Before Services: Guided Mindful Meditation

NO SERVICES AT SHALHEVET. Instead, IKAR will join Temple Beth Am for Shabbat (1039 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035). Services start at 9:30am PT in person and on TBA’s YouTube. IKAR and Beth Am clergy will lead us in a blend of our musical and prayer styles. Note: Bring your IKAR name badge, if you have one. Parking is available in their structure and across the street. All parking is first-come, first-served, and there is also ample street parking in the area.

Join us as we explore: Freedom & Framing Our Tradition is one of reading and interpreting texts. What does our Tradition offer for an interpretive approach to understanding the United States’ Founding Documents?   The IKAR Creating Circle is rooted in the Jewish Studio Process. Each session invites you to a hands-on, in-person experience as a creative soul —no art experience needed. Through text study, reflection, and creative processes, you’ll tap into your own insight, get clearer, and grow more resilient. The Creating Circle is a welcoming space for you to slow down, speak and listen, and be in touch with your innate creativity. The Jewish Studio Process is structured and open-ended. What emerges is often unexpected. It’s not about making ‘art’, but it’s about discovering what is true for you. You’ll leave lighter, more grounded, and more connected to your own voice.

Are you holding grief? Join our weekly online Grief Garden: Monday Mournings, from 8:30-9am, following Morning Minyan. Have questions? Please email [email protected] Schedule a 1-0n-1 Grief Support with Dev here: https://cal.com/devorah-brous/grief-support?duration=60

Poetry can often heal, elevate the soul and awaken the heart. Come join IKAR’s Jewish Poetry Circle as we read Jewish poets — the Oneg Shabbos poets of the Warsaw Ghetto, Medieval Sephardic poets, Israeli and Jewish-American poets up to the present—the historical context of their writing, spiritual relationships, personal agonies and joys. The Circle is not an academic writing class but rather an informal experience of a committed group of participants to explore and hopefully bond with Jewish poetic expression and with each other.