Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 17, 2022
Yesterday our youngest daughter graduated from high school. Of course, it was a moment of great joy and satisfaction. After years of hard [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 10, 2022
Yesterday we celebrated the graduation of our Wise School 6th graders. It’s one of the most inspiring days of the year for me. [...]
Greater Zion joins Stephen Wise Temple for uplifting interfaith celebration
On Saturday, June 4, Stephen Wise Temple was joined by the Greater Zion Church Family for an interfaith celebration. Our clergy, led by [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 3, 2022
Today is the 48th day of the counting of the Omer, the special time that falls each year between Passover and Shavuot. Each day [...]
Search for Meaning Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Dr. Afshine Emrani
Note: This episode was recorded in February, 2022. In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 27, 2022
When our Torah imagines the circumstances that might have led to the world’s first murder—Cain killing his brother Abel—it tells us that God says [...]
Stephen Wise Temple leadership statement on Uvalde shooting
Dear Stephen Wise Temple and Schools community, We are absolutely devastated to hear of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 20, 2022
We are in the Omer period—a time in which we count the days leading up Shavuot, every day bringing us closer to Torah, closer to [...]
Wise hosts Greater Zion Church for joint Shavuot and Pentecost celebration
On Saturday, June 4, Stephen Wise Temple will host Greater Zion Church for a joint in-person Shavuot and Pentecost celebration on Nahmias Plaza. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 13, 2022
Since last Friday, I’ve attended two burials, a memorial service, and a shiva minyan. Some might see this as an occupational hazard, an inseparable [...]