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.

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”

Learn

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

Act

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

Meet

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

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.

Donate

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

We are all searching for something. What’s your thing?

Pray

Virtual Weekly AM Minyan

Need some peace amidst the tumult? Jonesin’ for the Shabbat vibe? Give your workweek a spiritual boost with Shaharit (morning services), singing and intention-setting with our rabbis – and still get to work on time. Our virtual weekly morning Minyan is one of the best kept secrets of IKAR.

Join us Monday-Friday and Sunday at 8am PT virtually on Zoom. Click here to RSVP.

We need prayer and connection more than ever during this time. So every weekday, Monday through Friday and Sunday at 8am PST, we will gather online for a half-hour ZOOM of prayer and learning, led by our clergy and a few guest rabbis in our community. Each day 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.