Wise Clergy Drop Funky Shanah Tovah
New music video celebrates melodies both traditional and modern The Wise clergy, musicians, and singers have a special message to share with you this High Holy Days season: Have a joyous, meaningful Shanah Tovah! Inspired [...]
Introducing Sha’ar HaShamayim (Gateway to Heaven), the New Wise Machzor
It's here! The Wise clergy team could not be more excited to unveil the new High Holy Days machzor entitled Sha’ar HaShamayim (Gateway to Heaven). This new volume intended for meaningful worship is an exemplar [...]
Responding to El Paso and Dayton
Beginning on Saturday evening August 10, we commemorate Tisha B’Av, the day on which a multitude of tragedies befell our People. We traditionally read from the Book of Lamentations, an elegy for the city of [...]
Courage in the Face of Sorrow
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback A dear friend of mine got married this past Friday afternoon. Jacqueline and I drove up to San Francisco for the wedding. On the way home, we hit some heavy traffic [...]
Pride – Everyone Counts
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback I remember the first time I took my daughters to an amusement park. It was the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. My girls were about three, five, and seven years old. My [...]
Omer Counting — Counting Our Days
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback We are in the season of counting — s’firat ha-omer — this time between Passover and Shavuot, between our Redemption at the Sea and the purpose of that Redemption: Torah, the [...]
We Mourn, We Hope
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Monday, April 29, 2019 As we were celebrating the last day of Passover, another Shabbat was shattered by violence. Our hearts hurt for and with our sisters and brothers in Poway; [...]
Many Partings
!לְגֹזֵר יַם־סוּף לִגְזָרִים כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ׃ [Praise] the One who parted the Sea of Reeds into many partings — God’s steadfast love is eternal! Psalm 136:13 It’s Passover and so we gather to retell the [...]
A Good Name – Responding to the “Varsity Blues” Admissions Scandal
We all want the best for our children. We all want to help them succeed. We should all know, however, that there are lines which must not be crossed. Getting a tutor for your child [...]
Remembering to Be Better
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Imagine having the most embarrassing, shameful episode of your life broadcast publicly each year. It’s the stuff of nightmares. Yet it’s precisely what our tradition has us do every time this week’s Torah [...]