Wise Members and L.A. Family Housing to Host Second Annual Fuel for School Festival
Last year, Wise members Emily and Brian Soloway spearheaded the inaugural Fuel for School Festival with Wise Center for Tikkun Olam partner L.A. Family Housing. Donations of both time and treasure from the Wise community helped make that event so successful that the festival will return for its second year on July 29 in Pacoima. "We are extremely grateful for the support we received last year from Wise families," said Brian Soloway. [...]
Wise Walks for Tikkun Olam
In recent months, the Stephen Wise Temple community has pounded the pavement and gotten plenty of steps in, participating in two major walks in support of tikkun olam causes: Jewish World Watch and L.A. Pride. On April 30, a team of more than two dozen community members joined Rabbi Ron Stern to represent Team Wise Walks in Jewish World Watch's revived Walk to End Genocide. Wise has participated in the Walk for [...]
Wise School Raises Funds for Israel ParaSport Center With Charity Basketball Game
Wise School sixth grader Cooper West and his mother Ariana may have been playing basketball for charity last week at Katz Family Pavilion, but good vibes lost out against good defense as they battled for rebounds in the low post. Whether they were boxing each other out or contesting each other's 3-pointers, there was no quarter asked and none given between the Wise Board member and her son. The Wests (including father [...]
Wise School Students Observe Sofer Repairing Torah Scrolls
On Monday, Wise School students from grades three and five got the chance to observe a sofer working on Stephen Wise Temple's four most-used Torah scrolls. With Stephen Wise Temple's four most-used Torah scrolls arrayed out on tables in front of him, Rabbi Moshe Druin held up a quill between his right thumb and forefinger "What," he asked the Wise School third graders who packed the Chapel Study on Monday morning, "do [...]
Mazal Tov to Our Incoming 2023-24 Board of Directors
The Wise Board of Directors election results are in, and we are excited to congratulate our newly elected and reelected Officers and Directors. Thank you to the hundreds of Wise members who cast their ballots online and made their voices heard, ensuring that Wise will have another team of talented lay leaders helping direct our community for the coming year and the years ahead. Mazal Tov to newly elected President Jeremy [...]
Wise School Teams Turn In Unprecedented Odyssey of the Mind World Finals Performance
For the second year in a row, all three Wise School teams advanced to the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals, and for the second year in a row, all three came home with top-20 finishes. This past weekend, on the East Lansing, Mich. campus of Michigan State University, the Wise School third grade team earned an 11th-place overall finish, while both the fourth and fifth grade teams took home third-place trophies. [...]