Rabbi Yoshi to be Awarded Doctor of Divinity Degree
This coming Monday, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback will be awarded his honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. Rabbi Yoshi will be receive his degree honoris causa from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los [...]
Search for Meaning With Ariela Cohen From “Your Soft Landing”
> In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Ariela Cohen, founder of aliyah resource Your Soft Landing, for a discussion [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Josh Weinberg
In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Rabbi Josh Weinberg for a discussion about the current situation in Israel. Rabbi [...]
Wise Responds: Judicial Reform Sparks Protests in Israel
Friends, We, like many of you, have been following the events in Israel with a mixture of concern and pride. Over the last two-plus months, we have watched Israelis—right and left, Ashkenazi and Mizrahi, [...]
The Eagle Who Thought She Was a Chicken
The Eagle Who Thought She Was a Chicken Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Sari Laufer March 3, 2023 | 10 Adar, 5783 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch video of [...]
Search for Meaning With Beata Poźniak
In this International Women's Day edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Beata Poźniak, a multitalented Polish-born filmmaker and artist who successfully [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 3, 2023
Each year, on the Shabbat before Purim, we observe Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembrance. While remembrance is core to our tradition, on this Shabbat, we specifically recall Amalek and his treachery. Amalek, the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 24, 2023: Rabbi Yoshi Announces Sabbatical
“Six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield; but in the seventh you shall let it rest and lie fallow. Let the needy among your people eat of it, and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 17, 2023
"When men fight, and one of them pushes a pregnant woman and a miscarriage results, but no other damage ensues, the one responsible shall be fined according as the woman's husband may exact from him, [...]
Wise Leadership Statement on Pico-Robertson Shootings
Our hearts go out to those affected by the senseless shootings in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood over the past 48 hours. The three victims were Jewish, and were shot from moving vehicles as they were leaving [...]