Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 20, 2020
“Everything can be taken from a [person] but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set [...]
Search for Meaning with Isa Zweiback and Rabbi Yoshi
In the first of a series, Rabbi Yoshi searches for meaning with members of his own family. His first guest is his daughter [...]
Search for Meaning with Bob Klein and Rabbi Yoshi
Search for Meaning, New Episode Alert: This week Bob Klein, noted advocate of stem cell therapies and cures, joins Rabbi Yoshi. In 2004, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 20, 2020
“Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time, to be attached to sacred events, to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 19, 2020
The proverb, “Every cloud has a silver lining,” is taken from a poem written by John Milton in 1634. In it, the great [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, March 18, 2020
There is so much, all around, that brings us hope. We are reminded in the face of this crisis that we are not [...]
Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Today is the birthday of our beloved community’s namesake—Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise. He was born on March 17, 1874, in Budapest. He was [...]
Search for Meaning with author Marra Gad (“The Color of Love”)
In her recent memoir The Color of Love, author Marra Gad reflects on her upbringing as a mixed-race Jewish girl in Chicago, frankly [...]
The Torah of Contagion
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback It was one of those parenting moments you just have to savor. My wife had [...]
Search for Meaning with Obama White House Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz
Following up on her Stephen Wise Temple Center for Jewish Life appearance last fall, former Obama White House Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz connected with [...]