Search for Meaning with Dr. Arnold Eisen
In this special live recording from Stephen Wise Temple on May 13, 2025, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor Emeritus of the Jewish Theological Seminary, for a [...]
“Where None Shall Make Them Afraid”
“Where None Shall Make Them Afraid” Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback July 4, 2025 | 8 Tamuz, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, July 4 2025
Shabbat Shalom, Today marks 249 years of our independence as a nation.] We give thanks for the blessings of freedom, and we reflect on the founding ideals that have shaped America—ideals of liberty, justice, [...]
Search for Meaning with Daniel Robbins
What do you get when a Shabbat dinner meant to welcome a soon-to-be daughter-in-law turns into a night of secrets, revelations, and unlikely wisdom? You get Bad Shabbos—a comedy with heart, directed [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 27 2025
Shabbat Shalom, Last night I had a beautiful—and disturbing—dream, one I don’t think I would have had a few years ago. In the dream, I was moving from one dorm room to another on a university [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 20 2025
Shabbat Shalom, There is something undeniably peculiar about this week’s Torah portion, Sh’lach L’cha. Why would the Torah include a story in which God instructs Moses to send scouts to spy out the land of Canaan? Why [...]
Search for Meaning with Ambassador Gary Grappo – Israel/Iran War
Rabbi Yoshi sits down with Ambassador Gary Grappo, a former U.S. diplomat and expert on Middle Eastern affairs, for an in-depth and urgent conversation about Israel’s preemptive strike on Iranian [...]
Moral Complexity Is Not Moral Confusion
Moral Complexity Is Not Moral Confusion Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback June 13, 2025 | 17 Sivan, 5785 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, June 13 2025
Shabbat Shalom, This week's Torah portion, Beha’alotcha, opens with a commandment regarding the lighting of the menorah—the seven-branched lampstand whose purpose was to bring light into the sacred space of the Tabernacle. God instructs Moses: “Speak to Aaron [...]
Search for Meaning with Carol Leifer
Carol Leifer on Jewish Identity, Comedy, and Living Authentically Award-winning comedian and writer Carol Leifer joins Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi for a candid and hilarious conversation about life, [...]