IKAR Podcasts

[BEST BOOK EVER] Shortness of Breath - Parshat Va'era

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Rep. Katie Porter and Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation

Join Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation with Rep. Katie Porter, who represents the 47th Congressional District in Orange County, California

What Gets You Up in the Morning? - Rabbi Sharon Brous

There’s so much keeping us up at night. This war is breaking us. But even in the darkness, we can choose to embrace life. Joy. Love. And hope for a better future. What gets you up in the morning?

We Have No Other Choice - Rabbi Sharon Brous

A medieval text cries out to us from the depths of Jacob’s anguished heart to our own: beware lest we see a whole world full of bloodthirsty predators. Adding grief to grief will never heal the broken heart. We don’t all need to love each other. But we absolutely must understand one another.

Ask for Wonder #6: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

Plant One Tiny Seed - Rabbi Sharon Brous

A seemingly unnecessary detail in the text hints at a multigenerational reminder: the generational transmission of hope is the most audacious and profound expression of spiritual resistance in a cruel and broken world. So lift your gaze to a future beyond the devastation of today. Imagine a different end to the story.

BBE: DREAM INTERPRETATION - Parshat Mikeitz

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Ask for Wonder #5: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

Ask for Wonder #4: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

Visions of Peace - Rabbi Morris Panitz

A little jar with a remarkable journey tells a story desperately needed in this time of war. Perpetual violence is not inevitable. Never abandon the conviction that peace is our ultimate hope, and it can be found.

BBE: RETURN TO THE HOUSE OF GOD – Parshat Vayishlakh

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Remembering and Rebuilding - A Conversation with Kibbutz Kfar Azza Survivors

In the wake of the devastating attacks on southern Israel on October 7th, which resulted in so many taken hostage, murdered, and even more displaced, our hearts go out to all those affected. Kibbutz Kfar Azza, among the hardest hit, saw its members' lives entirely shattered. To honor the victims and support the survivors in their efforts to rebuild, we invite you to join a community memorial and fundraiser in a Zoom webinar with survivors from Kibbutz Kfar Azza in a conversation moderated by Rab...

Ask for Wonder #3: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

From Rabbi Panitz's class on 11.21.2023

Women Wage Peace - Rabbi Sharon Brous

When women’s voices are ignored, diminished and marginalized, everyone loses. Jacob loved Rachel, but he failed to take seriously her anguished voice. Thousands of years later, Israeli spotters—women in intelligence—were ignored… at the peril of the nation. Why we must center women’s voices in the quest for peace, and in the work for a better, safer world.

Shabbat Sermon - Rabbi Brad Artson

In Memory of Vivian Silver - Rabbi Sharon Brous

BBE: WAS ESAU BAD? - Parshat Toldot

Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parsha Study. Source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/525551?lang=bi

Ask for Wonder #2: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

There’s Room on My Island - Rabbi Sharon Brous

Trauma awakens our ancestor Yitzhak to the possibility of a third way. Third way people fight to see humanity, even when our own humanity has been denied, and insist on complexity in a world of simplistic certainties, and fluidity in a time of binaries. Perhaps we, too, can find one another in that spacious place, the place where hope is born.

BBE: Legends of the Cave - Parshat Hayei Sarah

“ASK FOR WONDER” Ep 1: Exploring the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel with Rabbi Morris Panitz

In the Life of Abed Salama Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy - Nathan Thrall in Conversation w/ R'Panitz

Even Now, Reach Out Your Hand - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

In this moment it is so easy to be fully consumed by the constant news updates and horrors and the fear and uncertainty. And as we continue to try to show up and manage the raging world out there, we must also take of ourselves. We need each other for this long road ahead - what do we have to offer?

BBE: BEFORE THE BINDING - Parshat Vayeira

A recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly virtual parsha study class from 10.26.2023. Sign up for the class here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A...

We Are Hebrews. We Must Act Like It. - Rabbi Sharon Brous

We are descendants of Abraham, Ivrim – Hebrews. Rooted in our identity is an ancient call to meet our family in sorrow, to act in solidarity, and even from the depths of our pain, to never, ever forget the humanity of the other.

BEST BOOK EVER: DEFYING DESTINY - Parashat Lekh Lekha

A recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly virtual parsha study class from 10.26.2023. Sign up for the class here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A...

NOAH'S COVENANT - Parashat Noach

A recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly virtual parsha study class from 10.19.2023. Sign up for the class here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fikar-la.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtJwrfuytrz4jGtMKB6cYx0bcGz7JmFw5rgUd&sa=D&ust=1697577720000000&usg=AOvVaw1yOKzqinM2sivSvIl6GPS9

We've Lost So Much. Let's Not Lose Our Damn Minds - Rabbi Sharon Brous

After the atrocities in Israel on Simhat Torah, among the worst in Jewish history, we must remember the healing power of community, and the importance of compassion, solidarity and showing up.

BEST BOOK EVER: PRIMORDIAL PAIN - Parashat Bereishit

A recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly virtual parsha study class from 10.12.2023. Sign up for the class here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fikar-la.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtJwrfuytrz4jGtMKB6cYx0bcGz7JmFw5rgUd&sa=D&ust=1697577720000000&usg=AOvVaw1yOKzqinM2sivSvIl6GPS9

BEST BOOK EVER: DISSENT with Ezra Furman

The book of B'midbar is a book full of conflict. And so that was the book that Ezra Furman suggested we talk about. It's appropriate - she's a punk musician and B'midbar is kind of the punk book of the Torah. I think you'll find it interesting to hear a a side of Ezra that you won't always see on stage, a soft, reflective side. She will scream at you from the stage, but one on one, when she's working through ideas, she's very quiet and deliberate. You can tell that she believes everything she sa...