
IKAR Podcasts
Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
Latest episodes

Mar 23, 2025 • 25min
Shabbat Sermon - Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

Mar 23, 2025 • 55min
"From the depths of our anguish, a cry for peace" - Rabbi Elad-Appelbaum in conversation with Rabbi Brous
Lunch & Learn from Shabbat 3.21.2025 - Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous.

Mar 20, 2025 • 1h 4min
The Amen Effect with Rabbi Brous - Session 3
An archive of Rabbi Sharon Brous's The Amen Effect class from 3.11.2025

Mar 20, 2025 • 60min
The Amen Effect with Rabbi Brous - Session 2
An archive of Rabbi Sharon Brous's The Amen Effect Class from 2.25.2025

Mar 16, 2025 • 17min
Transforming Elijah - Rabbi Morris Panitz
The rabbis radically reinvent Elijah. From violent zealot to gentle peace builder. The path to the messianic era depends on this transformation.

Mar 9, 2025 • 22min
I Am Not Your Pawn - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Using Jews as a wedge to break apart the world order is not new. We must be honest about what’s happening here.

Mar 5, 2025 • 1h 27min
Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous
On March 3rd, we welcomed Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah, Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the forefront of a burgeoning new peace movement in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous.

Mar 2, 2025 • 59min
Seeking the Hiding God - Rabbi Panitz in conversation with Prof. Arnold Eisen
Rabbi Morris Panitz is joined by Professor Arnold Eisen to discuss his new book. "Seeking the Hiding God: A Personal Theological Essay invites readers to join the author in asking, perhaps for the first time, what they actually believe about ultimate matters of faith and doubt – and rewards fellow- searchers for ultimate meaning with reassurance that the search itself can be a source of personal fulfillment, vibrant community, and great joy."

Mar 2, 2025 • 19min
We Are Guardians of the Seeds of a Better World - Rabbi Sharon Brous
When your most precious resource faces grave risk, you create a sanctuary to protect and nurture it. You hold close the seeds, so that when the conditions are right, you can replant and rebuild.

Feb 24, 2025 • 1h 2min
Lunch & Learn with Roots/Shorashim/Judur
Hear from Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Khaled Abu Awwad, leaders of Roots/Shorashim/Judur, an Israeli-Palestinian grassroots initiative for understanding, nonviolence, and transformation. They represent a unique network of local Palestinians and Israelis who have come to see each other as partners in the work to make changes to end the conflict. They share with Rabbi Sharon Brous and Melissa Balaban their personal stories of struggle and transformation as well as their vision of mutual national recognition and reconciliation.