“When our son Ryder was 12, he asked us, ‘When is my bar mitzvah?’ None of the synagogues we spoke to would take us after second grade. Stephen Wise’s clergy made themselves so available to us. They really met us where we were — and supported Ryder the whole way. And when they learned how passionate he was about music, they found new ways to invite him to take ownership of the bar mitzvah experience. It was remarkable.”