Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 10, 2023
After our annual celebration of American independence, I've always looked forward to Bastille Day, or fête nationale française (France's national day of celebration), which falls [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 22, 2023
Last week's Shabbat was filled with joyful celebrations: a wedding blessing, a baby naming, a bar mitzvah, lots of children present and [...]
Wise Installs New Board of Directors at Board Shabbat
On Friday, June 16, Stephen Wise Temple and Schools installed its new Board of Directors, which will officially begin its term on July [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 21, 2023
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃ "And God said, let there be light! And there was light." —Genesis 1:3 Comic books are illuminating, a [...]
I Give Myself Away
I Give Myself Away Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Cantor Emma Lutz June 16, 2023 | 27 Sivan, 5783 Your browser does not [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 20, 2023
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Listen, Israel (Deuteronomy 6:4). My personal Jewish practice includes song and prayer and many different types of ritual. It also includes basic [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 19, 2023
Two years ago this week, President Biden signed a bill formally acknowledging this day as the federal holiday of Juneteenth. Today we mark [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Clergy: On National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism
Last week, as America celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month, the White House proclaimed that celebrating the countless contributions of American Jews to our [...]
Shabbat Doesn’t Take a Summer Vacation at Stephen Wise Temple
At Stephen Wise Temple, our summer Shabbat offerings are different than the ones we have from September through June. While Tot [...]
Daily Kavanah – Shabbat Message From Cantor Emma Lutz – Friday, May 19, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCIfOqIQNOE Today is Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, when we commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem following the Six Day War in 1967. [...]