Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts friend, colleague, collaborator, and author Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz, who has just published his memoir: "To Build a Brave Space: The Making of a Spiritual First Responder." The senior rabbi at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in New Jersey, Rabbi Gewirtz had finished a manuscript just before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the [...]
Wise Readers to Leaders Teens Changing the World One Scholar at a Time
By Joyce Anderson Executive Director of Wise Readers to Leaders At our recent teen board meeting, Wise Readers to Leaders co-founder Rabbi Ron Stern led us in a meaningful exercise that allowed us to reflect on our own why: Why do we do what we do? Why Wise Readers to Leaders? Why now? Through this exercise, our teens gained a better understanding of what life is like for so many of our [...]
Wise to Host AJC Los Angeles Event: Antisemitism in Europe and America Today
Stephen Wise Temple and AJC Present: Antisemitism in Europe and America Today Thursday, March 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Wise Campus | Tickets On Thursday, March 2, Stephen Wise Temple will host a special panel discussion with Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combatting Antisemitism, and Eddo Verdoner, Netherlands' National Coordinator for Countering Antisemitism. The event, sponsored by Wise and the American Jewish Committee-Los Angeles (AJC), will draw attention to the [...]
JDAIM at Wise: Wise School Welcomed Hollywood Artist on Autism Spectrum
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month, a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to raise awareness and foster acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities and mental health conditions and those who love them. Established in 2009 by the Jewish Special Education International Consortium, JDAIM is a call to action to act in accordance with our Jewish values, honoring the gifts and strengths that we each possess. Each week [...]
Wise Clergy Statement on Protests in Israel
"Send Your light and truth to all who lead and advise, guiding them with your good counsel. Establish peace in the land and fullness of joy for all who dwell there. Amen." —Prayer for the State of Israel Rarely have the words of our prayer for the State of Israel seemed more prescient or more necessary, as violence, political discord, and civil unrest contribute to a growing sense of concern for the [...]
Join Team Wise Walks for Walk to End Genocide
On April 30, Stephen Wise Temple's Team Wise Walks will join hundreds from across Southern California in Television City for Jewish World Watch’s Walk to End Genocide. Though this is the first time the event has been held since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wise has participated in the walks for 10 years. Let’s join together and be part of Wise’s largest walking contingent ever! You can join our team [...]