Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 18, 2022
This past Wednesday and Thursday, we celebrated Purim and remembered a time when our community was threatened by a genocidal demagogue. In that [...]
Wise Webinars: Gary Grappo and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback has initiated a series of Wise Webinars. Entitled [...]
Wise Webinars: Conversation About Ukraine with Kathryn Stoner, Ph.D. and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback has initiated a series of Wise Webinars, entitled [...]
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback in The Forward: Jewish History is Repeating Itself in Ukraine
In 1911, my grandpa Jake was born in the small Hungarian village of Torun in the Carpathian Mountains. While he was still a [...]
Rabbi Yoshi in the Jewish Journal: The Harrowing Escape of a Chabad Group from the Ukrainian War Zone
Menachem Mendel Borodkin grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. His wife, Rivka, was born in Ukraine. For the past five years, they have [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 11, 2022
Menachem Mendel Borodkin grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. His wife, Rivka, was born in Ukraine. For the past five years, they have [...]
Search for Meaning with musician Elana Arian, Senior Cantor Emma Lutz, and Rabbi Yoshi
After her soulful performance during Stephen Wise Temple's Friday-night Shabbat services, singer, songwriter, and composer Elana Arian joins Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 4, 2022
I used to work at a synagogue in the Bay Area with a large emigre community. We had a full-time emigre coordinator whose [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 25, 2022
In 1911, my grandpa Jake was born in the small Hungarian village of Torun in the Carpathian Mountains. While he was still a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 18, 2022
This week’s Torah portion describes one of the most painful episodes in our people’s history. The context is important: Moses is away from the people, [...]