20 Ways to Change the World in Honor of Rabbi Stern’s 20 Years of Service
The Wise community has been turning up in full force to honor Rabbi Ron Stern's 20 years of service to our community through [...]
Being a Wise Witness: Understanding Our Own Biases and Perspectives
by Rabbi Ron Stern “Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing.” This benign passage begins a story [...]
Bet Tzedek Training Sessions
Bet Tzedek Family Preparedness Training Sunday, November 18 at 11:30 a.m. | Wise Campus Help families and children in danger of deportation and [...]
Your Ten Questions
by Rabbi Ron Stern Each fall I spend a semester teaching a new group of rabbinical students beginning their studies at Hebrew [...]
Wise Community Seeks Reform
Last week, Rabbi Ron Stern lead a group of our Wise members to Sacramento for a day of lobbying for justice with the organization [...]
Bearing the Truth About Truthful Talebearing
by Rabbi Ron Stern Here’s what you’ve probably heard again and again: gossip is evil. It’s said that three people are damaged when [...]
Wise Helps Keep Families Together
by Rabbi Ron Stern The text came to my phone at 9:00 p.m. on a Sunday evening from Sue Kay: “My cousin works [...]
Proclaiming Liberty: Aspiring to the American Ideal
by Rabbi Ron Stern This week on our incredible mountaintop we’ve welcomed children to both Camp Wise and Wise Readers to Leaders. [...]
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
by Rabbi Ron Stern Judaism sets the bar high for personal responsibility. Whether it’s the ritual laws of kashrut or prayer, the demands [...]
Memorable Seders
by Rabbi Ron Stern Last year, while officiating at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles interfaith seder, in a room packed with [...]