Eyes on Wise 1.9.20

Partners in Prayer: Wise and Faithful Central Bible Church to Celebrate Unity
Sunday, January 19 | 3 p.m. | Faithful Central Bible Church (333 W. Florence Ave, Inglewood)

“I will bring them to my sacred mount and let them rejoice in my house of prayer. ” (Isaiah 56:7)
Clergy from Stephen Wise Temple, Faithful Central Bible Church, as well as other Jewish and Christian organizations will come together for a service of peace, prayer, and fellowship. Join Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Cantor Nathan Lam, and Bishop Kenneth Ulmer (among many others) in a gathering across religious and racial lines. We will collectively stand against violence and enmity in our communities and our nation. This beautiful service will feature participatory music designed to life our souls and bring us together.

Mazal Tov to Cantor Emma Lutz and Rabbi Adam Lutz on the birth of Baby Girl Lutz into their family this past Shabbat. She entered the world weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. and measuring 21 inches long. Mother and baby are both doing very well. Stay tuned for baby naming ceremony information. The Lutz family wishes to thank everyone for all of their love and support!

Australian Fire Relief Resources — How You Can Help

The Torah commands us to take care of the Earth that we have been given. Let’s stand together and help others when they are in need by donating to help Australia, its people, and animals survive the catastrophic bush fires.

Wise Readers to Leaders presents
How to Raise a Reader Literacy Event
January 11 |10 a.m. | Cayton Children’s Museum

The event will be a conversation with the authors of How to Raise a Reader, a new book providing helpful insights on how to engage your child in reading, which is getting lots of press lately! While adults listen to the book talk, children will have the opportunity to explore the brand new interactive and engaging Cayton Children’s Museum with WRTL staff and volunteers. We would love to see you there!
Tickets for the event are $40, covering the cost of museum for one child and one adult and a copy of the book How to Raise a Reader by Pamela Paul, who oversees all book coverage at the New York Times, and Maria Russo, the editor of children’s books at the Times. Additional tickets to visit the museum can be purchased for $14 for an adult and $7 for a child. Children under 2 are free. 

Tot Shabbat and Baby Playdate
Saturday, January 11
9 a.m. | Baby Playdate | Parenting Center
10 a.m. | Tot Shabbat | Wise Woods

Gather together with our community for a festive Tot Shabbat service! Our Clergy and song leaders lead our music and story-filled service that introduces the youngest members of our community to the joy of Shabbat. Parents and grandparents will love it too!
Babies (0-12 months) and their parents are invited to join us for a special Baby Playdate for an hour leading up to Tot Shabbat. Come eat, meet and celebrate/commiserate the joys of new parenthood!

TOT SHABBAT
BABY PLAYDATE

Wise Melton School Community Connections

Wise’s award-winning Melton School is kicking off a special three-part series for parents in our Parenting and Early Childhood Centers. Get to know six Wise rabbis for Torah learning, wine, and cheese through “Community Connections,” a program specially designed for parents of little ones, based on Melton’s Foundations of Jewish Family Living: Jewish Values for Parents to Share with their Children. 

Classes:
Clearing the Path for Others—Master Story: Eve, Adam, and the Serpent
Taught by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Josh Knobel
Tuesday, January 14 | 7 – 9 p.m.
On the Move—Master Story: Lech Lecha, Finding Your Own Path
Taught by Rabbi Ron Stern and Rabbi Sari Laufer
Tuesday, February 11 | 7 – 9 p.m.
Healing Process—Master Story: God Visiting Abraham After Circumcision
Taught by Rabbi David Woznica and Rabbi Karen Strok
Tuesday, March 10 | 7 – 9 p.m.

If you have further questions, please contact Melton Director Rabbi Karen Strok to learn more about the program.

Center for Jewish Life presents
“Nine”
Rabbi David Woznica
Tuesdays | 6:30 p.m.
January 14, 21, 28

The Rabbis of the Talmud teach that there are nine commandments, each of which is equal to all the other commandments combined. The list will likely surprise you.  We will study them in our first class.
After God, the most prominent figure in the Torah is Moses. In our final class, we will explore nine lessons from the life of Moses. In doing so, we will bring this extraordinary figure to life and to our lives.
Over the course of our studies, we will embrace 27 insights into how Judaism can make us better people and how to shape a better world.

Center for Jewish Life presents
Museums with Mario — Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985
Wednesday, January 15 | 1:30 p.m.

A generous survey of this groundbreaking American art movement, encompassing works in painting, sculpture, collage, ceramics, installation art, and performance documentation, With Pleasure presents color in ambitious scale!

Soulful Shabbat 
Friday, January 17
Friday, February 14
Friday, March 13
6:30 p.m. | Dinner
8 p.m. | Shabbat Service

Our unique musical service is one of Wise’s most popular traditions that creates a spiritual evening featuring the rhythms and melodies our members have come to love.

REGISTER FOR DINNER

Cantors Assembly Trip to Italy with Rabbi Yoshi and Cantor Lam
Info Session: Wednesday, January 22
Trip Itinerary: Rome | Florence | Venice: June  22 – July 2, 2020

Following his incredible concert at the Great Synagogue of Rome, Cantor Nathan Lam and the Cantors Assembly are proud to announce a musical journey through Italy in the summer of 2020. Join Rabbi Yoshi, Cantor Lam, and the many voices of the Cantors Assembly for a magical excursion to Rome, Florence, and Venice.

