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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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“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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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.

IKAR’s Purim Justice Carnival

Virtual Caregivers Support Group