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Democracy, Antisemitism, and the Great Replacement Theory (HIAS event, IKAR co-sponsor)

May Their Memories Be a Revolution

TRIBE (20’s-30’s) Elul House Party

The Nightingale of Iran

Lunch & Learn with Author Michael Strassfeld

Minyan Tzedek Community Organizing Meeting

A Prayer for Peace

Our Brothers’ Keepers

IKAR’s Vegan Cookbook

Regenerative Change with Devorah Brous

The Barriers We Construct

Beyond the Limits

TRIBE School with Rabbi Hannah Jensen

TRIBE (20’s-30’s) School with Rabbi Hannah Jensen

TRIBE (20’s-30’s) School with Rabbi Hannah Jensen

Maui Relief

Response To The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

Anti-Semitic Incidents

We Are Heartbroken and Outraged

We Stand For Reproductive Justice

IKAR Stands With The Ukrainian People

A Message of Hope

Happy Freedom Day

Rabbi Sharon Brous’s Remarks to Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin

Some Are Guilty, All Are Responsible

Anguished Hearts After Another Synagogue Attack

Christchurch NZ Mosque Shooting

Women’s March 2019: IKAR’s Statement

Rabbi Sharon Brous’ Remarks: Ebenezer Baptist Church – Election Eve Prayer Rally

Rabbi Brous’ Statement at Tree of Life Vigil

Rabbi Brous’ Statement After Terror in Pittsburgh

Rabbi Brous’ Remarks – Poor People’s Campaign, Washington DC

Rabbi Brous’ Reflection and Blessing at Legacy Museum Opening

LA Times Op-Ed – Why Jews should support reparations for slavery – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Rabbi Brous’ Response to President Trump’s Anti-Muslim Tweets

What Gives Me Hope?

We Need To Talk: The Link Between Sexual Violence And Gun Violence

Response to NYC Terrorist Attack

I Need You to Breathe

Enough With Your Thoughts and Prayers

Love Transcends Hate

R’ Brous’ Remarks at Senate Office (Healthcare)

The Politics of Division and Diversion

The Tyranny of Radical Individualism

Navy Yard Shooting: Haven’t We Been Here Before?

Be Like Busch: An Open Letter to the NRA

I Am My Brother’s Keeper

Doubling Down on Black Lives & America’s Teetering Soul

Beyond Prayer, We Must Take Action On Gun Violence

Letter to the Community after the Charleston Shooting

Why it’s Not About Ferguson

A Call to Abolition

Repair and Reparation for America: the Spiritual Work of Building the Beloved Community

Every Letter, Every Soul

The Climate Crisis is Here: What We Do Matters

Pharaoh’s Stubbornness, and Our Own

Seeds of Hope and Defiance

The Giving Tree

The Terrible Cost of Zero Sum Thinking