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Ask

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.


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Pray

“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”


  • Prayer at IKAR
  • Weekly Evening Service
  • Shabbat
  • High Holy Days
  • Holidays
  • Weekly AM Minyan
  • Mourning
Learn

“To educate means to cultivate the soul.” -Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel


  • Learn at IKAR
  • Parent & Me
  • Early Childhood Center
  • Limudim: Kids’ Learning
  • B’nai Mitzvah
  • Adult Learning
  • On The Go
  • Sermons & Talks
  • Classes
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Act

“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.” –Hillel


  • Do Justice:
    Minyan Tzedek
  • Feeding Our Neighbors
  • Green Action
  • IKAR Organizing
  • Global Partnership
  • Educated Activist
  • Strengthen Community
  • Hesed
  • Volunteer
Meet

This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.


  • Come Together
  • First Time Visitor
  • Bite Size Shabbes
  • Teens
  • TRIBE (20s/30s)
  • Alta Rockers
  • IKAR Circles
  • Central Europe 2022
Join

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.


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Donate

“All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing. Give tzedakah and do kindness.” – R’ Nachman of Bratslav


  • ALL DONATION FORMS
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  • Horowitz/Weintraub Fund - IKAR's ECC
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Hanukkah Refresher


Lighting: Hanukkah Bootcamp: The Laws Behind the Lights Taught By Rabbi David Kasher

Blessings: Including for the first night, the rest of the seven days, Ha-neirot Ha-lalu, and Ma’oz Tzur

Dreidel: How To Play Dreidel

Recipes: Nancy Wergeles’s Latke Recipe

Songs: Ocho Kandelikas – The Kitchen

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We can’t wait to see you.

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