Keri Loventhal named new Aaron Milken Center director
Stephen Wise Temple and Wise School are proud to announce the hiring of Keri Loventhal, M.Ed., as the director of our Aaron Milken Center for Early Childhood Education. Loventhal—who has over 20 years of experience—will lead our early childhood program into a new era as we prepare to break ground on our state-of-the-art, $30 million facility. "I am thrilled to welcome Keri as our Director, as together we continue to ‘make great [...]
Andrew Rehfeld joins Stephen Wise Temple Shabbat
This Friday, May 13, Stephen Wise Temple's weekly Shabbat evening services will feature a special guest speaker: Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., the President of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). Services will begin in our main sanctuary at 6:15 p.m., and can be streamed online via our web page, Facebook, or YouTube. Rehfeld, a leading political scientist and distinguished leader of the Jewish community, will give a speech entitled: "A Vision [...]
Wise School students celebrate Israel and their teachers
Last week was a busy one for Wise School students. On Wednesday, they solemnly marked Yom HaZikaron. On Thursday, they celebrated Israeli independence with Yom Ha'atzmaut. On Friday, they paid tribute to their teachers with Yom HaMoreh, which capped off a week of teacher appreciation activities sponsored by the Wise Parents Association. On Yom HaZikaron—Israel's Memorial Day—Wise school she students participated in a meaningful memorial service, followed by a moment of silence, [...]
Wise mourns loss of pillar and past president Dr. Eve Kurtin-Steinberg
It is with profound sorrow and deep regret that we share news of the death of a pillar of our Jewish community, Dr. Eve Kurtin-Steinberg, spouse of Dr. Michael Steinberg, mother of Beth (Sampson Glassman) Steinberg and Drew (Jesse Aguayo) Steinberg, grandmother of Lev, Liam, and Micah, and sister of Dr. Paul Kurtin (Ilona Szer), Jon Kurtin (Linda), and Todd Kurtin (Nancy). Eve served our congregation in numerous ways, including as chair [...]
CYE provides choice and variety in reshaping Jewish education
This past Sunday, families at Stephen Wise Temple’s Center for Youth Engagement (CYE) celebrated an academic year unlike any other in the temple's 58-year history, one which marked a re-imagining of Jewish education for children attending secular schools. Instead of concluding yet another year of traditional weekly religious school, families from five different CYE programs gathered to mingle and share unique stories about their distinct Jewish educational experiences. “It always felt like [...]
VIDEO: United Hatzalah and Stephen Wise Temple Ukrainian refugee update
Over three weeks this spring, the combined effort of Stephen Wise Temple and Schools and New Jersey's Congregation B'nai Jeshurun raised over a quarter of a million dollars for United Hatzalah of Israel's efforts to help Ukrainian refugees. Initially, the goal of the campaign was to raise $100,000 for United Hatzalah's Operation Orange Wings, which would send a charter plane to Israel to Moldova, full of medical supplies, medics, and equipment for [...]