Our Clergy’s “Jewish Best of 2022” List
Our Clergy's Jewish Best of 2022 List Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Rabbi Ron Stern, Rabbi Sari Laufer, and Rabbi Josh Knobel giving their "best of" list for 2022 December 30, 2022 | 6 Tevet, 5783 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 30, 2022
This week, The Washington Post and The Times of Israel reported on a letter signed by more than 300 U.S. rabbis and cantors from the Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist movements concerning the new Israeli [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 23, 2022
Tonight we celebrate the sixth night of Hanukkah. Our Festival of Lights points us toward hope—in the midst of the darkest time of the year, we bring light into the world, adding more and more [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 16, 2022
Our celebration of the Festival of Lights, Chag Urim, begins on Sunday evening. During the darkest time of the year, we literally and spiritually bring light into our homes, into our lives, and into our world. [...]
The Why and How of Antisemitism
The Why and How of Antisemitism Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi David Woznica in conversation Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi David Woznica pick up the threads of Rabbi Woznica's [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and “Four Winters” Director Julia Mintz
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Julia Mintz, the director of acclaimed Holocaust documentary "Four Winters," a story of [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 9, 2022
This week's Torah portion tells of the dramatic reunion of Jacob and his brother Esau. Part of the drama is that Jacob worries, with good reason, that his slightly older brother would harm him [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Ken Chasen
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts his friend of 40 years, Rabbi Ken Chasen. The Ordination Seminar instructor at [...]
Angels on the Ladder
Angels on the Ladder Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Sari Laufer in conversation Last week, instead of a sermon, Rabbis Yoshi and Sari brought the congregation into a discussion about the Torah portion [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, December 2, 2022
.וַיִּירָא֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר מַה־נּוֹרָ֖א הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה אֵ֣ין זֶ֗ה כִּ֚י אִם־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְזֶ֖ה שַׁ֥עַר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם Filled with reverence he [Jacob] said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the abode of God, and [...]