IKAR Podcasts

IKAR Podcasts

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

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Rabbi Sharon Brous and Reverend Raphael Warnock in Conversation

June 28, 2026 • 18 mins
Join Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation with Raphael Warnock, Baptist pastor and senator from Georgia, to discuss his new book The Crooked Places Made Straight: Reflections on the Moral Meaning of America. Join us on June 27 during services, virtually and in-person.Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock is a transformational voice in Congress and the pastor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, and for the...
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Guest Sermon from Reverend Raphael Warnock

June 28, 2026 • 28 mins
Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock is a transformational voice in Congress and the pastor of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, and for the semiquincentennial of America, he exhorts us to reach for the highest and noblest aspects of our national character. Senator Warnock argues that we suffer not from a paucity of resources but from a poverty of moral imagination.
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Kissing Girls on Shabbat w/ Dr. Sara Glass + Lani Santo

June 22, 2026 • 53 mins
A conversation with Dr. Sara Glass, author of Kissing Girls on Shabbat, and Lani Santo, CEO of Footsteps, discussing LGBTQ+ identity, chosen family, and building a self-determined life after leaving ultra-Orthodoxy.
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The Only One - Rabbi Deborah Silver

June 21, 2026 • 13 mins
In this week's Torah reading we meet a character who is mentioned just once and then vanishes from the story.  Who is he, and what does he teach us?  And what does all of that have to do with being 13?
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Before It’s Too Late - Rabbi Sharon Brous

June 14, 2026 • 20 mins
The window of opportunity is closing.But as long as the spark of vitality remains within us, it’s not yet too late.
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Confronting Settler Violence: Voices from the Jewish Solidarity Movement

June 9, 2026 • 80 mins
A conversation featuring Elly Oltersdorf of Achvat Amim, sharing a firsthand perspective on Jewish solidarity work in the West Bank amid escalating settler violence. Joined by Joe Goldman of New Israel Fund, this conversation will explore what solidarity, moral witness, and shared responsibility can look like in this moment. Co-sponsored by Achvat Amim, New Israel Fund, and Standing Together LA.
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Senator Booker in Conversation with Rabbi Brous: I had to do my part

June 7, 2026 • 49 mins
Source sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H8amu8GaAckmuDgd7HIknLHTIyz6YQ5UvmZDKExjriY/edit?usp=sharing We are a nation built by people who dared to believe the unbelievable, even when the odds were far worse and the stakes much higher than at any  blackjack table… Our shared history, our family stories, our collective legacy is one of impossible dreams made real– …we are our ancestors’ wildes...
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Magical Mind of Midrash Session 3 - Rabbi Morris Panitz

June 4, 2026 • 108 mins
Source sheet: https://ikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Midrash-Class-1.pdf In the gaps, the ambiguities, the contradictions, and the mysteries of Torah, Midrash is born. Like a flower emerging from the crack in the sidewalk, a new image captures our attention, transforming the entire landscape. In this three-part series, we’ll investigate the project of Midrash– where these new stories come from and how they sha...
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11:59 - Rabbi Morris Panitz

May 31, 2026 • 17 mins
The Torah's most repetitive chapter may conceal one of its most urgent lessons. Through a series of surprising midrashic connections, we discover that the leaders bringing gifts to the Mishkan are the same figures who once clashed bitterly with Moses during the struggle against Pharaoh. Their last-minute act of reconciliation raises a timeless question: what does it take for a divided people to rebuild trust before it's too late?
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Magical Mind of Midrash Session 2 - Rabbi Morris Panitz

May 28, 2026 • 94 mins
Source sheet: https://ikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Midrash-Class-1.pdf In the gaps, the ambiguities, the contradictions, and the mysteries of Torah, Midrash is born. Like a flower emerging from the crack in the sidewalk, a new image captures our attention, transforming the entire landscape. In this three-part series, we’ll investigate the project of Midrash– where these new stories come from and how they sha...
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The Jewish Art of Resolving Contradictions / Parshat Naso - Rabbi David Kasher

May 28, 2026 • 59 mins
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly parsha study class from 5.27.2026, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.
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But...How Do We Prepare to Listen?  - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

May 27, 2026 • 17 mins
Source sheet: https://ikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Shavuot-Day-1-Source-Sheet-5786.pdf We spend so much time preparing to speak, but what does Shavuot and revelation teach us about how we can prepare to listen?
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Don't Forget the Poor on Shavuot! - Rabbi David Kasher

May 21, 2026 • 58 mins
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly parsha study class from 5.20.2026, co-sponsored by IKAR and Hadar.
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Magical Mind of Midrash Session 1 - Rabbi Morris Panitz

May 21, 2026 • 92 mins
In the gaps, the ambiguities, the contradictions, and the mysteries of Torah, Midrash is born. Like a flower emerging from the crack in the sidewalk, a new image captures our attention, transforming the entire landscape. In this three-part series, we’ll investigate the project of Midrash– where these new stories come from and how they shape our understanding of both the Torah and its interpreters.
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Firstborn All Over Again / Parshat Bamidbar - Rabbi David Kasher

May 19, 2026 • 58 mins
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parsha study class from May 16, 2026, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.
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The Curse of Exile: ‘If’ or ‘When’? /  Parshat Behar-Behukotai - Rabbi David Kasher

May 19, 2026 • 59 mins
This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parsha study from May 6, 2026, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.
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Why Our Benches Must Bend, and We Must Never Stop Seeing Each Other - Rabbi Sharon Brous

May 17, 2026 • 19 mins
Two extraordinary moments of recognition in the Book of Ruth remind us that the simple act of seeing one another—of identifying with another’s pain—can restore our humanity and redeem the world. May 16, 2026 – Bamidbar 5786
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Lunch & Learn: World War II Incarceration of Japanese Americans

May 17, 2026 • 69 mins
In 1942, Executive Order 9066 laid the foundation for the mass removal and subsequent incarceration of over 125,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans. The federal government built ten concentration camps throughout the interior of the country where they incarcerated the majority of the Japanese Americans removed from the West Coast. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the closure of the camps. Join IKARite Brian Rosenbaum, ...
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A Democracy that Celebrates Disenfranchisement is No Democracy At All - Rabbi Sharon Brous

May 10, 2026 • 16 mins
How ancient Biblical agricultural laws call us to imagine a radically inclusive social, political, and economic reality. Behar Behukotai 5786 – May 9, 2026
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Siyum: For the Love of Learning with Rabbi Sharon Brous & Rabbi Morris Panitz

May 7, 2026 • 60 mins
Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u9DAtF5hBMeh46i6JUiXeLmT4TRpaqR4 This is a recording of the final class of the For the Love of Learning series with Rabbi Sharon Brous and Morris Panitz.
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