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Deep Dive with Rabbi Sharon Brous on Hard Conversations

Rabbi Brous on Amanpour: Trump’s attack on higher education ‘rings of authoritarianism,’ says American rabbi

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Finding Her Place in the Jewish Community and Working to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World

Rabbi Sharon Brous at the Milken Institute

Unlocking Creativity in a Time of Crisis: Rabbi Adina Allen in Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 7 – BEAR WITHNESS – Session 7 – 4.22.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 2 – PLEASE, HOLD: Navigating Alone-ess – Session 2 – 2.25.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 6 – HOLD the HEALERS – Session 6 – 4.8.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 5 – GRIEVE and LIVE – Session 5 – 4.1.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 1 – Show Up – Session 1 – 2.18.25

Rabbi Sharon Brous says community can unlock our humanity

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 4 – COME ALIVE – Session 4 – 3.25.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 8 – WONDER – Session 8 – 4.29.25

The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Chapter 3 – SEE NO STRANGER – Session 3 – 3.11.25

Rabbi Sharon Brous with Jeffrey Goldberg – “Moral Earthquakes and How We Talk about Them”

Search for Meaning with Rabbi Sharon Brous

On Joy – Alex Edelman & Rabbi Sharon Brous | Rosh Hashanah II 5785

Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation with Abigail Pogrebin

Train Yourself to Always Show Up

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Jewish Broadcasting Service

Seeing Each Other’s Pain – Rabbi Sharon Brous on Pulling the Thread

Sharon Brous on the power of saying ‘amen’ in a broken world

The Healing Powers of Showing Up – The Oprah Daily

92NY – Susan Dominus and Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation

Interview with Jewish Book Council and Rabbi Sharon Brous

Grieving and Living

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Busy Philipps is Doing Her Best

A Bit of Optimism – We Cannot Heal Alone with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Simon Sinek

JDCA Community Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous

92NY – Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen Effect

The Freedom Road – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Blitzin’ Out with Rabbi Sharon Brous

Seeing Each Other’s Pain

Sixth & I Live

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Saying ‘Amen’ to Each Other’s Joy and Pain

The Power of Showing Up – You Are What You Read

Victims, Heroes, and Learners with Chelsea Handler

The Power of Showing Up for Each Other

Rabbi Sharon Brous with JCCSF

Rabbi Josh Feigelson in Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous

Rabbi Sharon Brous on The Collective Table

Awakening to Our Blessings – Rabbi Brous on 33 Voices

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Faith Matters

Rabbi Sharon Brous on Judaism Unbound

Hope in Troubling Times

The Power of Connection in a Fractured World

“Moral Earthquakes and How We Talk about Them” – Rabbi Sharon Brous with Jeffrey Goldberg

The Amen Effect: Rabbi Sharon Brous and Michaela Watkins in Conversation

Subculture Vulture Book Talk

IKAR’s Conversation with Elise Loehnen

House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy | Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Power of Showing Up for Each Other

The Sermons I Need to Hear Right Now

Training Our Hearts in Spaciousness

The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World — ALOUDla

Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World — 92NY

“We Have to Find Our Way to One Another in Celebration, in Sorrow, and in Solidarity” — The Drew Barrymore Show

Rabbi Sharon Brous with Madeleine Brand | America at a Crossroads

A Conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous: Losses of a Parent, Love, and Overall Loss – Valley Beit Midrash

Sherman Minkoff Memorial Lecture: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World – Valley Beit Midrash

An Evening with Author & Rabbi Sharon Brous – St. Luke’s Atlanta

CNN, Amanpour – ‘The only future is a shared future,’ says American rabbi on the day after the Gaza war

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

The power of community during dark times — Good Morning America

Mending our Broken Hearts with Rabbi Sharon Brous – Americans for Peace Now

In the Spotlight: Rabbi Sharon Brous – Jewish Broadcasting Service

Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation with Abigail Pogrebin – The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center

Rabbi Brous on Jewish Healing and Humanity Amid Conflict

The Economy of Empathy

Rabbi Sharon Brous: Building Bridges in a Divided World

If you’re stressed, anxious, or depressed, this is your counterintuitive medicine

Loneliness, Community, & Why We Need One Another: Surgeon General Vivek Murthy & Rabbi Sharon Brous

Try to Make a Dent in the Darkness