Stephen Wise Temple sponsoring Afghan refugee
As a people who know the story of refugees forced to leave a land they have called home, it is our duty to [...]
Girl Scouts at Wise donate over $2,000 from cookie sales to Ukrainian refugees
Two troops of Girl Scouts headquartered at Stephen Wise Temple have donated over $2,000 from their Girl Scout Cookie sales to Ukrainian refugees. [...]
UCLA’s Jared McBride discusses future of Ukraine
As part of Stephen Wise Temple's response to the Ukraine crisis, our clergy has enlisted experts in international relations, humanitarian aid, foreign policy, [...]
Wise-sponsored plane of Ukrainian refugees lands in Israel
With the help of Stephen Wise Temple and Schools, a plane full of of Ukrainian refugees has landed in Israel as part of [...]
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 [...]
Stephen Wise Temple & Schools Ukraine fundraising efforts featured on CBS
Two weeks ago, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback received a call from a congregant, Dina Aspen. Having seen the community's Wise [...]
Video: Stephen Wise Temple and Schools and B’nai Jeshurun raise over $200k for Ukrainian refugees
As part of Stephen Wise Temple's response to the Ukraine crisis, our clergy has enlisted experts in international relations, humanitarian aid, foreign policy, [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Senior Cantor Emma Lutz’s Installation: Full Video
On Friday, March 25, 2022, the Wise community witnessed Senior Cantor Emma Lutz‘s Installation in a stirring Shabbat service at Katz Family [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]