Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning at Stephen Wise Temple presents new class: Jews in California
The Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning at Wise is proud to present a new class coming in September: Jews In California—The [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 12, 2022
Today is Tu B'av (the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av), also known as the "Jewish Valentine's Day." According to the Talmud, Tu [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 11, 2022
Tonight marks the beginning of Tu B’Av, the 15th day of the month of Av. Unlike Tisha B'Av—a day of solemn mourning [...]
Stephen Wise Temple families help make LAFH Fuel For School Festival a major success
This past Saturday, Stephen Wise Temple Center for Tikkun Olam partner L.A. Family Housing (LAFH) hosted its first annual Fuel For School Festival in Pacoima, with [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Today is National S’mores Day, set to recognize America’s most popular campfire treat, first made famous in the 1927 edition of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, first established in 1994 by the United Nations to celebrate more than 400 [...]
Jewish Insights into Mourning and Loss
Jewish Insights into Mourning and Loss Rabbi David Woznica As we prepared to mark Tisha B'Av this weekend, our Rabbi David [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 8, 2022
As our minds and bodies recover from the fast of the Ninth of Av, our tradition turns its gaze toward the future. Beginning [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, August 5, 2022
Last week, Jacqueline and I met our friends Marc and Orley—the wonderful couple who had been our daughter's host family in Tel [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 4, 2022
The Jerusalem Talmud—the lesser known of our two Talmuds—records the following story: One day, a Jew was plowing in the valley of [...]