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 [...]
Daily Kavanah – Monday, April 17, 2023
This week Rabbi Woznica reflects on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Erev Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day In Every Generation—The Uniqueness of Jew [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, April 13, 2023
Just last week, as Passover was about to begin, I found myself on a Zoom with a b'nai mitzvah family. The young [...]
Daily Kavanah – Shabbat Message from Rabbi Ron Stern – Friday, April 7, 2023
Our Daily Kavanot during Passover will feature pieces from our Wise Passover Haggadah Supplement. Each day, our clergy will focus on a [...]
Search for Meaning With Rabbi Josh Weinberg
In this edition of his Search for Meaning podcast, Stephen Wise Temple Senior Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback hosts Rabbi [...]
Wise Responds: Judicial Reform Sparks Protests in Israel
Friends, We, like many of you, have been following the events in Israel with a mixture of concern and pride. Over the [...]
Daily Kavanah – Thursday, March 23, 2023
What story do you want to tell at your seder? The Israel Story Another Haggadah that appeared at my childhood seder table [...]
Jewish Federation of Los Angeles Hosting Series of Israel Webinars
As part of Wise's commitment to fostering ongoing discussions about events currently unfolding in Israel, we invite our community to register for a [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, March 3, 2023
Each year, on the Shabbat before Purim, we observe Shabbat Zachor, the Shabbat of Remembrance. While remembrance is core to our tradition, [...]
Daily Kavanah – Friday, February 3, 2023
Just a week ago, as Shabbat began in Jerusalem, we learned of the deadly shooting outside of a synagogue in East Jerusalem [...]