Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Nature is back! As human beings have retreated into our “caves,” the bears and bobcats are out in Yosemite, the birds are nesting [...]
Nature is back! As human beings have retreated into our “caves,” the bears and bobcats are out in Yosemite, the birds are nesting [...]
There’s a podcast called “Rough Translation” that explores the many ways that we humans don’t understand one another. In this episode, the host explores the profound [...]
C.S. Lewis said the following about the US in 1939 on the cusp of World War II in a speech entitled: Learning in Wartime. “War [...]
Our entire world continues to search for ways to counteract the rapid, destructive, and deadly spread of this malicious coronavirus. Recognizing that self-isolation [...]
Once there was a country that selected its rulers with a special bird. Whenever it was time to choose a ruler the bird [...]
Get rid of your Maxwell House Haggadah! I thought I was finished reminding folks that the Maxwell House Haggadah was a thing better [...]
With her permission, I’d like to share a portion of an email I received from Wise member Adena Frank as her family is [...]
In January of 1975, the virtuoso jazz pianist Keith Jarrett was scheduled to give a concert in Köln, Germany. The young and unseasoned [...]
by Rabbi Ron Stern Wise members and many others in the Jewish community have expressed concerns about the California State Board of Education [...]
by Rabbi Ron Stern Every Torah portion is given its name by the first important word in the first one or two lines [...]