Daily Kavanah – Monday, October 9, 2023: “Es Brent,” It Burns: Grab a Bucket and Douse the Flames
"Es Brent," It Burns: Grab a Bucket and Douse the FlamesBy Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback The following is the text of [...]
Wise Partners With Adat Ari El, Ramat Zion, VBS for Tisha B’Av Observance
Stephen Wise Temple, Adat Ari El, Ramat Zion, VBS Shared Tisha B'Av Observance Wednesday, July 26 | 7:15 p.m. | Valley Beth Shalom [...]
Mini-Series Screening and Creator Q&A: “A Small Light”
Film Screening of A Small Light and Creator Q&A Tuesday, July 18 | 7-10 p.m. | Plotkin Chapel | RSVP Join [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, May 8, 2023
“It must never happen again—never again.” —Erwin Leiser On May 8, 1945, celebrations erupted throughout the world to mark VE Day—the end [...]
Holocaust Survivor, Mother of Wise Member Honored by State of California
Last month, Stephen Wise Temple Board member Irene Boujo and her sister Genie Benson accepted a posthumous honor for their mother, Holocaust survivor [...]
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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 27, 2023
This week, different members of our clergy will share thoughts about Israel. Today Rabbi Ron Stern writes on the "Israeli High Holidays": [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 20, 2023
This week Rabbi Woznica reflects on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Memory Earlier this week, on Yom HaShoah, we paid tribute to [...]
Daily Kavanah – Wednesday, April 19, 2023
This week Rabbi Woznica reflects on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. From Auschwitz to Jerusalem The path from Auschwitz to Birkenau (also [...]
Holocaust Survivor Michele Rodri Shares Story on Yom HaShoah
On the morning of Tuesday, April 18, Stephen Wise Temple and Wise School marked Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—by hearing the [...]