IKAR – IKAR’s mission is to reanimate Jewish life and develop a spiritual and moral foundation for a just and equitable society.

Dinner discussion with IKARite and author, Tara Schuster

TONIGHT, Friday, June 2, 6:30pm PT

Kabbalat Shabbat Services & Dinner

Let’s enter Shabbat together with a sweet, spirited Kabbalat Shabbat service. Daven with us in person at 6:30pm PT at Shalhevet High School (910 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036or on our website, Zoom, and YouTube.

Click here to RSVP for our kosher, vegetarian community dinner (suggested donation $18).

Following our joyous Kabbalat Shabbat services, join IKAR for a dinner discussion with IKARite and author, Tara Schuster (“Glow in the F*cking Dark” “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies”).

Kabbalat Shabbat Services & Dinner

Let’s enter Shabbat together with a sweet, spirited Kabbalat Shabbat service. Daven with us in person at 6:30pm PT at Shalhevet High School (910 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036 or on our website, Zoom, and YouTube.

Click here to RSVP for our kosher, vegetarian community dinner (suggested donation $18).

Following our joyous Kabbalat Shabbat services, join IKAR for a dinner discussion with IKARite and author, Tara Schuster (“Glow in the F*cking Dark” “Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies”).

Calendar

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Friday, 6/2, 5pm PT, Boomers / Alta Rockers Cocktail Hour (virtual)

Friday, 6/2, 6:30pm PT, Kabbalat Shabbat Services (hybrid)

Friday, 6/2, 7:30pm PT, Dinner & discussion with IKARite and author, Tara Schuster (hybrid)

Saturday, 6/3, Limudim Community Day – Last Day of Limudim!

Saturday, 6/3, 9:30am PT, Shabbat Morning Services & Samson Weiss’ Bar Mitzvah (hybrid)

Sunday, 6/4, 12pm PT, Spiritual Practices That Bring Joy with Dr. Aviva Feintech (virtual)

Monday, 6/5 – Friday, 6/9, 8am PT, Virtual Morning Minyan

Sermon

Every Letter, Every Soul – R’ Morris Panitz

May 20, 2023 — Parshat Bamidbar

The mystics believe that every soul corresponds to a letter in the Torah. And, if a letter is missing, erased, or smudged, we can’t continue reading from the scroll until that letter is restored to its vibrancy. Anti-trans bills, including the two signed this past week, represent a conscious and coordinated attempt to erase trans and non-binary people from our communities and collective story. It’s time to move beyond the rhetoric of support and into life-saving action.

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Shavuot 5783 Recap

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Standing at Sinai: Panel of Jews by Choice – Moderated by Rabbi Morris Panitz with Jen Bailey, Alex Couto and Jessica Cabot

All in This Together – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Creative Revelation – Moderated by Lorne Buchman with Vera Blossom, Aimee Bender, Ann Bohrer, and Mel Weisberger

The Dynamic Way We Dance Ourselves into Being – Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

What Does It Mean to Receive Anyway? – Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh

Standing at Sinai: Panel of Jews by Choice – Moderated by Rabbi Morris Panitz with Jen Bailey, Alex Couto and Jessica Cabot

All in This Together – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Creative Revelation – Moderated by Lorne Buchman with Vera Blossom, Aimee Bender, Ann Bohrer, and Mel Weisberger

The Dynamic Way We Dance Ourselves into Being – Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

What Does It Mean to Receive Anyway? – Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh

Shabbat at IKAR

At IKAR, Shabbat is our central organizing principle. Shabbat forms the rhythm of our week, and is the constant reminder that things need not be as they are – in our personal lives and in the world. And it is the reminder that each of us is surrounded by blessings, hidden and revealed, but often we must slow down to recognize and celebrate the abundance. Our services are traditional and experimental, contemplative and ecstatic. They are a fusion of spirit and purpose, old and new, east and west, Yair Dalal and Bono.

Our Mission

Creating a Just Community

IKAR’s mission is to reanimate Jewish life and develop a spiritual and moral foundation for a just and equitable society. Fusing piety and hutzpah, obligation and inspiration, IKAR is a dynamic, multi-generational community that fosters a yearning for personal, purposeful, creative engagement in Jewish life, particularly among young and disaffected Jews. Rooted in Los Angeles and reaching globally, we strive to actively and intentionally celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the Jewish people.

Support

“The meaning comes not from what we have, but what we share” – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Thank you for supporting our community.

Your generous contribution to IKAR will help sustain and develop our community by providing meaningful ways to engage in Judaism and affect change in the world.

Thank you for enabling us to do this holy work.