IKAR – IKAR’s mission is to reanimate Jewish life and develop a spiritual and moral foundation for a just and equitable society.

Celebrating 20 Years of IKAR Magic

Our Annual Party With A Purpose

Honoring our founding board and celebrating our founding members.

Sunday, 6/2, 5pm, Historic Woman’s Club

Click here to purchase tickets, sponsorships, and look out for our auction.

Join us for a magical evening of food, drinks and dessert.

“Building this community together has been a true labor of love. Dreaming up, launching, nurturing, agonizing over, strategizing endlessly about IKAR has been among the great blessings of my life. Together we built a community in which we’d be proud to raise our kids, one that aligned with our values and would allow our spirits to soar, that would inspire us to grow and change, to experiment and learn and argue and sing, and still have enough energy for disco break fast.” – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Celebrating 20 Years of IKAR Magic

Honoring our founding board and celebrating our founding members.

Sunday, 6/2, 5pm, Historic Woman’s Club

Click here to purchase tickets, sponsorships, and look out for our auction.

Join us for a magical evening of food, drinks and dessert.

“Building this community together has been a true labor of love. Dreaming up, launching, nurturing, agonizing over, strategizing endlessly about IKAR has been among the great blessings of my life. Together we built a community in which we’d be proud to raise our kids, one that aligned with our values and would allow our spirits to soar, that would inspire us to grow and change, to experiment and learn and argue and sing, and still have enough energy for disco break fast.” – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Calendar

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Monday-Friday & Sunday, 8am PT, Virtual Morning Minyan

Friday, 5/24, 5pm PT, Boomers (60+) Virtual Cocktail Hour

Saturday, 5/25, 9:30am PT, Shabbat Morning Services & Eli Morchower Bar Mitzvah

Monday, 5/27, Office Closed: Memorial Day

Monday, 5/27, 5pm, Serve Dinner to Our Neighbors at PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)

Monday, 5/27, 7pm, Virtual Intro to R’ Nachman with Rabbi Deborah Silver

The Barriers We Construct

– Rabbi Morris Panitz

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May 18th, 2024 — Parshat Emor

“It is not a tragedy to me that I’m living in a wheelchair. Disability only becomes a tragedy when society fails to provide the things we need to lead our lives, such as job opportunities or barrier-free buildings…” – Judy Heumann, of blessed memory.

PRIDE Kabbalat Shabbat + Dinner

Friday, June 7

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Let’s enter Shabbat together with a sweet, spirited Kabbalat Shabbat service. Starting at 6:30pm, daven with us in person at Shalhevet (910 S Fairfax Ave) or on YouTube, our website, and Zoom.

Then, get loud and proud! IKAR, JQ and Kol Ami are excited for a night of LGBTQ+ celebration with IKARITE storytelling, comedy and an open bar (ID required).

Kosher, vegetarian dinner and program starting at approximately 7:30pm.

$25 per person. (Cost should not be a barrier to participation. Reach out to [email protected]rg).

Click here to RSVP.

Let’s enter Shabbat together with a sweet, spirited Kabbalat Shabbat service. Starting at 6:30pm, daven with us in person at Shalhevet (910 S Fairfax Ave) or on YouTube, our website, and Zoom.

Then, get loud and proud! IKAR, JQ and Kol Ami are excited for a night of LGBTQ+ celebration with IKARITE storytelling, comedy and an open bar (ID required).

Kosher, vegetarian dinner and program starting at approximately 7:30pm.

$25 per person. (Cost should not be a barrier to participation. Reach out to [email protected]rg).

Responding to the crisis in Israel and Gaza

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-Remembering and Rebuilding Kfar Azza

-Writings

-Videos

-Audio

-On Israel

-Importont articles featuring our partner organizations

Support

“The meaning comes not from what we have, but what we share” – Rabbi Sharon Brous

Thank you for supporting our community.

Your generous contribution to IKAR will help sustain and develop our community by providing meaningful ways to engage in Judaism and affect change in the world.

Thank you for enabling us to do this holy work.

The Mission

IKAR’s mission is to reanimate Jewish life and develop a spiritual and moral foundation for a just and equitable society. Fusing piety and hutzpah, obligation, and inspiration, IKAR is a dynamic, multi-generational community that fosters a yearning for personal, purposeful, creative engagement in Jewish life, particularly among young and disaffected Jews. Rooted in Los Angeles and reaching globally, we strive to actively and intentionally celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the Jewish people.

Shabbat Shalom!