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, [...]
Search for Meaning with author Dara Horn and Rabbi Yoshi
After a thought-provoking community read at Stephen Wise Temple last week, celebrated author Dara Horn sits down with Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback to [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 11, 2022
This week’s Torah portion describes the special garments the priests were to wear when offering sacrifices on behalf of the children of Israel. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 4, 2022
In his attempt to define the threshold test for obscenity, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously remarked, “I know it when I see [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 28, 2022
Ten years ago this Shabbat, our oldest daughter Isa (who just graduated college!) celebrated becoming bat mitzvah in Jerusalem. It feels like forever [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 21, 2022
Crossing Over Together Almost a week has passed since we first heard about a synagogue under attack in Colleyville, Texas. Sadly, we certainly [...]