IKAR
Summary: IKAR is a spiritual community in Los Angeles dedicated to reanimating Jewish life through soulful religious practice rooted in a deep commitment to social justice. IKAR and Rabbi Sharon Brous invite you to subscribe to listen in to weekly and holiday sermons.
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Rabbi Sharon Brous – Monday, October 3, 2016 America Needs to Find its Way Again Race, violence and madness in an election year. How can we reclaim the soul of our country? Click here for text version Rosh Hashana 5777 Parashat Vayeilech 1st of Tishrei, 5777 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Ronit Tsadok – Sunday, October 2, 2016 What’s Your Story? Erev Rosh Hashana Parashat Vayeilech 29th of Elul, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, September 17, 2016 Parashat Ki Teitzei: How Far Must I Go?/b As the Israelites prepare to build their own sovereign society, they are warned by Moses that if they see their brother’s animal lost or suffering under a burden, they must not remain indifferent. Powerful way to build a sense of shared responsibility, until you remember that in Exodus we were commanded not only to go out of our way for our brothers, but even for our enemies. What happened? Parashat Ki Teitzei 14th of Elul, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on […]
Rabbi Ronit Tsadok – Saturday, September 10, 2016 How Do I Know? What if you aren’t the best judge of where to focus your soul work is this pre-High Holy Day season? Look to your tools. Parashat Shoftim 7th of Elul, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, September 3, 2016 SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF Our Rabbis teach that it takes forty days to change your ways. The way there? Consciousness raising, mindfulness, wakefulness. Pay attention to the details between now and Yom Kippur. Parashat Re’eh Rosh Chodesh Elul 30th of Av, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Ronit Tsadok – Saturday, August 27, 2016 Break It Down Now Parashat Eikev 23rd of Av, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Brad Artson – Saturday, August 20, 2016 What’s Love Got to Do With it? In a world warped by hate and fear, Judaism offers the transforming power of resilient love. Parashat Vaetchanan 16th of Av, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, August 13, 2016 Doubling Down on Black Lives and America’s Teetering Soul There’s no room for anti-Semitism or denialism in the Jewish or justice spaces. In response to #BLM: we must not walk away – it’s time to double down on our core values and fight for dignity, equality and justice for all. Read the article here Parashat Devarim 9th of Av, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Ronit Tsadok – Saturday, July 23, 2016 Blind Spots Why can a donkey see what Bilaam the prophet can’t? We are all blind sometimes to a person or situation staring us right in the face; the question is how we can start seeing more clearly. Parashat Balak 17th of Tamuz, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Nate DeGroot – Saturday, July 2, 2016 A Different Spirit When the pain of the world feels big as giants, that’s when we tap into our ruah aheret – our different spirit. Parashat Sh’lach 26th of Sivan, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Adam Greenwald – Saturday, June 25, 2016 Would that All Were Prophets! Can leaders hear the voices that bubble up from within their communities? Can popularism be guided by vision to produce a symphony rather than a cacophony? And, what does it take for top down and bottom up leadership to meet in wisdom, inclusivity, and grace? Parashat Beha’alotcha 19th of Sivan, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, June 18, 2016 The Perils of Americanism: How a Culture of Presumed Paralysis and Powerlessness is Literally Killing Us Parashat Nasso 12th of Sivan, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, June 4, 2016 (((Show Me The Love))) Racialized hatred and antiSemitism require more than quiet condemnations and sympathetic gestures. The hour calls for overt acts of love and embodied solidarity. Parashat Bechukotai 27th of Iyyar, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Brad Artson – Saturday, May 28, 2016 The Temptation of Power & The Restorative Healing of the Sabbatical Year Sometimes, evil isn’t the result of deprivation or childhood wounds, but is simply a human tendency to become addicted to power and the ability to dominate others. The Torah’s Sabbatical and Jubilee years offer a deep understanding of why people turn bad, and how social structures can resist that propensity to impose. Parashat Behar 20th of Iyyar, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
Rabbi Sharon Brous – Saturday, May 21, 2016 Walk Like An Israelite How does a community that knows something about exclusion navigate insider and outsider status? Creating an ethic of radical welcoming. Parashat Emor 13th of Iyyar, 5776 Subscribe to IKAR Sermons via iTunes Not on iTunes? Subscribe here
