Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Family Complete NYC Marathon, Raise Over $50K for Paralysis Research
On Sunday, Rabbi Yoshi, his wife Jacqueline Hantgan, and their three daughters completed the New York City Marathon, running to raise money for paralysis research. Believed to be the first nuclear family to run the marathon together, they ran as Team Handsome Hank, in memory of Jacqueline's late father Henry Hantgan, who was confined to a wheelchair for the last 10 years of his life. Together, the seven members of Team Handsome [...]
IDF Soldiers Visit Wise School Thanks to FIDF
This morning, Wise School students got to hear from three Israeli Defense Force soldiers thanks to the Friends of Israel Defense Force, an organization supported by many of our parents. Israeli Army Second Lieutenant Yosef left his home in Portland, Ore., when he was just 14. Raised in a Chabad home, he had to convince his parents he could take care of himself halfway around the world, to say nothing of [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Shoe Buddies
Stephen Wise Temple and Schools' Shoe Buddies program is back! This wonderful initiative benefits every fifth grader at 93rd St. Elementary School in Downtown Los Angeles, where we will donate over 160 pair of new shoes. For many of these children, this is the first pair of new shoes they will have ever worn—as many have old, worn-out hand-me-downs from older siblings and donations. In addition, families with modest means are [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Blood Drive set for December 15
Stephen Wise Temple Red Cross Blood Drive Thursday, December 15 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Udko Room | Sign Up Mark December 15 on your calendar for our next Stephen Wise Temple Red Cross Blood Drive. Since March of 2020, Stephen Wise Temple and Schools’ Red Cross blood drives have helped hundreds of people in need. Our last blood drive in June collected 25 pints, upping our community's total to 241 [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Receives Beit Issie Shapiro Next Generation Award
On Sunday, Oct. 30, Rabbi Ron Stern and Aaron Milken Center Director Keri Loventhal accepted the Next Generation Award on behalf of Stephen Wise Temple and Schools at the Beit Issie Shapiro Gala. The award recognizes Wise's commitment to teaching about the wonderful work of Beit Issie Shapiro to our children from early childhood through B'nai Mitzvah. Many Wise members were on hand as Noah Fakheri, Micah Melamed, and Donny Sipes presented [...]
Team Wise Wheels Completes Tour de Summer Camps
On Sunday, our Stephen Wise Temple bicycle riders—Team Wise Wheels—completed the Tour de Summer Camps ride, raising $12,000 to fund scholarships to Jewish summer camps in California. The weather, said Rabbi Ron Stern, was beautiful, and the ride was well supported by representatives from the many California camps benefiting from the scholarship dollars. Each rest stop offered delicious snacks and wonderful hot foods appropriate for hungry bikers. Team Wise Wheels rode hundreds [...]