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Hanukkah

Sunday, November 28-Sunday, December 5

TONIGHT: 11/30, 4-6pm, In-Person Limudim Hanukkah Celebration – IKAR families and their Limudim-aged children (even if you don’t usually come on Tuesdays) are invited for family learning and candle lighting on the Shalhevet Rooftop.

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Click here to read, listen, & watch our Rabbis powerful and thought-provoking Hanukkah teachings.

Remember, wherever you are in the world, when you place your candles in your Hanukkiah, pause. Take a moment to reflect on the triumph of our tradition over the forces that would seek to extinguish it. That eternal light, which has guided our people for thousands of years, will never be extinguished.

TONIGHT: 11/30, 4-6pm, In-Person Limudim Hanukkah Celebration – IKAR families and their Limudim-aged children (even if you don’t usually come on Tuesdays) are invited for family learning and candle lighting on the Shalhevet Rooftop.

Click Here For Our Full Schedule.

Click here to read, listen, & watch our Rabbis powerful and thought-provoking Hanukkah teachings.

Remember, wherever you are in the world, when you place your candles in your Hanukkiah, pause. Take a moment to reflect on the triumph of our tradition over the forces that would seek to extinguish it. That eternal light, which has guided our people for thousands of years, will never be extinguished.

Upcoming Events:

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11/30, 5pm, In-Person Limudim Hanukkah Celebration

12/1, 5pm, In-Person Hanukkah House Parties

12/2, 12pm, Parsha Study with the Parsha Nut Rabbi David Kasher

12/2, 7pm, In-Person BBYO Teen Hanukkah Party

12/2, 7:30pm, Central Europe Trip Lighting + Learning

12/3, 5:15pm, In-Person Mid-Yid Happy Hour

12/3, 6pm, Kabbalat Shabbat Services & Community Hanukkah Dinner

The Essence of Hanukkah: Creating Light or Kindling Fire? - R' Morris Panitz

November 27th, 2021 – Shabbat Vayeshev

Is the work of transformation primarily about building positive habits or rooting out negative behaviors? Lighting the hanukkiah offers a glimpse into both strategies and a challenge for the 8 nights of Hanukkah.

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Annual 5K

Sunday, December 12, 9:30am-12pm, Cheviot Hills Park

REGISTER HERE & Start Fundraising Today!

Join us for our annual 5K (Fun Run & Walk) to raise funds for our partnership with asylum seeker and refugee families whom we are welcoming as our neighbors in Los Angeles. Join a team, start your own, or go solo and help us reach our goal of $15,000.

After registering, we encourage you to create your own fundraising page or join a team and fundraise with them. All funds raised will support the holy work that our Minyan Tzedek team does to support asylum seekers and refugees throughout the year.

New this year! Join us for a Community Event following the Fun Run. Don’t want to run/jog/walk but want to participate in the post-run festivities? Register for the community event to partake in the food, fun, and games, and to support our Fun Run champions!

Click here to register, create your team, donate, and learn more!

REGISTER HERE & Start Fundraising Today!

Join us for our annual 5K (Fun Run & Walk) to raise funds for our partnership with asylum seeker and refugee families whom we are welcoming as our neighbors in Los Angeles. Join a team, start your own, or go solo and help us reach our goal of $15,000.

After registering, we encourage you to create your own fundraising page or join a team and fundraise with them. All funds raised will support the holy work that our Minyan Tzedek team does to support asylum seekers and refugees throughout the year.

New this year! Join us for a Community Event following the Fun Run. Don’t want to run/jog/walk but want to participate in the post-run festivities? Register for the community event to partake in the food, fun, and games, and to support our Fun Run champions!

Click here to register, create your team, donate, and learn more!

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

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We addressed important topics including LGBTQ+ inclusion, Disability inclusion, Racial equity, and more. Watch recordings of exciting series with some incredible speakers. We’re grateful to the Lisa & Maury Friedman Foundation for sponsoring this series.

IKAR x Europe 2022

Join fellow IKARites this summer as together we discover vibrant & beautiful cities, historic architecture, hidden corners, and by plane, train, bike, & foot. Bear witness to the tragedies, trials, & transformations of Jewish, democratic, & not-so democratic societies. Create new relationships with community builders and civic activists whose challenges are not so different from ours.