.              How Many Jews? Some Surprising Figures by Rabbi David Woznica One of the themes of the Book of Genesis is family and children. In our current Torah reading we [...]

.              Happy Thanksgiving from your Stephen Wise Temple family! We wish you a meaningful celebration of gratitude.    On Gratitude by Cantor Emma Lutz One of the best parts of my [...]

  .            Make Welcome Happen by Rabbi Sari Laufer Bob Dylan’s most recognizable Biblical connection is probably the beginning of Highway 61, Revisited—where he reimagines the dialogue between Abraham and Isaac on [...]

  .            Promises and Predictions by Rabbi David Woznica “Go forth from your native land and from your father’s house to the land I will show you” (Genesis 12). These are the words [...]

  .               Look for the Rainbow by Rabbi Sari Laufer While it is sometimes a fun riddle to try to remember what event or life circumstance prompted the particular Facebook [...]

  .               A Welcoming Family by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback We put a lot of energy into welcoming and celebrating the New Year. We gather in synagogues around the world to [...]

. Commanded to be Joyful by Rabbi Sari Laufer Tradition teaches us that the very first thing we are supposed to do after the close of Yom Kippur is begin building the sukkah, the [...]

  .               Watch Rabbi Yoshi's Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon In Rabbi Yoshi's Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, he asks us to consider how we may each better answer the question "What does [...]

  .               Making Time for Psalm 27 by Cantor Emma Lutz The daily reading of Psalm 27 is a custom throughout Jewish communities before, during, and after the celebration of [...]

  .               In God's Eyes by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback The Jewish month of Elul is a time of preparation for the New Year. We feel the change of the seasons, [...]