Wise School LEGO and Debate Teams Shine in Competition
The Wise School LEGO robotics teams and Wise School debate teams have kicked off their competition schedule, and will head into Winter Break with quite a bit of hardware. Led by teacher Mandy Snyder, the Wise School fifth and sixth grade debaters hosted the six other schools of the Golden West Debate League for a tournament right here on the Wise Campus this past Sunday. The tournament consisted of 107 debaters and 37 [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and “Four Winters” Director Julia Mintz
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Julia Mintz, the director of acclaimed Holocaust documentary "Four Winters," a story of Jewish resistance against the Nazis now playing at the Lumiere Cinema in Beverly Hills for a limited engagement. You can purchase TICKETS HERE, and watch the trailer HERE. Awarded the "Human Rights Award" at Hamptons Doc Fest, [...]
Wise School Hosts Athletes from ISCD, Israel Sport Center for the Disabled
On Monday, Wise School students were treated to a presentation and a Q&A with athletes from the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled (ISCD), a longtime tikkun olam partner of Stephen Wise Temple and Schools. Leading the presentation was Boaz Kramer, ISCD's executive director. A 15-year veteran of Israel's national wheelchair tennis team, Kramer won the World Cup for wheelchair tennis and was a quarterfinalist at the London Paralympic Games in 2012. [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ken Chasen
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts his friend of 40 years, Rabbi Ken Chasen. The Ordination Seminar instructor at HUC-JIR's Skirball Campus, Rabbi Chasen is also the Senior Rabbi at Leo Baeck Temple, which partners with Wise's Center for Youth Engagement and currently hosts our Aaron Milken Center Parenting Center during construction of our transformational new [...]
Wise Guide to Hanukkah Tikkun Olam
This Hanukkah season, Stephen Wise Temple and Schools encourage all members of our community to get out in the world and help make a difference. Below, you will find eight different ways you can be of service not just during the holidays, but all year round. The Talmud says: "One person's candle is light for many." This Hanukkah, we invite you to be the light. How [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Co-Sponsors Baraye Iran Event
Stephen Wise Temple is proud to partner with Jewish organizations throughout Los Angeles to present Baraye Iran | For Iran, a community-wide show of support in solidarity for the people of Iran as Jewish, Iranian, and multi-faith community members across the city convene for an evening of learning, dialogue, and inspiration. The panel discussion will take place in the Gindi Auditorium at American Jewish University, right across the street from Wise. Stephen [...]