources to continue to provide meaningful worship, study, and connection with our clergy, educators, and each other.

We want you to know that our clergy, staff, and lay leaders will be reaching out to every member of our community in the next few days. We want to check in to see how you’re doing, what you may need, or how you may wish to help others. If you would like to contact us now, you may email us at [email protected].

Our Wise team is building a response task force to help all of our members in a variety of ways. Together, we will get through this. As we sing with Cantor Lam and Cantor Lutz, and as Rabbi Woznica reminded us on Friday night, Adonai li, v’lo ira–our faith in the Divine presence, our trust in our community, and our love for one another can provide strength and hope in these frightening days.

DAILY KAVANAH

In times of crisis especially, we find comfort in a tradition that is thousands of years old. We have survived all sorts of trials and tribulations, never giving in to despair. Indeed, one famous Biblical text describes our people as אֲסִירֵי הַתִּקְוָה (aseerey ha-tikvah) — “prisoners of hope.” It’s as if to say—we have no other option: hope is the only way forward. Together, as a community, we will continue to study, to pray, to support one another. It’s the only way forward.

— Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback

ONLINE RESOURCES

There are two places on our website where you can access up-to-date information in real time. Watch both of these sites for daily, even hourly, updates.

COVID-19 Response
- This page is the hub for all information related to how Wise is handling the evolving situation.
Online Worship and Learning
- This page is the hub for all online activities: live services, recorded services, live teaching, recorded teaching, podcasts, and program archives (e.g. Center for Jewish Life events)

You will find a number of ways you can connect with us this week, with more to come. Look for us on Facebook Live and on our web site, and join us for song, prayer, and learning each and every day.

SCHEDULE

Here are our planned broadcasts and posts for this week with more to come. This schedule is subject to change, but make sure that you join our Facebook page for instant notifications when we go live and bookmark WiseLA.org/Online as well.

Monday, 2 p.m. | Live Mi Shebeirach with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback

Tuesday, 12 p.m. | Torah Portion Study with Rabbi Ron Stern

Tuesday, 2 p.m. | Learning with Rabbi David Woznica

Wednesday, 10 a.m. | “Storah” Time with Rabbi Sari Laufer (for preschool-age kids and their grown-ups!)

Wednesday, 12 p.m. | Talmud Study with Rabbi Yoshi

Thursday, 7:45 a.m. | Thursday Morning Minyan with Cantor Nathan Lam

Friday: we will hold morning services for Early Childhood and Elementary School (details to follow!)

And of course, follow us on social media: