Stephen Wise Temple High Holy Day Tikkun Olam Opportunities 2023 | 5784
You can help make a difference in our community during this year's High Holy Days at Stephen Wise Temple with our Center for Tikkun Olam. Here's how: Volunteer Collective's Interfaith Layer Up Warm Clothing Drive Sept. 15-25 | Stephen Wise Temple Start saving up your family's gently-used winter clothes! This High Holy Day season, Wise is joining faith groups across the city in hosting donation boxes [...]
Join Stephen Wise Temple for S’lichot Under the Stars
Before the High Holy Days officially commence on Erev Rosh Hashanah, before the solemnity of Yom Kippur, the High Holy Day season kicks off with S'lichot services at Stephen Wise Temple, co-hosted by Wise, Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, and Temple Isaiah. Saturday, September 9 6:45 p.m. | S'lichot Under the Stars | In-Person and Online | REGISTER Experience a deeply meaningful and meditative evening of prayer, music, and study with your clergy as we observe the ritual [...]
Join Wise Guys at L.A .Galaxy Jewish Heritage Night
Wise Guys: Jewish Heritage Night With L.A. Galaxy Sept. 10 | 5 p.m. | Dignity Health Sports Park | Tickets Cheer on the L.A. Galaxy at Jewish Heritage Night with Stephen Wise Temple and Wise Guys! Celebrate the beautiful game as we bring a little bit of our beautiful mountaintop to Carson, Calif. on Sept. 10, just ahead of Rosh Hashanah. Before that night's 5 p.m. game between the five-time MLS [...]
Search for Meaning With Suzanne Horwich
In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts artist and educator Suzanne Horwich. Horwich, who hails from Rabbi Yoshi's hometown of Omaha, is the founder of Artists Giving Back, a program she started to bolster the spirits of Ukrainian refugees who have fled their warn-torn country for Poland. Horwich has long been drawn to the Syrian refugee crisis, [...]
Wise Clergy Respond to Judicial Reform Bill in Israel
Like many of you, we have been closely following the passage of the judicial overhaul bill in Israel. We have read calls by top military leadership, current military reservists and active duty officers, former ambassadors, and more, opposing the current judicial overhaul proposals. We have supported the protests of our Israeli friends and family and spoken to them as they have continued to stand strong to protect Israeli democracy. We've [...]
Join Wise Clergy on Aug. 5 for Family-Friendly Spirit of Shabbat … Plus!
Bring Your Family to Spirit of Shabbat … Plus! Saturday, Aug. 5 | 8:45 a.m. | Zeldin-Hershenson Hall | RSVP So, you want to try out one of our clergy study classes, but you’re not quite ready to take the plunge. You’re interested in Torah and Talmud, but you don’t want to be the new kid in school. Again. And you certainly don’t want to feel like you’re prepping for [...]