“I want all my people to enjoy Judaism in whatever form they pick. Here [at Stephen Wise Temple] we are very pluralistic, also very positive. Without ceremony, Judaism is empty. But, in addition to ceremony, I want my staff to experience wide community involvement. We have a chesed (lovingkindness) project which involves everyone in giving time, energy, and love back to the community in the form of time at a variety of agencies and city-projects…I wanted this community to become the center for Jewish life for all its members.”
— Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin (Z”L), as quoted in an interview with the Heritage Southwest Jewish Press (2/20/1998)
Our founding rabbi’s vision carries on to this day. We wish to extend our deepest gratitude to all of you in our Wise community who are not only helping to create ceremony (worshipping and studying with us online) but also creating lovingkindness by helping each other, helping our neighbors, helping our medical professionals, and helping our world community through this crisis.