IKAR Podcasts
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Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
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Jan 30, 2026 • 60min
Pharaoh Never Died / Parshat Beshalah - Rabbi David Kasher | The Best Book Ever
This is a recording from 1.28.2025 of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parashah class, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.
Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 5min
Resisting Tyranny in the Public Square, Berakhot 61b - Rabbi Morris Panitz | For the Love of Learning
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This is a recording of Rabbi Morris Panitz's of For the Love of Learning. Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh provided) or over Zoom (B.Y.O. nosh) for as many sessions as possible… your Tuesday will thank you.
Jan 26, 2026 • 52min
HIAS CEO, Dr. Beth Oppenheim and Rabbi Hannah Jensen in Conversation
Beth Oppenheim, the new CEO of HIAS, in conversation with Rabbi Jensen. why supporting immigrants and refugees feels both newly urgent and deeply familiar. As displacement and fear shape lives in our own neighborhoods, this conversation asks what it means to respond not only with memory, but with action.
Jan 25, 2026 • 24min
We Are Under-Reacting - Rabbi Sharon Brous
When the nation falls under the spell of state terror, when we spiral from a politics of aspiration to one of capitulation, the people must rise up with love. This is the fight of our lives.
Jan 23, 2026 • 60min
Hard-Heartedness / Parshat Bo - Rabbi David Kasher | The Best Book Ever
This is a recording from 1.21.2025 of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parashah class, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.
Jan 21, 2026 • 58min
Sephardi / Mizrahi Shabbat: Yoni Avi Battat & Sarah Bunin Benor in Conversation
Guest hazzan Yoni Avi Battat and Sarah Bunin Benor in conversation at IKAR's Lunch & Learn from our Sephardi / Mizrahi Shabbat on January 17, 2026.
Jan 20, 2026 • 1h 1min
The Road, the Ruins, and the Rabbis - Berakhot 3a-b - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Click here to read the source sheet.
This is a recording of Rabbi Morris Panitz's of For the Love of Learning. Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh provided) or over Zoom (B.Y.O. nosh) for as many sessions as possible… your Tuesday will thank you.
Jan 18, 2026 • 16min
For the People of Iran - Rabbi Morris Panitz
The people of Iran are begging us to turn towards them, our hearts open to their pain. They deserve our solidarity and support, our identification with their struggle. Because human life is precious. And we, who love life, must always be on the side of those who love life.
Jan 13, 2026 • 1h 2min
On WONDERS and WONDERING Ta'anit 23a - Rabbi Sharon Brous | For the Love of Learning
Click here to read the source sheet.
This is a recording of Rabbi Sharon Brous's of For the Love of Learning.
Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your
rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling
world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern
questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh
provided) or over Zoom (B.Y.O. nosh) for as many sessions as possible…
your Tuesday will thank you.
Jan 13, 2026 • 59min
Leadership: Character or Destiny? - Rabbi David Kasher | The Best Book Ever
This is a recording from 1.7.2025 of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parashah class, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.


