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Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Truly one of the great opportunities given to clergy are the times that we guide someone who is choosing to become Jewish. [...]

By RHusany|2023-05-02T08:58:34-07:00May 2nd, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: AAPI, Asia, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Asian Jews, China, Chinese Jews, conversion, mixed marriage|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 1, 2023

We refer to the tiniest Torah in our ark as the Shanghai Torah. Originally from Czechoslovakia it was smuggled out of Europe [...]

By RHusany|2023-04-28T10:44:55-07:00May 1st, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah, Rabbi Ron Stern|Tags: AAPI, Asia, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Asian Jews, China, Chinese Jews, Czecholslovakia, Germany, Holocaust, Japan, Shanghai, Shanghai Torah, Torah|Comments Off

Daily Kavanah – Tuesday, January 17, 2023

As we at Wise commit ourselves to creating a community that embraces all those who seek to call Wise home, it’s incumbent [...]

By RHusany|2023-01-13T10:24:38-08:00January 17th, 2023|Categories: Daily Kavanah|Tags: Buddhism, California, China, Chinese, Confucianism, Confucious, conversion, Inclusivity, Jew by choice, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day, Wise Way Forward|Comments Off