In one televised version of Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat, Donny Osmond played Joseph. The irony of a quintessential American non-Jew playing the role [...]

All week, I have been sharing some perspectives on the arc of the Genesis narrative leading to Abraham and how some of its eternal [...]

Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing some perspectives on the arc of the Genesis narrative leading to Abraham and how some [...]

Over the next few days, I’ll be sharing some perspectives on the arc of the Genesis narrative leading to Abraham and how some [...]

If you were writing a Torah for our times, where would you begin? Would you start with the stories of Abraham and Sarah, [...]

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

Wise’s Elul Challenge provides activities focused on four Holy Day themes: T’filah (Reflect), Tzedakah (Repair), Teshuvah (Repent), T’hadesh (Renew). The next four days of Kavanot [...]

Wise’s Elul Challenge provides activities focused on four Holy Day themes: T’filah (Reflect), Tzedakah (Repair), Teshuvah (Repent), T’hadesh (Renew). The next four days of Kavanot [...]

Wise’s Elul Challenge provides activities focused on four Holy Day themes: T’filah (Reflect), Tzedakah (Repair), Teshuvah (Repent), T’hadesh (Renew). The next four days of Kavanot [...]

Thirty-six years ago, at our wedding reception, one of our friends toasted my bride and me using the acrostic interpretation of the Hebrew [...]