Stephen Wise Temple Second Night Seder a hit with families of all ages
After a COVID-forced hiatus, Stephen Wise Temple's Second Night Seder was back and in-person this past weekend, returning to its place as the [...]
Stephen Wise Temple and School host Holocaust survivor for Yom HaShoah
Stephen Wise Temple and Wise Schools Present: Yom HaShoah Memorial Service & Survivor Testimony Thursday, April 18, 10:30 a.m. | Main Sanctuary | [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 11, 2022
The Israelites and the Hebrews The Passover Seder represents an engaging, inspiring opportunity to celebrate our people’s story of liberation from servitude in [...]
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, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 10, 2022
וַיַּעֲבֹר, מָרְדֳּכָי; וַיַּעַשׂ כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר-צִוְּתָה עָלָיו אֶסְתֵּר. וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, וַתִּלְבַּשׁ אֶסְתֵּר מַלְכוּת, וַתַּעֲמֹד בַּחֲצַר בֵּית-הַמֶּלֶךְ הַפְּנִימִית “So Mordechai went about [the city] [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
!זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק... תִּמְחֶה אֶת־זֵכֶר עֲמָלֵק מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם לֹא תִּשְׁכָּח “Remember what Amalek did to you… You must erase the memory [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
This Shabbat, Jews throughout the world read Vayikra, the first chapters in the Book of Leviticus. Beginning with verbose descriptions of sacrificial offerings, followed [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, March 7, 2022
...עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל רַבָּנָן וְעַל תַּלְמִידֵיהוֹן וְעַל כָּל תַּלְמִידֵי תַלְמִידֵיהוֹן “Upon all Israel, upon all its teachers, and upon all their students, as [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, February 9, 2022
In 2009, the Jewish Special Education International Consortium established February as Jewish Disabilities Awareness and Inclusion month. Over the past 13 years, JDAIM [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, February 3, 2022
Tomorrow, Californians and Missourians will celebrate Rosa Parks Day, honoring the birthday of the civil rights icon—Feb. 4, 1913. A civil rights activist [...]