July 18th, 2020 — Shabbat Matot-Masei

LA District Attorney candidate George Gascón spoke about his vision for the administration of justice in LA County. (IKAR invited all serious candidates for LA District Attorney to speak, Gascón was the only one to accept our invitation)

July 10th, 2020

Senator Holly Mitchell joins IKAR for a “Know Your Reps” conversation about how California will respond to the crises we are facing.

July 7th, 2020

Rabbi Sharon Brous (IKAR) in conversation with Bishop Gene Robinson and Lisa Sharon Harper (Freedom Road). This session was a part of DAWN, an all-night cultural arts festival celebrating Shavuot, presented by Reboot in association with the Jewish Emergent Network.

July 7th, 2020

Rabbi Sharon Brous (IKAR) and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie (Lab/Shul) dive deep into the fourth Commandment – “remember the sabbath day and keep it holy.” This session was a part of DAWN, an all-night cultural arts festival celebrating Shavuot, presented by Reboot in association with the Jewish Emergent Network.

July 7th, 2020

Stealing Hearts and Minds: Tales of Deception with Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum & Rabbi Ronit Tsadok. This session was a part of DAWN, an all-night cultural arts festival celebrating Shavuot, presented by Reboot in association with the Jewish Emergent Network.

July 7th, 2020

Rabbi David Kasher (IKAR) & Rabbi David Ingber (Romemu) come together to discuss the 10th Commandment. This session was a part of DAWN, an all-night cultural arts festival celebrating Shavuot, presented by Reboot in association with the Jewish Emergent Network.

July 2nd, 2020

Congressman Ted Lieu joins IKAR for a “Know Your Reps” conversation on the response to the COVID crisis and to build a more just society than what we had before.

June 19th, 2020 — Shabbat Shlakh

Reverend Michael-Ray Mathews speaks about the significance of Juneteenth and the meaning of this moment of uprising, Sankofa, Afrofuturism, and how we can build a society in which white supremacy is dismantled and all black people can thrive.

June 6th, 2020 — Shabbat Naso

May 12th, 2020

Senator Ben Allen joins IKAR for a “Know Your Reps” conversation on California’s response to COVID and the environmental challenges and opportunities this crisis has created.

May 4th, 2020

LA City Council Member David Ryu joins IKAR for a “Know Your Reps” conversation on the COVID crisis and the city’s response.

March 27th, 2020 — Reboot Ideas

Listen to Rabbi Brous in conversation with Dr. David Agus about the threat of COVID-19 and what we all must remember as we traverse this uncharted territory.

February 1st, 2020 — Shabbat Bo

Yuval Sharon and Cannupa Hanska Luger, co-directors of SWEET LAND, discuss a new site-specific opera that explores themes of indigeneity and historic erasure. Rabbi Brous led a conversation with the two artists on the intersection of Judaism and Native Americans, as well as artistic strategies for grappling with American history.

January 22nd, 2020 — Rabbi Eleazar ben Horkanos Grows Up!

Jews have always been story whisperers. We received stories and launched as a people. We told stories about those stories and Oral Torah was born. And we have recounted tales about each other – our sages, their wisdom, foibles, and experiences. We knew (and know) that wisdom isn’t about timeless precepts; it’s found in lives actually lived and in lessons learned. Gather and listen as we share the wisdom stories of our sages of old and to the insights they offer!

This month’s session is: Rabbi Eleazar ben Horkanos Grows Up! Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson is the Abner & Roslyn Goldstine Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University, a Professor of Philosophy, and a grateful member of IKAR.

November 20th, 2019 — Elisha Ben Abuya: Judaism's Greatest Heretic!

Jews have always been story whisperers. We received stories and launched as a people. We told stories about those stories and Oral Torah was born. And we have recounted tales about each other – our sages, their wisdom, foibles, and experiences. We knew (and know) that wisdom isn’t about timeless precepts; it’s found in lives actually lived and in lessons learned. Gather and listen as we share the wisdom stories of our sages of old and to the insights they offer!

This month’s session is: Elisha Ben Abuya: Judaism’s Greatest Heretic! Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson is the Abner & Roslyn Goldstine Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University, a Professor of Philosophy, and a grateful member of IKAR.

October 23rd, 2019 — Alexander the Great Learns Life Lessons from African Women Warriors

Jews have always been story whisperers. We received stories and launched as a people. We told stories about those stories and Oral Torah was born. And we have recounted tales about each other – our sages, their wisdom, foibles, and experiences. We knew (and know) that wisdom isn’t about timeless precepts; it’s found in lives actually lived and in lessons learned. Gather and listen as we share the wisdom stories of our sages of old and to the insights they offer!

This month’s session is: Alexander the Great Learns Life Lessons from African Women Warriors Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson is the Abner & Roslyn Goldstine Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University, a Professor of Philosophy, and a grateful member of IKAR.

October 19th, 2019 — A conversation with Neshama Carlebach and Rabbi Sharon Brous.

Rabbi Brous sat down with Neshama Carlebach for an honest, open hearted conversation about how she is holding her father’s complicated legacy, in light of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. As congregations across the country wrestle with the dilemma of what to do with his music, Neshama speaks with our community about holding love, grief and multiple loyalties. This conversation is the beginning of a communal conversation on art and artists: can and ought they be separated?

Due to technical difficulties, there are several moments of silence and lost dialogue in the recording. Our sincere apologies for any frustration this may cause.

June 8th, 2019 — Parashat Bamidbar

This Shabbat we honor some of our neighbors in the Los Angeles Jewish community who survived the Holocaust as children and who have been sharing their stories with our 6th and 7th graders through the Righteous Conversations Project. Join our special guests for lunch — to connect, to hear and honor their powerful stories, and to learn about their beautiful anthology: “How We Survived: 52 Personal Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust.”

June 5th, 2019

IKAR co-sponsors a book talk and conversation with Marc Dollinger (author, Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s) and Ilana Kaufman (Director, Jews of Color Field Building Initiative).

June 4th, 2019

How religion and God Consciousness nurture the development of an ethical personality and compel the pursuit of universal justice.