Center for Jewish Life presents
Introduction to Judaism
Rabbi Sari Laufer and Wise Clergy
Sundays beginning January 26, 2020 | 10 a.m.

Whether you are curious about or considering Judaism, or still looking to answer that question you’ve had since your days in religious school, Introduction to Judaism is a place to voice your questions, learn multiple perspectives, and discover what is most meaningful to you in liberal Judaism.
Open to all, this course is perfect for interfaith couples, those raising Jewish children, spiritual seekers, individuals considering conversion, and Jews who want a meaningful adult Jewish learning experience. Taught by Rabbi Sari Laufer, students will have a chance to learn from members of the Stephen Wise Temple clergy and other guest teachers while exploring holidays, lifecycle celebrations, prayer, theology, sacred texts, and much more.
Questions are encouraged and only curiosity is required.

Wise Jams
Tuesday, January 28 | 7:30 p.m.

Jam with fellow musicians and singers in our community! Are you an ace on the bass? Get your kicks on the sticks? Bring your axe, your sax, your vox, and your chops. We’ll supply the mics, amps, sheet music, and a rockin’ good time!

Center for Jewish Life presents
The Italian Jewish Tradition
Cantor Nathan Lam

Wednesdays | 7:30–9 p.m.
January 29; February 5, 19

The Italian Jewish tradition includes 2,000 years of uninterrupted history. From before the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, this community has outlasted the Roman Empire, and forged a relationship with the Vatican that has lasted for 1,700 years. The Italian Rite has its own music, not Sephardic or Ashkenazi, but unique in its own way. 40,000 Jews still live in Italy and thrive, honoring their history and the collective history of the Jewish People.

Camp Wise presents
Magic Mountain Youth Event
Recommended for Grades 3-7
Saturday, February 1 | 9:30 a.m.

Summer is over, but the fun never ends! Join your favorite Camp Wise staff for a full day of fun at Magic Mountain with your favorite counselors! You don’t want to miss out on the first Camp Wise Youth Event of the year! Limited spaces are available.

Price: Early Bird $115, After January 10 $150
Early Bird ends Friday, January 10, and registration closes on Wednesday, January 29 at 11:59 p.m.
For more information, contact Tatiana Soofer at (310) 889-2263 or email [email protected].
Cancellation Policy: No refunds after January 15. Event will occur, rain or shine.

Wise School Climate Change Museum
Monday, February 10 | Exhibit: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Wise School is creating a Climate Change museum for students and visitors to explore following the annual Tu B’Shevat Assembly at 8 a.m. The museum will be open in the Tyberg Arts and Innovation Lab and Project Studio and will include interactive exhibits such as Green Space Prototype, an Irrigation Model, hands-on hydroponic planting activities, theatrical presentations, and much more. Let Wise School students guide you through the ways our Earth is changing and what we can all do to help preserve our environment.

Center for Jewish Life presents
Museums with Mario — Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden
Wednesday, February 12 | 1:30 p.m.

This excursion will consist of a curated conversation during a 1.5-mile walk through the Westwood campus of UCLA.

Center for Jewish Life presents
The Words of My Father: Yousef Bashir in Dialogue
with Rabbi David Woznica
Tuesday, February 18 | 7:30 p.m.

As Mr. Bashir writes:

In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, eleven-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father’s impossibly high standards. Everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home. Yousef’s father refuses to flee and risk losing the house forever, so the army keeps the family in a state of virtual imprisonment. Yousef struggles to understand how his father can be so committed to peaceful co-existence that he welcomes the occupying Israeli soldiers as “guests,” even in the face of what he sees as unfair and humiliating treatment. Over time, Yousef learns how to endure his new life in captivity—but he can’t anticipate that a bullet is about to transform his future in an instant.
These transformative experiences set Yousef on a difficult new path that leads him to learn to embody his father’s philosophy and spread a message of co-existence. Yousef’s memoir, The Words of My Father is a moving coming-of-age story about survival, tolerance, and hope.

#UsToo: New Perspectives on Gender and Power in the Jewish Community
with Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Friday, February 21 at 6:15 p.m.

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi is a well-known thought leader, institutional builder, strategic innovator, published author and public speaker. She currently serves as a senior fellow at the Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood. Most recently, Rabbi Sabath led a four-campus team at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC) as the National Director of Recruitment and Admissions. Rabbi Sabath has taught courses on modern Jewish thought, gender, liturgy and theology at HUC for over 16 years as well as at other institutions. Wise is excited to bring this elite scholar to Shabbat services for her thoughtful and insightful remarks on such an important topic.

LEARN MORE ABOUT RABBI SABATH 
FOLLOW @RABBISABATH 

Wise Guys Men’s Ski Trip to Mammoth
Friday, March 6-8

Join Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ron Stern on the Wise Guys men’s trip to Mammoth Mountain. Winter sports, camaraderie, good food, Shabbat! Cost of the trip includes lodging, two catered dinners, snacks, some wine, and self-prepared breakfasts (lift tickets not included).