IKAR Podcasts
Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
Latest episodes
Oct 2, 2022 • 22min
Lessons Learned from my Cancer - Rabbi Bradley Artson
Some lessons we learn just once, but the deeper wisdom we learn over and over and over. This summer was my coping with prostate cancer and surgery. And the old lessons were there to greet me on the other side: the world is prepared for us, it takes (and we are) a village), we are marinating in love.
Sep 28, 2022 • 22min
SERMON: The Earth Speaks - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Culture change always starts with stories. And we aren’t the only living beings with stories to tell. The Earth’s chorus of voices demands moral engagement, a new approach to our planet in peril.
Sep 28, 2022 • 31min
SERMON We Need a Subversive Sequel - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Our world is crying out for a subversive sequel, a redemption narrative.It’s time to write a new and better, more just and more inclusive version of our story.We must plant seeds for the future now, before it’s too late.
Sep 26, 2022 • 23min
SERMON What's a liberal Jew obligated to do?
During this time of cheshbon hanefesh or accounting of the soul, are we keeping our corner of the body of the Jewish people healthy with communally, unified practice? I believe, it's time to create a liberally minded halacha (practice of Jewish law) to meet our sensibilities of the day yet remain true to the commandments of our tradition.
Sep 21, 2022 • 12min
BEST BOOK EVER The Magic Word - Parshat Nitzavim
Living in exile with God (as if such a thing could be.)
Sep 19, 2022 • 18min
SERMON Perverters of Justice and Pluralized Karma - Rabbi Sharon Brous
The warnings famously issued in this parashah are not Biblical fantasy—they are living reality. When we allow powerful people to deceive, mock and instrumentalize those most vulnerable, when we cede to a norm of heartlessness, indifference and the perversion of justice, there is no end to the cruelties that will permeate our society. It’s time to wake up—to recognize this moment and movement for exactly what it is.
Sep 15, 2022 • 51min
BBE BONUS CLASS The Sin of Sadness - Parshat Ki Tavo
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Parsha class from September 15, 2022
Sep 13, 2022 • 13min
BEST BOOK EVER Wandering Jews and Arameans - Parshat Ki Tavo
Where does our national story begin? With a wandering Aramean, according to the story told in this week's parsha. But exactly who that Aramean was is a matter of great debate.
Sep 12, 2022 • 15min
SERMON The War Before the War - Rabbi David Kasher
Sifting through a dense catalog of state regulations in search of some inspiration for the High Holy Days - with some help from the Ba'al Shem Tov and Abraham Maslow.
Sep 9, 2022 • 48min
BBE BONUS CLASS How Rabbis Deal with Moral Discomfort - Parshat Ki Teitzei
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Parsha class from September 8, 2022
