Stephen Wise Temple Yom Kippur Learning Sessions With Clergy
Join the Stephen Wise Temple clergy in Plotkin Chapel as they hold live learning sessions on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. This event [...]
Wise Shabbat services to honor Melton Director Rabbi Karen Strok
On Friday, our Stephen Wise Temple Shabbat Evening Services will honor the contributions of Rabbi Karen Strok, who will be stepping down as [...]
VIDEO: Rabbis Laufer, Balin discuss history and future of women in the rabbinate
On Monday, May 23, Stephen Wise Temple Rabbi Sari Laufer and the Stephen Wise Temple Center for Jewish Life hosted Rabbi Carole Balin, [...]
Stephen Wise Temple celebrates 50 years of women in the rabbinate
On June 3, 1972, Sally J. Priesand became the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the United States. On May [...]
Wise CJL and Melton offer new spring adult Jewish learning classes
Stephen Wise Temple's Center for Jewish Life has announced our spring CJL and Melton class series. Led by experienced faculty, these weekly offerings range [...]
US Senate confirms Deborah Lipstadt as antisemitism envoy
On Wednesday, Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt—a familiar face to the Stephen Wise Temple community—was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Joe Biden's [...]
The Center for Jewish Life
Read with Caution: This May Whet Your Appetite for Learning
by Rabbi David Woznica Tomorrow morning we mail our 2018-2019 (5779) Center for Jewish Life brochure. It contains descriptions of dialogues, lectures, classes, [...]
The most chilling words of the High Holy Days
Rabbi David Woznica penned a column for the Jewish Journal about the hefty words we recite during the High Holy Days: "On Rosh [...]