Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Martin E. P. Seligman has been called the father of positive psychology. I rediscovered his teachings after a rabbit hole search on [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, February 13, 2023
Among the most difficult capacities to cultivate in ourselves and our children are the qualities of empathy, sympathy, and compassion. Empathy is [...]
JDAIM at Stephen Wise Temple: Working with Israel ParaSport Center and Beit Issie Shapiro
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month, a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to raise awareness and foster acceptance and [...]
Israel: Her future is in all of our hands
Israel: Her future is in all of our hands Rabbi Ron Stern January 20, 2023 | 27 Tevet, 5783 Your browser [...]
Wise Clergy Statement on Monterey Park Shooting
According to Chinese astrology and lore, the Year of the Rabbit is supposed to usher in a year of peaceful energy. All the [...]
Wise In The News: Rabbis Featured in Multiple Articles
Rabbi Sari Goes to Sacramento: On Friday, Jan. 6, Stephen Wise Temple Rabbi Sari Laufer traveled to Sacramento to participate in a pre-inauguration interfaith [...]
Our Clergy’s “Jewish Best of 2022” List
Our Clergy's Jewish Best of 2022 List Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Rabbi Ron Stern, Rabbi Sari Laufer, and Rabbi Josh Knobel giving their [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, December 29, 2022
In the "Eco Bible" I introduced yesterday, each discussion of the weekly parsha (Torah portion) culminates with action items. Rabbis Neril and Dee guide us [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, December 28, 2022
I was recently reminded of a classic, ancient rabbinic parable. A passenger on a crowded small ship suddenly takes out a drill [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, December 27, 2022
From my vantage point as a teen growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s, California was barely on my radar. Of [...]