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Our Key Values

Torah

The key values of Wilshire Boulevard Temple are built upon the three pillars of essential Judaism — Torah, sacred study, Avodah, or prayer; and G’milut Chasadim, Acts of loving kindness.

Avodah

Wilshire Boulevard Temple blends tradition, innovation, spirituality and education as we draw members to a deeper love of Torah, God, Israel and the social justice concept of Tikkun Olam.

G'milut Chasadim

These pursuits inform everything we do, through our prayer services, schools, camps and programs, all with a goal of enriching life as Jews in modern-day America.

A Special Welcome from Rabbi Joel Nickerson

From our community’s first leader, Rabbi Newmark in 1862, to Rabbi Magnin, Rabbi Wolf, Rabbi Fields, and then to Rabbi Leder, this community has been led by those who have understood their role to be much more than just the rabbi at a synagogue.  The senior rabbis of Wilshire Boulevard Temple have always looked beyond the walls of the temple to the greater Jewish and secular world.  Their mission - to strengthen the Jewish heart, the Jewish mind, the Jewish soul.  It has been to embody the spirit of ‘am segula’ and ‘or l’goyim’ - a treasured people and a light unto the nations.  

Today, as senior rabbi, I am honored, excited, and hopeful to continue on that path and move us forward into our next chapter. 

Together we are building upon the strength and beauty that has come before us and continue to create a community that is a center of Jewish living and learning in Los Angeles, where people feel deeply connected to one another and a responsibility to improve themselves, our city, and the world. 

B’shalom.