Wise Clergy Statement on Protests in Israel
"Send Your light and truth to all who lead and advise, guiding them with your good counsel. Establish peace in the land and fullness of joy for all who dwell there. Amen." —Prayer for the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 10, 2023
In this week's Torah portion, Moses receives some much-needed counsel from his father-in-law, Yitro. Yitro notices how Moses sits for hours upon hours meeting personally with individual Israelites, offering them instruction, as well as adjudicating [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 3, 2023
Just a week ago, as Shabbat began in Jerusalem, we learned of the deadly shooting outside of a synagogue in East Jerusalem that killed seven Israelis and wounded three others. The gunman, a 21-year-old [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Matan Koch
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Matan Koch, the Senior Vice president for Strategic Change at RespectAbility, a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 27, 2023
So much bloodshed … The deaths of so many innocents. It's heartbreaking to read about. You might be confused. Perhaps I am talking about this week's Torah portion—Parashat Bo—which includes the description of the [...]
Wise Clergy Statement on Monterey Park Shooting
According to Chinese astrology and lore, the Year of the Rabbit is supposed to usher in a year of peaceful energy. All the more heartbreaking, then, that— for too many of our neighbors—this Lunar New [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 20, 2023
... Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Eternal, the God of Israel: 'Let My people go!'"—Exodus 5:1When I was a little boy, our synagogue placed a large banner at the [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Author Zack Bodner
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Zack Bodner, CEO of the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center and author [...]
Wise In The News: Rabbis Featured in Multiple Articles
Rabbi Sari Goes to Sacramento: On Friday, Jan. 6, Stephen Wise Temple Rabbi Sari Laufer traveled to Sacramento to participate in a pre-inauguration interfaith unity celebration for California Governor Gavin Newsom at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, January 13, 2023
This week we read the last Torah portion in the book of Genesis. It includes a moment that is especially poignant: Jacob places his hands on the heads of his grandsons and tells them [...]