Are you a synagogue or what? Yes and no and kinda. Words like “synagogue” can feel constraining, and we want to think expansively about what Jewish life can be… so we think of ourselves as a spiritual community, and let the experience define itself.
“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.”–Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”
IKAR is fueled by the love, talent, and creative investment of each of our community members. Our membership is an expression of individual commitments and a way for each person to expand their Jewish horizons through learning and spiritual growth.
We are all searching for something. What’s your thing?
IKAR's Featured Speakers Series 2021: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
With gratitude to the Lisa & Maury Friedman Foundation for sponsoring this series
Tani Prell, Antiracism Educator “The Construction of White Jewishness Alongside Blackness Through American History”
Matan Koch, RespectAbility, in conversation with Rabbi David Kasher “Disability Inclusion in Jewish Spaces”
Dr. Mijal Bitton,Hartman Institute of North America, in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous
“Diversity in our Jewish Community: Spotlight on Sephardic Jews”
Rabbi Benay Lappe, SVARA, in conversation with Rabbi David Kasher
“Queer Inclusion: Not So Fast!”