Search for Meaning with Mario M. Muller and Rabbi Yoshi
Not many spiritual communities boast their own artist-in-residence but Stephen Wise Temple is truly fortunate to have Mario M. Muller in that special [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 29, 2021
On this day in 1910, composer Frank Loesser was born to Jewish parents in New York City. His half-brother, Arthur, was a talented [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 28, 2021
On this day in 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 25, 2021
One of my favorite Hebrew expressions is על טעם וריח אין להתווכח (al ta’am v’reiach ein l’hitvakeach)—“there is no point arguing about taste and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 24, 2021
This Shabbat, we will read Parashat Balak, which features—among other things—a talking donkey. According to rabbinic legend, that donkey was one of ten [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 23, 2021
This Shabbat, we will read Parashat Balak, which features—among other things—a talking donkey. According to rabbinic legend, that donkey was one of ten [...]
Mazal Tov to Our Incoming 2021-22 Board of Directors
The Wise Board of Directors election results are in and we are excited to congratulate our newly-elected and reelected Officers and Directors. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 22, 2021
This Shabbat, we will read Parashat Balak, which features—among other things—a talking donkey. According to rabbinic legend, that donkey was one of ten [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 21, 2021
This Shabbat, we will read Parashat Balak, which features—among other things—a talking donkey. According to rabbinic legend, that donkey was one of ten [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 18, 2021
Over forty years ago, the Wise community began its extraordinary foray into the education of children. Before any Reform Jewish institutions even considered [...]