Wise families participate in Sukkot mitzvah project for LA Family Housing
Stephen Wise Temple families pack and prepare "Goodnight Boxes" for LA Family Housing during Sukkot This past week, children from Stephen Wise Temple families helped decorate, pack, and prepare 40 "Goodnight Boxes" for families transitioning out of homelessness through LA Family Housing. Each of the boxes contained bedtime supplies for families, including bedding, toothbrushes, and toothpaste. They also included children's books donated by Wise families, which were collected at a Sunday Sukkot [...]
Search for Meaning: “Letting Go – To Grow,” Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback’s Yom Kippur 2022 Sermon
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback delivers his 2022 (5783) Yom Kippur sermon, entitled, “Letting Go - To Grow.” You can view the full video and other High Holy Day highlights here. The full transcript follows: Last month, Jacqueline and I dropped our youngest daughter off at college. This was our third time so we knew the [...]
Stephen Wise Temple High Holy Days Highlights 2022 | 5783
From the first Erev Rosh Hashanah service and Rabbi Ron Stern's sermon, to the final shofar blast of Yom Kippur, this page is your headquarters for all of the High Holy Day highlights from Stephen Wise Temple as we celebrated the 2022 High Holy Days and ushered in the new year, 5783. Below, you will find sermons, divrei Torah, photographs, and musical selections from our High Holy Day services. [...]
Wise to host CLE event exploring damages in Talmud and modern secular tort law
The Case of the Goring Ox: Exploring Damages in the Talmud and in the Modern Secular Law of Torts NOTE: This event has been postponed indefinitely. Registrants will receive notice of and a refund. October 26 | 7:30 p.m. | Plotkin Chapel| Register Join us for an interesting discussion on the concept of "damages" as explored in the Torah and what purpose they serve in our modern-day civil justice system. We [...]
Wise to host briefing on Berkeley Law and Jewish life at U.C. Berkeley
Stephen Wise Temple will host a Zoom briefing on Berkeley Law School and Jewish life at Cal from director of U.C. Berkeley Hillel following article in Jewish Journal Wednesday, October 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Register Many in the Stephen Wise Temple and Schools community have expressed concern after reading a recent article in the Jewish Journal about the anti-Israel policies of several affinity groups at Berkeley Law, the law school at [...]
Search for Meaning: “Circles of Concern,” Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback’s Rosh Hashanah 2022 Sermon
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback delivers his 2022 (5783) Rosh Hashanah sermon, entitled, "Circles of Concern." You can view the full video here. The full transcript of Rabbi Yoshi's Rosh Hashanah sermon is below: At the end of the movie, "Schindler’s List," Yitzhak Shtern, played by Ben Kingsley, presents Oskar Schindler with a ring. On [...]