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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, November 18, 2022
When I was about 8 years old, my parents gave me a pair of roller skates for Hanukkah. I already knew how [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 28, 2022
I am writing these words for Shabbat on the morning of the fourth anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, [...]
Stephen Wise Temple Clergy Response to Recent Rise in Antisemitism
The following, written by the Stephen Wise clergy, appeared in the Stephen Wise Temple Daily Kavanah on Monday, October 24, 2022, after a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, October 21, 2022
I’m watching “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” a three-part, six-hour documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein. It’s powerful and [...]
Wise to host briefing on Berkeley Law and Jewish life at U.C. Berkeley
Stephen Wise Temple will host a Zoom briefing on Berkeley Law School and Jewish life at Cal from director of U.C. Berkeley Hillel [...]
Search for Meaning with Matthew Waksman and Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback
In the latest edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts [...]
Wise member Noa Tishby appointed special envoy by Israel
On Monday, Israel Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced the appointment of Noa Tishby as the State of Israel's first Special Envoy for Combatting [...]
John Oliver fails Natan Sharansky’s “3D Test”
by Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback Last week the comedian John Oliver devoted a segment of his HBO show to the Israel-Palestine conflict. He acknowledged [...]