How We Speak: The Talmud Weighs In by Rabbi David Woznica The role of the priest is front and center in the Torah reading this week. It is the [...]

               The Case of the Hidden Chametz by Rabbi Sari Laufer As a fan of Nancy Drew, I always thought that if I were to write a Jewish version, I [...]

                 Wise School Students Celebrate Big Odyssey of the Mind Wins; Advance to World Finals Wise School is excited to announce that all three of its Odyssey of the [...]

  In a world that grows ever smaller so that pain experienced across the globe is felt profoundly and instantly across the oceans, our hearts cry out for the senseless loss of lives in New [...]

               What's on Your Bedside Table? by Rabbi David Woznica Prior to the electronic and digital era, friends often began conversations with “What’s on Your Bedside Table?”  It was not uncommon [...]

               The Voices of Israel by Rabbi Sari Laufer Once, I was hit by an egg. It was hard-boiled, it was thrown at me, it hit me in the neck, and [...]

                 The Death of Heroes by Rabbi Josh Knobel This Sunday, HBO will televise the first half of Leaving Neverland, a documentary about Michael Jackson’s alleged pedophilia. The film features Wade [...]

               Remembering to Be Better by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Imagine having the most embarrassing, shameful episode of your life broadcast publicly each year. It’s the stuff of nightmares.  Yet it’s precisely what [...]

               All You Need is Love by Rabbi Sari Laufer After this weekend at Wise Family Camp (February 7-9, 2020: Save the Date!), I was feeling nostalgic for sleep away camp…especially [...]

               Remembering Debbie Freidman by Cantor Emma Lutz Composer and musician Debbie Friedman brought a new voice to the Reform movement starting in the 1970’s, lighting up Jewish spaces with her [...]