Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 13, 2022
On this day in 1880, Jesse Louis Lasky, a pioneer in film production, was born to Jewish shoe store owners in San [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 12, 2022
On this day, in the year 1683, an army of Christian Europeans defeated the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Vienna. Then, [...]
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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 25, 2022
Yesterday in 2006, the International Astronomical Union published its newest definition of a planet, stipulating that planets (1) orbit a star, (2) [...]
Shabbat of Sacred Rest, Shabbat of Sacred Responsibility
Shabbat of Sacred Rest, Shabbat of Sacred Responsibility Rabbi Josh Knobel At our Stephen Wise Temple Shabbat by the Beach, Rabbi [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, August 11, 2022
Tonight marks the beginning of Tu B’Av, the 15th day of the month of Av. Unlike Tisha B'Av—a day of solemn mourning [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Today is National S’mores Day, set to recognize America’s most popular campfire treat, first made famous in the 1927 edition of the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, first established in 1994 by the United Nations to celebrate more than 400 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 8, 2022
As our minds and bodies recover from the fast of the Ninth of Av, our tradition turns its gaze toward the future. Beginning [...]
The Source of Love and Compassion
The Source of Love and Compassion Rabbi Josh Knobel Parashat Pinchas features the anointing of Joshua as Moses's successor as Israelites [...]