Our virtual Morning Minyan is one of the best-kept secrets of IKAR. Monday-Friday and Sunday at 8am PT on Zoom, we’ll explore a different modality we might use to help us access our prayer life: singing, meditation, study, etc. And each day we will end with a Mourner’s Kaddish.

We have the chutzpah to protect the people and places we love. This fall, it’s all hands on deck to build people power for our climate, our democracy, and a livable future. On October 19, join us to call voters in Nevada. We’ll hear from musician Jen Myzel and Rabbi Hannah Jensen. ground ourselves in Jewish wisdom, go over the scripts, then get to work. All you need to participate is a phone (landline or cell) and a web-enabled computer or tablet. Closed captioning is available; the system we use is compatible with most screen readers. Thank you to our shift co-sponsors: Tzedek Center, the Rabbinical Assembly, Adamah, Repair the World Bay Area, Avodah, IKAR, Bronx Jews for Climate Action and Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit.

The IKAR Writers Circle is a space for adult fiction and nonfiction Ikar writers to gather, share their work, and receive feedback. The circle is an intergenerational community that seeks to uplift Jewish writers and authentic Jewish stories removed from the pressures of writing and entertainment industries. Writers will meet once a month in person or virtually, at 7:00 pm, usually on one of the last Mondays of the month. Have questions? Please email [email protected].

Through IKAR’s PATH Meals collaboration, a small group of volunteers will serve and enjoy warm meals with residents who are temporarily housed at PATH Cotner residence. Drop off a prepared dish or join us in person to serve warm meals for residents getting back on their feet at PATH Cotner. FAQ: How can I participate? You can participate by donating items before the event begins or signing up to bring donations and serve. Those who donate food and serve during the event will have the opportunity to eat with the clients we serve. Who can participate? Volunteers must be at least 16 years of age to serve meals at PATH, but we encourage you to make a dish at home with younger children and drop it off if they are too young to serve. Does food need to be home-cooked? No, participants can feel free to prepare meals at home or bring store-bought items to serve. Should participants expect to cook items onsite? No, please bring pre-cooked dishes. There will be an oven to warm up items, if needed. How much food should I prepare/purchase? We expect to serve 25-30 PATH clients during each event. Please bring enough food to serve 20 guests, as it will be served potluck style. Other accessibility info: There are steps to access the building and a handicap lift – if needed, please reach out in advance for assistance. There is only street parking available with no guarantee of handicap spot

TRIBE is gathering for another evening of creativity and community. What to expect: snacks and chatting, a warm up activity (think scribbles and stick figures), and a few options for free art making. All are welcome. No art making experience needed (we mean it!) For more information, please contact [email protected].

Join Rabbi David Kasher, Director of Hadar West Coast and past IKAR rabbi, for a virtual literary study of the text of the Torah, aided by the keen eyes of the classical commentators. This series is co-sponsored with Hadar. It will run from Wednesday, October 7 through Wednesday, November 18, 2026.

We welcome everyone to our Shabbat morning services at 9:30am PT, no matter their level of observance, experience, or familiarity with Hebrew. Daven with us in person at Shalhevet, or join us virtually on YouTube or Zoom. Childcare is available during Services for kids ages 2-5. Stay afterward for our kosher, vegetarian community lunch. 10/24/2026 Samuel Ethan & Joshua Gabriel Goldstein 11/7/2026 Lucille (Luci) Halpern-Fingerhut 11/14/2026 Henry Posalski 11/28/2026 Ezekiel Mataan Brous-Weber 12/5/2026 Samuel Rafael Marquit 12/19/2026 Finch Rhodes

Join us and some of our amazing teens one Saturday a month for sensory play, a bit of music and movement, and a snack! Open to families with littles ages birth-5 years. Meet us from 11am – 12pm in Shalhevet’s rooftop beit midrash. Did you know IKAR has an amazing preschool for children ages 18 mos-5 years? Contact [email protected] for more info and to join a tour!

This Saturday class offers opportunities for connection, learning, play, and community. We include music and movement, child-led play, and grown-up discussion of developmental and Jewish topics. Open to members and non-members. Facilitated by our Early Childhood Engagement Consultant Beth Weisman, M.A. and coach/trainer Cricket Buchler. The cost is $400/family. Shalhevet Room 303. Also: 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 12/5, 12/12

For decades, Barry Michels has been one of the most sought-after psychotherapists in Hollywood—a practitioner whose no-nonsense, transformative approach earned him the devotion of some of the most creative minds in the industry. Bret Easton Ellis, Adam McKay, and Mark Levin are all patients who spoke openly in a 2011 New Yorker profile about how his methods changed their lives and their work. The book he co-wrote with his mentor and colleague Phil Stutz, The Tools, became a New York Times bestseller that has sold nearly 500,000+ copies, recently finding a new generation of readers through Jonah Hill’s acclaimed Netflix documentary STUTZ. Two years ago, Barry was, by any measure, a man at the height of his powers. And then a doctor delivered a diagnosis that changed everything: Lewy Body Dementia—the same degenerative disease that had taken his father’s life—would take his own. Ahead of All Parting: On Learning to Live with an Open Heart is a remarkable and unexpected book. Where one might anticipate a story of grief and loss, Barry has written something far more surprising: an expansive meditation on what becomes possible when we stop running from our deepest fears and allow ourselves to be truly seen. Barry is still practicing, still hiking, and very much present in the world, and that comes through on every page of this remarkable and deeply moving memoir. Michels shows us that being alive is more fragile and more astonishing than we usually allow ourselves to feel.