This week, we read from parashat Noach, detailing the famed story of Noah’s ark. However, in order to understand this story in depth, [...]

As we move through these Days of Awe, we hope that these readings and excerpts from Sha’ar HaShamayim, our Stephen Wise Temple machzor, will deepen [...]

What makes a person? This is the question repeatedly set before us by Israeli poet and Holocaust survivor Dan Pagis, who died on [...]

There is no love sincerer than the love of food. —George Bernard Shaw On this day in 1960, Jonathan Gold was born to [...]

Memories can often mean different things to different people. On this day in 1907, former Confederate Brigadier General and U.S. Senator Edmund Pettus [...]

In mainstream film, the triumph of perseverance over adversity often involves protagonists overcoming economic hardships; from Rocky to The Goonies to Spider-Man, Hollywood heroes [...]

All too often, we consign the topic of faith to the field of theology and religion, but faith isn’t just about God. It’s [...]

Typically, we associate heroism with bravery and strength, qualities that certainly describe the actions of the first Jewish Congressional Medal of Honor Winner, [...]

On this day in 1910, composer Frank Loesser was born to Jewish parents in New York City. His half-brother, Arthur, was a talented [...]

On this day in 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, assassinated the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his [...]