Wise Years is Stephen Wise Temple’s seniors group for members and guests 60 years and better. You are invited to join us for our regular series of learning, lunch, leisure, and community. Mornings feature speakers on a wide range of timely and timeless topics. Following lunch together, afternoons offer a choice of films or games.

Upcoming Programs

Wise Years May 2022 Meet the Clergy

Welcome back Wise Years!

We’re so excited to announce that we will be gathering for events on the second Tuesday of every month, starting in September of 2024.

Full season Single Session
Member $36 $8
General Community $72 $16

Previous Programs

May 13, 2021 – Juilliard trained pianist, Beth Sussman, hosted a delightful afternoon of both classical and jazz music by George Gershwin. Selections performed included some of his own amazing arrangements of songs including “S’Wonderful”, “Lady Be Good” and “The Man I Love.” Beth introduced his music with brief remarks that enhanced the appreciation of Gershwin’s genius.

(No recording is available for this session).
April 28, 2021 – What’s your Jewish Zodiac sign?
Whether you’re a Bagel or Blintz, join us for a humorous and inspirational multimedia history of the delicatessen across four generations of Jews in America, led by comedian Seth Front, creator of the Jewish Zodiac, a deli food parody of the Chinese zodiac. 
March 11, 2021 – Barbara Goldberg, founder of Wells Bring Hope, tells us about digging wells in Niger, West Africa that provide clean water to transform communities and lives.

February 11, 2021 – Making Babka with Deborah Turobiner, founder of the Holla for Challah community on FaceBook.

You’ll find Deborah’s recipe for babka here.

January 14, 2021 – Cantor Jonathan L. Friedmann, keeper of Jewish history in Los Angeles, details the earliest Jewish settlers in Los Angeles.

December 10, 2020 – Rob Eshman, Editor of The Forward. discusses his blog, Foodaism, about his connections with food and Judaism.

November 12, 2020 – Legal Journalist Linda Deutsch and Law Professor Laurie Levenson discuss celebrity justice over the decades.