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13 | Thursday, May 1 8, 2 0 1 7 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com W ise w ants to invite people in He served two years as the Youth Educator at Temple Shir Tikavh in "He is a fantastic W ayland, Mass. W ise spent a year performer w ho happens to in Israel, before attending Hebrew be a personal friend," smiled Union College in New York City Wise. Cheryl travelled to New York M oney raised during with Stephen and while he the event w ent toward attended college, she ran the establishing the Rabbi education program at the largest Stephen W ise Youth temple in Manhattan. Scholarship Fund. W ise arrived in Oakville W h en W ise and his family after spending two years as arrived in Oakville, there were the assistant rabbi at Temple approximately 8 0 families in the Beth El in Boca Raton, Fla. SBE Congregation. In the last decade, the congregation has Both W ise and his wife are doubled to include 160 families. from the Greater Toronto Area and had hoped to com e The rabbi is active in the Halton back to Ontario, where they Interfaith Council, which was Rabbi Stephen Wise have family established in 2 0 0 1 -- in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks in the Typically, rabbis don't U.S. He now serves as the chair of the council. m ove around a lot, so com ing to Oakville was W ise also works with Halton Regional Police a "good m atch " and he said they are happy to Services and the Halton Multicultural Council. be here. W ise was born in Toronto and grew up at Over the past 10 years, the rabbi established a Holy Blossom Temple. He m et his wife, Cheryl, strategy for SBE Congregation and developed a when they were both counsellors at Camp legacy fund to replace aging infrastructure. Shalom in Gravenhurst, Ont., in 1994. In spite of this growth, W ise admits there is Rabbi W ise, w ho studied history at the a challenge in maintaining the profile of the University of Toronto, w ent on to receive a congregation' s school, but smiles admitting also Masters Degree in Jewish C om m unal Services that with every challenge there is opportunity. at the Horstein Program at Brandeis University, "W e w ant to open our doors and invite the in W altham , Mass. people in," says Wise. continued from p.12 ^ o r k S onfees : . pbh Sw m j n e on one m lag esw elc o m e S S S S S K ., B S B r ' S c m illfl.E S , and more! E p e T r S iv ic e and W oM C oja R ep airs G u it a r W o rld 905.257.3110 · theguitarworldoakville.com 380 Dundas St. E. at Trafalgar Road in Longo's Plaza I BURLINGTON (new!) 2311 Appleby Line, Unit 3 VAUGHAN 1-1748 Creditstone Rd.