March for Our Lives Gallery
Click on each picture to open it. Wise members attended Saturday's March for Our Lives rally bringing signs, chants, and prayers [...]
Center for Tikkun Olam March 2018 Report
Passover marks the halfway point of our calendar, the perfect time to take stock of all that we have accomplished since the High [...]
Biblical Humor
by Rabbi Ron Stern What makes us laugh? It has been the subject of question for philosophers in ancient days, psychologists and social [...]
Building Homes, Building Hope
Building Homes, Building Hope by Rabbi Ron Stern The scene is all too familiar: we stop for a light at a busy intersection [...]
Stewards of Our World
by Rabbi Ron Stern Up until the establishment of kibbutzim in the land of Israel the words Jew and farmer seemed incongruous in [...]
The Flames of Hanukkah and the Flames that Surround Us
by Rabbi Ron Stern California is on fire! Our air is filled with smoke and ash, our pools have become black swamps, our [...]
Giving a Voice to Our Silent Heroes
Giving a Voice to Our Silent Heroes By Rabbi Ron Stern In the familiar story of Isaac’s near-sacrifice at the hands of Abraham, [...]
Providing aid to those affected by Hurricane Harvey
"Hurt has no shame and no label; we just need to heal one another" The city of Houston has been devastated by Hurricane [...]
Wise Readers to Leaders receives $250,000 Cutting Edge Grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Wise Readers to Leadears is proud to be a receipient of a Cutting Edge Grant from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles among [...]
We Know Where This Leads: Standing Up To Hate
by Rabbi Ron Stern I recently came across the following quote introducing an exhibit at one of the world’s great art museums: “A [...]