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The Curse of Exile: ‘If’ or ‘When’? / Parshat...

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2026/05/19

This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's Weekly Parsha study from May 6, 2026, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.

19:33

Why Our Benches Must Bend, and We Must Never Stop...

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2026/05/17

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

69:10

Lunch & Learn: World War II Incarceration of Japanese...

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2026/05/17

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, Kristen Hayashi (Curator and Director of Collections at the Japanese

16:30

A Democracy that Celebrates Disenfranchisement is No...

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2026/05/10

How ancient Biblical agricultural laws call us to imagine a radically inclusive social, political, and economic reality.Behar Behukotai 5786 – May 9, 2026

60:05

Siyum: For the Love of Learning with Rabbi Sharon...

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2026/05/07

Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1u9DAtF5hBMeh46i6JUiXeLmT4TRpaqR4This is a recording of the final class of the For the Love of Learning series with Rabbi Sharon Brous and Morris Panitz.

18:19

One Day at a Time - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

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2026/05/03

Between Pesach and Shavuot, we count the days of the Omer. What does this practice offer us about being present, making the most of the time we have, and cultivating faith in what is to come?

61:50

Shabbat and Holidays: Two Timelines / Parshat Emor -...

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2026/04/30

On Monday May 4, join Hadar West and Rising Song's R. Deborah Sacks Mintz for a festive Hilula - uplifting gathering of song and story. https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-lag-baomer-rising-songThis is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's weekly parsha study class, co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR.

75:50

The Price of Being Right: Tanur shel Akhnai - Rabbi...

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2026/04/28

Source sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KZ75mWBCUQnUoqY7lwS7yv84Kz6rix_Sb4SVnI1T_rg/edit?tab=t.0This is a recording of Rabbi Sharon Brous's session of For the Love of Learning class. Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh provided) or over Zoom

12:51

The Weight of Wounds, The Work of Love - Rabbi Morris...

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2026/04/26

A lone figure escorts the scapegoat into the desert, carrying not just the sins of a people, but the unbearable weight of human truth. What unfolds is a raw confrontation with guilt, memory, and the fragile hope that love can outlast both. An ancient ritual becomes a deeply personal journey toward compassion, repair, and return.

61:10

The Difference Between Justice and Holiness / Parshat...

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2026/04/24

This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's class The Weekly Parashah from 4.23.2026, co-sponsored by IKAR and Hadar.

15:02

Sickness in the Torah: Two Models / Parshat...

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2026/04/24

This is a recording of Rabbi David Kasher's class The Weekly Parashah from 4.15.2026, co-sponsored by IKAR and Hadar.

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Tears on the Page, Chagigah 4b-5b - Rabbi Morris...

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2026/04/21

Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwZjl53yR6HMKUQJy60udqZc_Yvf45-H/view This is a recording of Rabbi Morris Panitz's session of For the Love of Learning class. Every Tuesday morning, a new story from the Talmud. Taught by your rabbis in a monthly rotation, we’ll dig into the strange and compelling world of the Talmud, exploring the ways ancient dilemmas speak to modern questions. Join us in-person at the Event Space (coffee and nosh provided) or over Zoom (B.Y.O. nosh) for as many

71:35

Enduring Hostility - The Making of America’s Iran...

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2026/04/19

Join Rabbi Sharon Brous and Dalia Dassa Kaye as they discuss Dassa Kaye's new book, Enduring Hostility - The Making of America’s Iran Policy, "a timely and rigorous analysis of a half-century of American policymakers' shifting perceptions of Iran, and how they have driven US-Iran relations." Dalia Dassa Kaye is a Senior Fellow at the UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations and a former Senior Political Scientist and Director of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy.

15:18

"Readiness is All." - Lorne Buchman

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2026/04/19

Are we ready to give sound to the silent beginning at Sinai?

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Lunch & Learn: Senator Ben Allen with Rabbi Sharon Brous

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2026/04/13

California State Senator Ben Allen, representing Senate District 24, including Beverly Grove, Fairfax, Mid City West, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood, joined Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation.

24:34

Lest We Become Agents of the Angel of Death - Rabbi...

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2026/04/12

The death penalty has no place in a just society. And it has no place in a Jewish society.

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Leaving Egypt with the Shekhinah - Rabbi Deborah...

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2026/04/10

An introduction to the Yizkor service

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The Song and The Star - Rabbinic Intern Jacob Schatz...

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2026/04/10

Source Sheet here: https://ikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-Song-and-The-Star.pdfJudaism greets our most powerful experiences of salvation and redemption with song and music. Using the lens of Franz Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption, we find music not only passively accompanying our experiences of the Divine, but also actively attuning us toward justice, bringing redemption to others and joy to God.

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Sacred Meetings - Agnes Borinsky | Pesah II

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2026/04/06

How do we think about mo’adim, the fixed times in our calendar when we are asked to show up for a meeting with God? Can we treat these occasions as moments of sacred recognition?

17:09

The Stories We Tell - Rabbi Cheryl Peretz | Pesah I

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2026/04/06

We Jews are obsessed with telling stories – as the core of the Passover Seder and beyond. The obsession to do so is woven into the fabric of Jewish life and practice. Through interpreting our people’s narrative, we become the story we tell about ourselves and we partner with God in completing creation.

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