Wise Gala 2022 honors Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Tami Weiser
With stunning event design lighting up our award-winning Katz Family Pavilion, live music on Nahmias Plaza, custom cocktails, and a delicious catered dinner, our Wise Gala 2022 was a resounding success. Over 500 community members [...]
Search for Meaning with Betsy Borns and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
In the latest edition of Search for Meaning, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts comedy writer Betsy Borns, best known for her work on hit television shows "Rosanne" [...]
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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, May 6, 2022
The photo below is precious to me and quite timely for a few reasons. If you couldn’t tell, it’s of me and my mom Hermene (of blessed memory). With Mother’s Day this weekend, I’m thinking [...]
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 [...]
Noa Tishby to discuss Israel book at Wise
A Stephen Wise Temple member and a proud Wise School parent, Noa Tishby is excited to share her book on Israel with the Wise community during a special All School Parent Kabbalat Shabbat and Book [...]
Stephen Wise Temple and Schools community pays tribute to David Kates
On Friday, April 29, the Wise community paid tribute to the man who has helped shape the sound of our worship and learning over more than a decade, Maestro David Kates, the retiring music director [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 29, 2022
This Shabbat is the yahrtzeit of my cousin, Menashe Simcha Davidovits, who died last year on Yom HaShoah. When I moved to Israel in 1992 to begin my rabbinical studies, my mother (of blessed memory) gave me [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, April 22, 2022
Last week, the president and vice president of the United States, along with the first lady and second gentleman, hosted “The People’s Seder.” At that event, historian Deborah Lipstadt—recently confirmed by the Senate as the United [...]
Stephen Wise Temple celebrates Passover at Mountaintop Shabbat
This past Saturday, more than 50 children and adults gathered together with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Rabbi Josh Knobel, and Cantorial Intern Josh Goldberg to celebrate Shabbat and Passover at Stephen Wise Temple's Mountaintop Shabbat Festival [...]