Daily Kavanah – Monday, July 18, 2022
Today, the world commemorates Nelson Mandela Day, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. The day honors the late anti-apartheid activist [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, June 30, 2022
Today is the first day of the Jewish month of Tammuz, also considered Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the month. This month is typically [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Today is the 30th day of the Jewish month of Sivan, considered Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, the beginning of the month of Tammuz. Ironically, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Today will be a Ukrainian Constitution Day unlike any other in the nation’s young history. On this day in 1995, after two years [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, June 27, 2022
June 27 marks the observance of National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Day, established in 2010 to pay tribute to U.S. Army Staff [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Clergy Response to Dobbs v. Jackson
Stephen Wise Temple clergy speak out on Dobbs v. Jackson, reproductive rights, and reproductive justice. "Be fruitful and multiply." —Genesis 1:28 From the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, May 19, 2022
The origins behind celebrating the 33rd day of the Omer (Lag Ba'Omer) remain shrouded in mystery. The earliest known reference to the festival comes from [...]
Wise hosts Greater Zion Church for joint Shavuot and Pentecost celebration
On Saturday, June 4, Stephen Wise Temple will host Greater Zion Church for a joint in-person Shavuot and Pentecost celebration on Nahmias Plaza. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 18, 2022
.ס֣וּר מֵ֭רָע וַעֲשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב בַּקֵּ֖שׁ שָׁל֣וֹם וְרׇדְפֵֽהוּ "Turn aside from evil and do good. Demand peace and pursue it." —Psalm 34:15 On Sunday, our [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 17, 2022
כל המקיים נפש אחת מישראל מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו קיים עולם מלא "Whoever saves a single soul among Israel is, according to scripture, [...]