Upcoming events

Join us for IKAR’s annual fundraiser, Party With a Purpose, a casino night to celebrate IKAR turning 21. PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS AND SPONSORSHIPS TODAY Date & Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6-10 PM Location: Neman Hall (1317 North Crescent Heights Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048) What to Expect: Classic casino games Fabulous silent auction Delicious food and drinks to keep the good times rolling A vintage Vegas vibe MC Matt Price, a guest DJ, and live performance by Couplet Valet parking for all guests Attire: Vegas Chic! Think bold, glamorous, and high-roller style—channel the glitzy magic of Vegas.

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.

Wind down and get ready for Shabbat with us! Join our virtual Happy Hour, every Friday at 5pm PST. We are diverse: still working and retired; single, divorced, widowed, and in a relationship; have children, grandchildren, pets, plants, or none of the above; Angelinos and transplants. What we have in common is Ikar, a multitude of experiences, and a desire to spend some of our time enjoying events and experiences with those in our age group. Approximately 60 and above.

Join fellow TRIBErs in an easy-level hike in Los Angeles. Lay led by Kayla Morris. Hike Description: It’s a 2.8 mile loop, with a 393ft elevation gain. It’s listed as easy. This trail is dog friendly. More information on the hike HERE. For more information, please contact [email protected] 

Join Rabbi Brous for a candid conversation with parents of teens and young adults (ages 16–20) about how to talk—and listen—when it comes to Israel and Palestine. This session will offer tools for staying in relationship across disagreement, fostering open dialogue at home, and grounding our families in a Judaism rooted in justice and compassion. RSVP is required; location TBD.

Learn how you can participate in our campaigns. We bring the community together to fight for social justice, inspired by Torah.

Join us for 2 sessions of connecting and experiential learning around the practices of the Hevra Kadisha. We welcome both current members of the Hevra and those interested in learning more. No cost, but please register so we order enough food for breakfast.

Join us at services to celebrate all of our incredible Circles at IKAR! At lunch, sit with Circle Leaders to learn more about their offerings.   Learn more about Circles at https://ikar.org/circles/upcoming/  

Join us for Shavuot Services: Day 1. We welcome everyone to our 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. Stay afterward for our kosher, vegetarian community lunch.

Join us for Shavuot Services: Day 2. We welcome everyone to our 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. Stay afterward for our kosher, vegetarian community lunch.

TRIBE is gathering for another evening of creativity and community. What to expect: snacks and chatting, a warm up activity (think scribbles and stick figures), and a few options for free art making. All are welcome. No art making experience needed (we mean it!) For more information, please contact [email protected].

Learn how you can participate in our campaigns. We bring the community together to fight for social justice, inspired by Torah.

After services, join us for a community dinner and conversation with Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Mike Moskowitz.   Rabbi Mike Moskowitz is the Scholar-in-Residence for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the world’s largest LGBT synagogue. He is a deeply traditional and radically progressive advocate for trans rights and a vocal ally for LGBTQ inclusivity. Rabbi Moskowitz received three Ultra-Orthodox ordinations while learning in the Mir in Jerusalem and in Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ. He is a David Hartman Center Fellow, Wexner Field Fellow, and the author of Textual Activism, Graceful Masculinity, Seasonal Resistance and co-editor of Chaver Up!.    

Join us for a conversation over lunch with Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Mel Gottlieb.

Join our monthly Minyan Tzedek Green Action meeting to build our environmental education and advocacy power. We’re working with local and national partners to save the planet, firmly rooted in our Jewish spirit and values.

Learn how you can participate in our campaigns. We bring the community together to fight for social justice, inspired by Torah.

This month’s Educated Activist Session will discuss When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America by Kevin F. Adler and Donald W. Burnes. Think about the last time that you saw or interacted with an unhoused person. What did you do? What did you say? Did you offer money or a smile, or did you avert your gaze? When We Walk By takes an urgent look at homelessness in America, showing us what we lose-in ourselves and as a society- when we choose to walk past and ignore our neighbors in shelters, insecure housing, or on the streets- and, it illuminates what we stand to gain when we embrace our humanity and move towards evidence-based, people-first, community-driven solutions. The authors recast chronic homelessness in the U.S. as a byproduct of twin crises: Our social systems are failing and so is our humanity. We will learn the social and political forces that shape myths about those who are homeless; and that for many Americans, housing insecurity is just one paycheck away.

TRIBE is gathering for another evening of creativity and community. What to expect: snacks and chatting, a warm up activity (think scribbles and stick figures), and a few options for free art making. All are welcome. No art making experience needed (we mean it!) For more information, please contact [email protected].

Join our monthly Minyan Tzedek Green Action meeting to build our environmental education and advocacy power. We’re working with local and national partners to save the planet, firmly rooted in our Jewish spirit and values.

Learn how you can participate in our campaigns. We bring the community together to fight for social justice, inspired by Torah.

Join our monthly Minyan Tzedek Green Action meeting to build our environmental education and advocacy power. We’re working with local and national partners to save the planet, firmly rooted in our Jewish spirit and values.

This month’s Educated Activist Session will discuss Homelessness is a Housing Problem: How structural Problems Explain U.S. Patterns by Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern. Colburn and Aldern shift their focus from the individual experiencing homelessness to the metropolitan area. Using accessible analysis, they test a range of conventional beliefs about what drives the prevalence of homelessness in a given city- including mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, and low-income mobility- and find that none explain the regional variation observed across the country. Instead, they argue, housing market conditions such as the cost and availability of rental housing offer a far more convincing account.

Learn how you can participate in our campaigns. We bring the community together to fight for social justice, inspired by Torah.

TRIBE is gathering for another evening of creativity and community. What to expect: snacks and chatting, a warm up activity (think scribbles and stick figures), and a few options for free art making. All are welcome. No art making experience needed (we mean it!) For more information, please contact [email protected].