Upcoming events

Our virtual Morning Minyan is one of the best-kept secrets of IKAR. Monday-Friday and Sunday at 8am PT on Zoom, we’ll explore a different modality we might use to help us access our prayer life: singing, meditation, study, etc. And each day we will end with a Mourner’s Kaddish.

$10 IKAR Promo Code: IKAR10 Ahavat Chinam: Boundless Love will be a community-wide Selichot concert event — an evening to sing together, reflect together, meet one another, and enter the High Holiday season with a renewed sense of connection, possibility, and shared purpose. By bringing these communities together under one roof, Ahavat Chinam hopes to offer something increasingly important: an opportunity to experience the Los Angeles Jewish community not as separate congregations or institutions, but as one diverse and interconnected community. The gathering is designed to create new relationships, strengthen existing ones, and celebrate the richness and diversity of Jewish life in Los Angeles as the community prepares together for the High Holidays. Featured Performers: Peter Himmelman, Moshav, Craig Taubman, Danny Maseng, MAALA (Duvid Swirky & Nachum Peterseil), Mostly Kosher (Leeav Sofer & Janice Mautner Markham), Sally Dworsky, VBS’s Cantor Jacqueline Rafii, HAMAKOM (Jenni Asher), Gidon Shikler, Mikey Pauker, Samson Nderitu Ahavat Chinam is being created in partnership with a growing coalition of Jewish communities and organizations from across Los Angeles, including: B’nei David Judea • Nefesh • IKAR • Sinai Temple • Temple Beth Israel (TBI) • Happy Minyan • Der Nister • HAMAKOM • Valley Beth Shalom (VBS) • BAIT • SIX11 • Neshamah This event is produced by Duvid Swirsky and Nachum Peterseil of MAALA.

Join Jewish Vegan Life together with ikar’s tribe, LA Federation’s NuRoots, and Jewish Veggies for A Taste of Renewal, an intimate and interactive evening of food, wine, Jewish connection, and reflection during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Designed for Jewish adults in their 20s and 30s, this special gathering invites us to explore renewal through the experience of creating and sharing a meal together. We’ll gather around the kitchen with a professional chef to prepare a beautiful plant based dinner featuring seasonal ingredients inspired by the High Holiday season. Along the way, we’ll enjoy thoughtfully paired wines and short reflections inviting us to consider how the choices we make, including what we eat, can express our values as we enter a new year. This is not a traditional cooking class or holiday service. It’s a chance to cook, eat, connect, reflect, and welcome the new year together in a warm and welcoming setting.   What to Expect  Wine and mingling  Interactive vegan cooking experience with a professional chef  A beautiful plant based dinner prepared and enjoyed together  Seasonal ingredients inspired by the High Holiday season  Meaningful reflections on renewal, values, and the choices we make  An opportunity to meet and connect with other Jewish young adults Space is limited. Come hungry, curious, and ready to start the new year with intention. This experience is part of NuRoots’ Sweet Return festival. Discover the lineup at nuroots.org/sweetreturn.