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stephen s. wise temple
What would Noah do?
On a ferociously cold evening in November 1978, Rabbi Everett Gendler climbed atop the icy roof of Temple Emanuel in Lowell, Mass., and installed solar panels to fuel the synagogue\’s ner tamid (eternal light).
\”We plugged it almost directly into the sun,\” said Gendler, who rejoiced that the ner tamid was no longer dependent on the finite and politically questionable energy resources of the Middle East.
A privilege to share
\”I do not think that the Holocaust can be forgotten,\” Elie Wiesel said. \”It is the most recorded event in history. But I am afraid it will lose its uniqueness. I\’m afraid it could be cheapened, diminished, trivialized.\”
Q & A With Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin
If you spend a Saturday afternoon touring Stephen S. Wise Temple with Rabbi Isaiah Zeldin, you will be immersed in the living history of one of Judaism\’s great, modern temples. Resting atop 18 commanding acres off of Mulholland Drive in Bel Air, the Stephen S. Wise complex houses 11 buildings where once, 40 years ago, there was nothing.
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