IKAR Podcasts
IKAR
Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
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Jun 6, 2023 • 54min
Glow in the F*cking Dark - Rabbi Sharon Brous & Tara Schuster in Conversation
Jun 4, 2023 • 15min
Blessings and Accountability: A LGBTQ+ Pride Reflection
So many LGBTQ+ people have been hurt by religious leadership and institutions. We have the power to offer healing.
May 29, 2023 • 49min
All in This Together - Rabbi Sharon Brous | Shavuot 5783
May 29, 2023 • 48min
Standing at Sinai: Panel of Jews by Choice led by Rabbi Morris Panitz | Shavuot 5783
Led by R' Morris Panitz, Jen Bailey, Alex Couto + Jessica Cabot
May 29, 2023 • 37min
What Does It Mean to Receive Anyway? - Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh - 5.25.2023 | Shavuot 5783
May 29, 2023 • 42min
The Dynamic Way We Dance Ourselves into Being - Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson | Shavuot 5783
The Dynamic Way We Dance Ourselves into Being: Creation Revealed. Revelation Created. Led by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson.
May 29, 2023 • 50min
Creative Revelation - Shavuot Opening Panel | Shavuot 5783
Vera Blossom, Aimee Bender, Ann Bohrer, and Mel Weisberger in conversation, moderated by Lorne Buchman. How do we experience the dynamic of the creative and the revelatory in our work and how do we parse the difference between the two (if at all)? Can the dynamic itself shed light on how we might “prepare for Revelation”?
May 22, 2023 • 16min
Every Letter, Every Soul - Rabbi Morris Panitz
The mystics believe that every soul corresponds to a letter in the Torah. And, if a letter is missing, erased, or smudged, we can’t continue reading from the scroll until that letter is restored to its vibrancy. Anti-trans bills, including the two signed this past week, represent a conscious and coordinated attempt to erase trans and non-binary people from our communities and collective story. It’s time to move beyond the rhetoric of support and into life-saving action.
May 15, 2023 • 1h 7min
The Power of Nonviolence - In Conversation with Ali Abu Awwad
May 2, 2023 • 1h 18min
BEST BOOK EVER: THE SCIENCE OF BELIEF with Mayim Bialik
The word for brain isn't even in the Torah. But a lot of what is in the Torah presumes a functioning brain and even asks us to use it in certain specific ways. In particular, the brain is directly implicated by the whole realm that we call belief or faith. Judaism, like many religions, asks us to believe in certain things. Actually, in Judaism case, it doesn't just ask. It commands. We're commanded to believe in God, to believe there is only one God and to believe that that God is the one who delivered us from Egypt and then gave us the Torah at Mount Sinai. So how are we supposed to force ourselves to force our brains to believe in that stuff? Or you could ask a different question What is going on in our brains when and if we do believe in that stuff? That's what I wanted to know. Today, Rabbi David Kasher talks to neuroscientist and devout Jew, Mayim Bialik about the science of belief and holding both science and belief at once.
