IKAR Podcasts

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Judaism
**IKAR Podcasts**

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

Latest Episodes:

Four Things I Know - Rabbi Sharon Brous May 25, 2025

Show notes

After the antisemitic murder of two young beloveds on a DC street, there are four things I know.

Parashat Behar-Behukotai 5785

It’s Precisely Now that We Dream Big - Rabbi Sharon Brous May 18, 2025

Show notes

A strange, mysterious half-story told in the Torah hints at a failure of leadership and a failure of law, and calls us to be brave and bold, especially when our dreams seem furthest from reality.

A Letter to the Pope - Rabbi Sharon Brous May 11, 2025

Show notes

A blessing for strength in spirit and body for a new Pope in a time when spiritual and moral leadership matters more profoundly than ever.

“What Faith Means to Me” - Rabbi Brous in conversation at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 May 09, 2025

Show notes

In a world roiled by seemingly unprecedented division and doubt, the longing for spiritual meaning and for a life rooted in faith appears to be growing ever stronger. In this session, speakers share their perspectives and experiences of faith, and the role faith and faith-driven communities can and should play in calming stormy seas.

This is an archive of a live event from 5/7/2025 that took place as part of Milken Institute's Global Conference.

Rabbi Brous at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 - The Amen Effect Author Talk May 08, 2025

Show notes

To thine own self be true: Sharon Brous has let this advice illuminate her path to becoming a rabbi. She was raised with a strong social, but not religious, Jewish identity. The more she studied and admired the humanity in the sages’ writings, the more Brous felt her voice was silenced simply because she is a woman. Today, as an ordained rabbi, Brous’s decades of hands-on pastoral care in Los Angeles has cleared “a path to become myself.” Her book, The Amen Effect—and how to get it—is embraced by seekers of every stripe and urges us to seek human connection in an increasingly isolated and divided world.

Don’t Tell Me There’s Nothing We Can Do About It - Rabbi Sharon Brous May 04, 2025

Show notes

…Because there is a space between stimulus and response. What we do in that space is our choice. So please: tell me you’re scared. I’m scared too.
Tell me times are tough. Tell me we’re facing a narrowing landscape of possibilities.
But please do not tell me there’s nothing we can do. There’s always a choice to make.

Parashat Tazria-Metzora 5785—May 3, 2025

BBE: Psychedelic Imagery in the Torah Apr 28, 2025

Show notes

On today’s episode of Best Book Ever, Rabbi David Kasher is joined by Madison Margolin to talk about psychedelic experiences in the Torah. Madison is the author of Exile & Ecstasy: Growing Up with Ram Dass and Coming of Age in the Jewish Psychedelic Underground. She’s also Co-founder of the Jewish Psychedelic Summit and DoubleBlind, a print magazine and digital media startup covering psychedelics and where they intersect with mental health, environmental justice, social equity, and more, Madison also teaches on Judaism and psychedelics, such as with Tzfat’s LiveKabbalah or Psychedelics Today, and offers consulting and guidance for those on the Jewish-psychedelic path.

One if by Land, Two if by Sea - Rabbi Hannah Jensen Apr 27, 2025

Show notes

This week was the 250th anniversary of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. In his story we see so many echoes of our current moment. What lessons can we take with us right now? And how does our parsha's story of Aaron, the high priest, help us step forward to carry out the tasks we are called to do?

Revisiting Creation - Rabbi Morris Panitz Apr 20, 2025

Show notes

Find the text study sheet here.

There are a number of

parallels between the creation of the world and the splitting of Yam Suf,

casting this dramatic moment of the Exodus as a kind of “recreation

story.” Which makes the appearance of a provocative midrash about an

Israelite woman picking fruit from a tree and feeding it to another that much

more fascinating… and I’d like to suggest, subversive. What exactly

happened in the Garden of Eden, and what message does it hold for the

generation crossing the sea?

7th Day of Passover 5785 | Parshat Beshallah

The Heart of Judaism: Preparing for Liberation - Rabbi Bradley Artson Apr 15, 2025

Show notes

From 4.12.2025

Prepare to embrace the bold vision of Passover

(that we are all heading toward freedom, that pharaohs crumble and fall)

requires focus. Let's affirm the twin pillars of the Hebrew Bible

(chesed/lovingkindness and tzedek/justice) to gird ourselves for the battle

ahead!

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

Related Podcasts

Links

Stay Connected

Our TOPPODCAST Picks

Follow Us

Stay Connected

IKAR Podcasts

Related Podcasts

1

2

3

4

5

6