Shabbat Shalom – Friday, August 1, 2025
We are almost at the end of the Nine Days—a period in the Jewish calendar marked by introspection and sorrow. Our communal mourning culminates in Tisha B’Av, the Ninth of Av, which begins tomorrow evening.Tisha [...]
Search for Meaning with Stephen Cloobeck
Stephen J. Cloobeck joins Rabbi Yoshi for a wide-ranging conversation about business, identity, and public service. Best known as the founder and former CEO of Diamond Resorts, Cloobeck reflects on his [...]
The Beauty, Joy, and Surprising Importance of Jewish Ritual
Love that Binds, Love that Builds Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback July 25, 2025 | 29 Tamuz, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE. [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, July 25, 2025
On my recent trip to Israel, I had the privilege of attending Kabbalat Shabbat services in Tel Aviv—right at the marina as the sun was beginning to dip behind the Mediterranean. Just getting there [...]
Search for Meaning with Dr. Arnold Eisen
In this special live recording from Stephen Wise Temple on May 13, 2025, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary, for a [...]
“Where None Shall Make Them Afraid”
“Where None Shall Make Them Afraid” Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback July 4, 2025 | 8 Tamuz, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, July 4 2025
Shabbat Shalom, Today marks 249 years of our independence as a nation.] We give thanks for the blessings of freedom, and we reflect on the founding ideals that have shaped America—ideals of liberty, justice, [...]
Search for Meaning with Daniel Robbins
What do you get when a Shabbat dinner meant to welcome a soon-to-be daughter-in-law turns into a night of secrets, revelations, and unlikely wisdom? You get Bad Shabbos—a comedy with heart, directed [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 27 2025
Shabbat Shalom, Last night I had a beautiful—and disturbing—dream, one I don’t think I would have had a few years ago. In the dream, I was moving from one dorm room to another on a university [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 20 2025
Shabbat Shalom, There is something undeniably peculiar about this week’s Torah portion, Sh’lach L’cha. Why would the Torah include a story in which God instructs Moses to send scouts to spy out the land of Canaan? Why [...]