Our 2010 Annual Celebration, “A Legacy of Wisdom”, will honor our founding Rabbi, Isaiah Zeldin on the occasion of his 90th birthday and in recognition of his lifetime achievements. Help us honor Rabbi Zeldin and support the accomplishments of our Temple and Schools by placing an ad in our commemorative tribute book. Click on the "Register" button below to complete your ad online. Submissions are due no later than March 25. | Tuesday, May 11 | 5:30 p.m.

Join us at Camp Mahanayim (Nursery–Grade 6) and your child’s summer will shine. Mahanayim offers a summer filled with memories of friendship, field trips, arts ‘n crafts, wacky science, and water fun in a safe environment infused with Jewish traditions. Click here to read this week’s Summer Camp Blog and learn all about Mahanayim’s new and flexible “choose your own weeks” option, where you can decide when your child goes to camp and for how many weeks – anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks! | Dates: June 21 – August 1

Tot Shabbat at Stephen S. Wise Temple is a fun-filled Shabbat experience designed especially for families with tots (ages 2-5). Join us at our special evening Tot Shabbat Service tomorrow, featuring Rabbi Spike Anderson and a special musical guest. The service will include great music and Reggae rhythm. Unfortunately, our Caribbean feast dinner is SOLD OUT. | Tomorrow, Friday, March 19 | 5 p.m. | Sanctuary

Celebrate the yeasty side of life by joining the W Group and W Group Families for a potluck before Passover begins. Bring your Passover questions and have them answered by Rabbi Spike Anderson and experience Passover in a way you never have before. A kids area will be offered for our W Group Families, so that parents can mingle with the W Group adults, while the kids enjoy Passover tunes with one of our talented Early Childhood Center music teachers. | Saturday, March 27 | 4 p.m-6 p.m. | Taub | No Charge - Potluck

This Passover, share a seder with your Wise friends and family by attending our 2nd Night Community Seder, led by Rabbi Spike Anderson and Cantorial Intern, Marcus Feldman. This promises to be an evening filled with music, conversation, and learning. | Tuesday, March 30 | 6 p.m. | Zeldin-Hershenson Hall

Save-the-date and join us for the Annual Mother’s Day Brunch to benefit the Diener & Kadner Families Library. This year’s event will feature Angella M. Nazarian, a popular speaker, avid traveler, photographer, and author of “Life as a Visitor”. A book signing will be held immediately following the brunch. | Thursday, May 6 | 10 a.m.-12 noon | Cost: $40 | Zeldin-Hershenson Hall

Kehillat Wise, our Temple’s initiative empowering congregants to help other congregants during this economic crisis, is holding its second Real Estate Panel, “How to Swim in Rough Seas: Navigating Through the Pitfalls of the Current Residential Real Estate Market”. Our team of panelists will help you better understand the loan modification process and give specific insight on restructuring your current mortgage to form a stronger foundation for future buying power. | Thursday, April 22 | 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Taub Annex | No Charge

This week, we have been collecting food to donate to the SOVA Food Pantry to help the needy celebrate the Passover holiday. But if you haven’t brought in a donation yet, it’s not too late! Bring your canned items along with Passover foods, such as matzah and gefilte fish through Wednesday, March 24. Drop off the items in the SOVA bin in the circle during morning carpool or anytime in the SOVA bin outside of the Sanctuary. | Now-March 24

Join us for what is set to be the largest anti-genocide event in America to raise awareness about the plight of the people of Darfur and support the 4th Annual Jewish World Watch Walk. You can join one of our many teams: Wise Parents Association, Milken Community High School, or the Stephen S. Wise Team (and walk with The Academy, WOW, W Group, or the congregation-at-large). | Sunday, April 18 | 9 a.m. | Warner Center Park in Woodland Hills

Remote Area Medical (RAM), a volunteer-driven charity that provides free care to uninsured, underinsured, and needy individuals throughout the United States, is returning to LA. Rabbi Stern and several dentists and doctors volunteered at the event this past summer, and had an unbelievable experience. Perhaps you remember the description of the event in Rabbi Stern's High Holy Day sermon!  Doctors, nurses, dentists and just untrained volunteers, like Rabbi Stern, can all find a role attending to the dire needs of the most desperate among us. Let's see if we can get a huge contingent to attend the RAM LA event. | Sunday, May 2 | LA Sports Arena

Over 150 members of our Wise community will be a part of one of the largest synagogue delegations at this year’s AIPAC Policy Conference, the preeminent gathering for pro-Israel activists. We wish them all safe travels as they depart this weekend for Washington, D.C. to make a difference in the Israel-U.S. relationship.

The Temple Gift Shop has everything you need to make your seder table look beautiful – from seder plates and Kiddush cups to afikomen covers. | Gift Shop hours - Monday through Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., after Services on Fridays, or by appointment.