IKAR Podcasts
Sermons, talks, classes, and more from IKAR Rabbis and the IKAR community.
Latest episodes
Jul 14, 2024 • 18min
The Shining Thread - Rabbi Deborah Silver
When we roll open the sacred Torah, what we see is monochrome. Pale parchment, dark ink, black, and white. Which are the only colors the human being can see when we are born. If today's parsha had a color, it would be red.Click here to see the painting Hope, by George Frederick Watts, painted in 1886: https://www.wikiart.org/en/george-frederick-watts/hope-1886
Jun 30, 2024 • 17min
This Moment of Angels - Rabbi Tova Leibovic-Douglas
We are living in a world that is broken and painful. It is a moment to turn towards the angels within us and around us in order to find our way through.
Jun 24, 2024 • 29min
Our Brothers' Keepers - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Our family is broken. Please, God, help us heal.
Jun 16, 2024 • 12min
A Prayer for Peace - Rabbi Morris Panitz
Every ounce of our energy must advance a vision of peace. There is no other way to rebuild a society in ruins. Our God, and God of our ancestors. Our God, and God of our descendants. Grant us peace.
Jun 11, 2024 • 56min
In the Shadows - Author Mickey Bergman in conversation with Rabbi Brous
A special discussion with author Mickey Bergman about his book, In the Shadows: True Stories of High-Stakes Negotiations to Free Americans Captured Abroad.
Jun 9, 2024 • 24min
Lest the Zealots Lead Us Again to Catastrophe - Rabbi Sharon Brous
A warning, from our dark and pained past: remember, even when confronted by external enemies, it is the extremism in our own Jewish community that poses the most potent threat to our survival. We are at an inflection point: will we again fall prey to the zealots?
May 31, 2024 • 40min
Take Warning / Parshat Behukotai - Rabbi David Kasher
Source Sheet https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/568347?lang=biFull class: https://youtu.be/xCIiAkZDSGQ
May 27, 2024 • 18min
Counting the Days; Days That Have Counted - Rabbi Ronit Tsadok
A tribute to some of the many moments with this beautiful community that have changed me over the past 16 years.
May 24, 2024 • 39min
The End of Slavery / Parshat Behar - Rabbi David Kasher
Source sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/566742?lang=biWatch the Full Class: https://youtu.be/FRhY5TSlsqo
May 20, 2024 • 40min
Counting the Omers / Parsha Emor - Rabbi David Kasher
Source Sheet: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/404083?lang=biWatch the Full Class: https://youtu.be/YrP-HnwjiNc
