Eyes on Wise 1.31.19
No Loyalty to Royalty by Rabbi Ron Stern The Jewish people had kings (and one queen) ruling over them for nearly 1,000 years. How many can you name? Maybe you’d [...]
Eyes on Wise 1.24.19
A Moving Tribute to Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin (Z”L) Two weeks ago, in honor of Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin’s upcoming yahrzeit, Rabbi David Woznica (holder of the Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin Rabbinic [...]
Eyes on Wise 1.17.19
Tu Bishvat: A New Year for All Life by Rabbi Josh Knobel Though the Western world celebrates January 1 with revelry and spectacle, Jewish new years are a little [...]
Eyes on Wise 1.10.19
A Blessing for an Elephant by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback There’s a blessing for seeing an elephant. This might surprise you but, when you pause to think about it, it really [...]
Eyes on Wise 1.3.19
Making Time for Torah by Cantor Emma Lutz “Do not say, ‘When I am free I will study,’ for perhaps you will not become free.” -Pirkei Avot 2:5 This [...]
Eyes on Wise 12.27.18
Shifra and Puah by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback This week’s Torah portion, the last of 2018 and the first of the book of Exodus, tells of Pharaoh’s horrible instruction to the [...]
Eyes on Wise 12.20.18
A Blessing Before You Go by Rabbi Sari Laufer Facebook has already started making its year end videos, making it seem like 2019 is even closer than it is. [...]
Eyes on Wise 12.13.18
Owning Our Stories By Cantor Emma Lutz “Owning our stories and loving ourselves through that process is the greatest gift we can give ourselves.” – Dr. Brené Brown I [...]
Eyes on Wise 12.6.18
Hanukkah… Well, It’s Complicated. By Rabbi Josh Knobel Like so many other aspects of Jewish tradition, the origins of Hanukkah remain so far removed from our existing practices as [...]
Eyes on Wise 11.29.18
Seeing Into the Future By Rabbi Ron Stern How far can you gaze into the future? Of course, none of us has the ability to even know what [...]