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“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.”
— Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”
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Justice
“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.”
— Hillel
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“To educate means to cultivate the soul.”
— Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
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This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.
About
IKAR is a Jewish community rooted in ancient wisdom and inspired by the moral mandate to build a more just and loving world. We are dedicated to reimagining Jewish life through deep relationships and shared values, intellectual and spiritual curiosity, piety and irreverence, joy and defiant hope.

Lunch & Learn: HIAS CEO, Beth Oppenheim

Annual 5K + Community Day