Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 23, 2022
One of the great controversies in Jewish history was the setting of the calendar. Though the Bible declared that certain holy days were [...]
Jordan B. “Gorf” Gorfinkel educates Stephen Wise Temple and Wise School students about the Jewish morality of superheroes
Jordan B. "Gorf" Gorfinkel helps a Wise School sixth grader craft a panel for their graphic Megillah on March 17, 2022. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 22, 2022
While inventing the week would have certainly ranked among early Judaism’s greatest gifts to the world, the Shabbat is the crowning glory. So [...]
Conversations About Ukraine: Rabbis Yoshi Zweiback, Matthew Gewirtz, and Sydney Mintz are joined by Jonathan Ornstein of JCC Krakow
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback has initiated a series of Wise Webinars. Entitled “Conversations [...]
Choosing Our Influencers
Choosing Our Influencers Rabbi David Woznica March 18, 2022 | 15 Adar 2, 5782 Your browser does not support the audio element. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, March 21, 2022
As I write this, I’m still recovering from the time change due to daylight saving. It’s remarkable how our internal clocks are set [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 18, 2022
This past Wednesday and Thursday, we celebrated Purim and remembered a time when our community was threatened by a genocidal demagogue. In that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 17, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Toward the end of the Book of Esther (Esther 9:22), our story recounts: וְהַחֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩ נֶהְפַּ֨ךְ לָהֶ֤ם מִיָּגוֹן֙ לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וּמֵאֵ֖בֶל לְי֣וֹם ט֑וֹב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת [...]