IKAR

Event

May 23: Party with Purpose - IKAR's 16th Annual Fundraiser

Party with a Purpose, IKAR’s largest fundraising event of the year, will take place virtually on Sunday, May 23. This year we are celebrating IKAR and honoring frontline workers for their incredible work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Become a sponsor of the event to support IKAR.

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Sermons

Hanukkah in May & After the Fallow

May 7th/8th, 2021 — Shabbat Behar-Behukotai

Watch/Listen to Rabbi Brous’s sermon (After a year of fallow, what now is waiting to be born?) and Rabbi Kasher’s sermon (So what will this experience of reentry be like for us, after having been apart for so long?).

Justice

Supporting transgender, NB, and GNC community

Read our statement on the attacks on the trans, gender non-conforming, and non-binary community through exclusionary legislation introduced in states across the country.

Justice

For All These Things, I Weep: On the Violence in Jerusalem

“We will continue to amplify the voices of the many Israelis and Palestinians who are working together to end the violence and terror, and to lay the foundation for a just and sustainable resolution to this conflict.”

Click here to read the full statement from Rabbi Brous on the violence in Jerusalem.

“We will continue to amplify the voices of the many Israelis and Palestinians who are working together to end the violence and terror, and to lay the foundation for a just and sustainable resolution to this conflict.”

Click here to read the full statement from Rabbi Brous on the violence in Jerusalem.

Shabbat Services

Shabbat Central

You might’ve heard… we’re finally gathering in person again (in very limited numbers). As we move through our initial phase of re-opening, we’ll continue to livestream services. Members are welcome to join us on Zoom, and anyone is welcome to join us on Facebook.

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Press

The Rabbi's Husband Podcast: "The Ten Commandments Today"

Rabbi Brous joins The Rabbi’s Husband, Mark Gerson to talk about nearly missing out on the rabbinate, making people feel welcome at synagogue, and what the Ten Commandments still have to teach us today.

Event

National Inaugural Prayer Service

R’ Brous blesses President Biden/VP Harris in the National Inaugural Prayer Service

“Give us strength, God, as we usher in the dawn of a new America, a justice-driven, multiracial democracy… A new America, built on love, rooted in justice and propelled by our moral imagination.” Read/Watch Rabbi Brous’s full blessing.