IKAR Podcasts

My reflections on a week spent at the U.S./Mexico border, witnessing up close the horrors that are happening every single day. We continue to makeit nearly impossible for people seeking asylum to safely enter this country andwith the numbers of displaced people around the world growing quickly, we needbetter solutions. The Torah's images of the keruvim (cherubs) offer us two versions- what will we choose?

If law is the ground upon which we stand, story must be the waterthat softens the soil.  When law leaves story behind, it runs the risk ofdisregarding the human beings it's meant to protect.  In the last year anda half, since Roe V. Wade was overturned, far too many women and people whoneed abortion access have been dangerously denied care. It’s time to tell theirstories and protect the right to reproductive freedom. 

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It is precisely when the public square is consumed with fantasies of binary outcomes and our hearts are full of anguish that we honor those Israelis and Palestinians who are working in partnership to imagine a just and peaceful future. Rabbi Brous joins May Pundak and Dr. Rula Hardal, the Israeli and Palestinian co directors of A Land for All, to discuss their shared vision. Learn more about the vision, the work and the promise of ALFA here. 

What happens when one memory is replaced by another, when a moment of discernment is replaced by an act of force?The people are free, but Moses is caught between past and future, and the consequences are tragic.

Lunch and Learn with author, Adam Mansbach who joins us to discuss their book The Golem of Brooklyn with Hillel Tigay.Due to technical difficulties, the beginning of this program was not recorded.

We must speak of the darkness that lives in some of our bodies and spirits, a darkness that sometimes manifests as depression, despair, and suicidal ideation, a darkness that may feel inescapable. I offer these words with great love and tenderness toward those who are holding fresh or age-old wounds of worry and grief. Today we’ll meet in the darkness.

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The podcast explores the meaning of 'shortness of breath' in relation to the Israelites in Egypt and draws parallels to contemporary events. It discusses the connection between breathing, emotional distress, and effective listening. The challenges of comprehending God's message and the reasons why people may not have listened to Moses are explored. The significance of God proclaiming His existence and the importance of personal experiences of His presence are also discussed.