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Event

Today • 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Lunch & Learn: We are all Hostages

Join us for “We Are All Hostages,” an important event where we will hear from families of the October 7th hostages leading protests inside of Israel. Learn about their efforts to call on the government to negotiate a deal to end the war and bring their loved ones home. Discover how you can support this critical cause and help make a difference. Visit allhostages.com for more information..

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Sermon

1 week ago • Jul 20, 2024

Don’t Curse Tomorrow with the Despair of Today

Parshat Balak. The sense of defeatism, all too present after the events in this country over the last week, is the most dangerous myth threatening our future right now. To throw up our hands and surrender to the myth of inevitability is to relinquish the most precious gift given to humanity: our capacity to change the world around us. We can be scared without being resigned. We can be exhausted without being fatalistic. We can be discouraged but nonetheless courageous..

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Great news, registration for IKAR membership is now open! We can’t wait to have you with us for another year of growth, learning, and community. For questions or assistance, reach out to us at [email protected] or call 323-634-1870.

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Event

Today • 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Lunch & Learn: We are all Hostages

Join us for “We Are All Hostages,” an important event where we will hear from families of the October 7th hostages leading protests inside of Israel. Learn about their efforts to call on the government to negotiate a deal to end the war and bring their loved ones home. Discover how you can support this critical cause and help make a difference. Visit allhostages.com for more information.

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SHABBAT

Saturdays • 9:30 am • NEXT: Today

Shabbat Morning Services

We welcome everyone to our Shabbat morning services, 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. This Saturday we are celebrating Freida Walzer Martinez Bat Mitzvah.

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Event

Sunday, Jul 28 • 10 am to 12 pm

Minyan Tzedek x OBKLA Volunteering

Join IKAR community members as we pack over 1,000 meals at Our Big Kitchen LA (OBKLA) for our neighbors across the city facing food insecurity. This is a great chance to master cooking skills and connect with fellow community members as we prepare and pack the meals for distribution. Those 20-30 years of age can join TRIBE’s 7/18 evening of service, while all community members and kids ages 5+ can join the Minyan Tzedek 7/28 morning of service. TRIBE members are welcome to join both times. RSVP required.

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MORNING MINYAN

Sunday to Friday • 8 am • NEXT: Jul 28

Virtual Morning Minyan

We need prayer and connection more than ever during this time. So every weekday at 8am, we will gather online for a half-hour Zoom of prayer and learning.

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Event

Tuesday, Jul 30 • 6 pm to 7 pm

Virtual New Member House Party

Come join the IKAR Family, including our CEO and Founder, Melissa Balaban, one of our clergy members, and our Membership Director, Ethan Prager, for our next Virtual New Member House Party on 7/30/24 at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Zoom. Email [email protected] with any questions!

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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.

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Sermon

1 week ago • Jul 20, 2024

Don’t Curse Tomorrow with the Despair of Today

To throw up our hands and surrender to the myth of inevitability is to relinquish the most precious gift given to humanity: our capacity to change the world around us. We can be scared without being resigned. We can be exhausted without being fatalistic. We can be discouraged but nonetheless courageous.

By: Rabbi Morris Panitz

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Bite Size

1 week ago • Jul 19, 2024

Roxbury Park Bite Size Shabbat

Join Mora Beth in entering Shabbat together with sweet, spirited Bite Size (age 0-5) Kabbalat Shabbat service in nature.

By: Beth Weisman

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Sermon

2 weeks ago • Jul 13, 2024

The Shining Thread – Rabbi Deborah Silver

Look closely at this week’s reading and we can discern a shining thread. What does it mean, and what can it teach us about our own power in times of adversity?

By: Rabbi Deborah Silver

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Podcast

2 weeks ago • Jul 12, 2024

The Power of Connection in a Fractured World

Rabbi Sharon Brous on The Next Big Idea Daily podcast.

By: Rabbi Sharon Brous

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Event

3 weeks ago • Jun 30, 2024

CNN, Fareed Zakaria, GPS – American Jews reckon with Israel’s war in Gaza

Rabbi Sharon Brous joins Fareed to discuss how Jews in the US are grappling with their Jewish identity amid the war in Gaza and rising antisemitism.

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Sermon

4 weeks ago • Jun 29, 2024

This Moment of Angels

We are living in a world that is broken and painful. It is a moment to turn towards the angels within us and around us in order to find our way through.

By: Rabbi Tova Leibovic-Douglas

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Our membership is an expression of individual commitments and a way for each person to expand their Jewish horizons through learning and spiritual growth.

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Justice

“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary” — Hillel

We believe that the active pursuit of justice and dignity for all is a core expression of our Jewish spiritual and religious selves, and we integrate that belief into everything we do at IKAR. Minyan Tzedek is how we harness the organizing power of our entire community to work toward the world as it ought to be. Our goal is 100% community participation through one of our four paths: Feeding Our Neighbors, Green Action, IKAR Community Organizing, and Global Partnership.

A Land for All

Responding to the Crisis in Israel and Gaza

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