Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, September 21, 2022
It is said that Nobel Prize-winning author Shmuel Yoseph Agnon was challenged by a relative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to disclose whether [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, September 20, 2022
It is said that Nobel Prize-winning author Shmuel Yoseph Agnon was challenged by a relative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to disclose whether [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, September 19, 2022
It is said that Nobel Prize-winning author Shmuel Yoseph Agnon was challenged by a relative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to disclose whether [...]
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 [...]
JQ International launches Jewish LGBTQ+ teen mental health support group
In the interests of supporting our diverse community, the Stephen Wise Temple Center for Tikkun Olam and Rabbi Ron Stern would like to [...]
Labor Day is a Jewish Holy Day
Labor Day is a Jewish Holy Day Rabbi Ron Stern Of all the secular holidays in the year, Rabbi Ron says, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, September 1, 2022
"We all worship the same God." While that aphorism bears a lovely sentiment that conveys only the best intentions, when we say [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, August 31, 2022
For a while, in exasperation after my teenage opposition, my father would say, "Just do it because I said so!" As parents, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, August 30, 2022
It has been said, mostly by critics of Judaism, that the God of the Hebrew Bible is a vengeful God. Unfortunately, that anti-Jewish [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, August 29, 2022
One of the most beautiful and steamy love poems appears in the Hebrew Bible. No doubt, some of you have words from [...]