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Tears on the Page, Chagigah 4b-5b - Rabbi Morris Panitz | For the Love of Learning Apr 21, 2026

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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 sessions as possible… your Tuesday will thank you.

Enduring Hostility - The Making of America’s Iran Policy | Dalia Dassa Kaye in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous Apr 19, 2026

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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.

"Readiness is All." - Lorne Buchman Apr 19, 2026

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

Lunch & Learn: Senator Ben Allen with Rabbi Sharon Brous Apr 13, 2026

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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.

Lest We Become Agents of the Angel of Death - Rabbi Sharon Brous Apr 12, 2026

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

Leaving Egypt with the Shekhinah - Rabbi Deborah Silver | Pesah VIII Apr 10, 2026

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An introduction to the Yizkor service

The Song and The Star - Rabbinic Intern Jacob Schatz | Pesah VII Apr 10, 2026

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Source Sheet here: https://ikar.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-Song-and-The-Star.pdf

Judaism 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.

Sacred Meetings - Agnes Borinsky | Pesah II Apr 06, 2026

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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?

The Stories We Tell - Rabbi Cheryl Peretz | Pesah I Apr 06, 2026

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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.

A Prayer for Those Who've Gone Astray - Rabbi Morris Panitz Apr 05, 2026

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Ezekiel’s prophecy, read on the Shabbat of Passover, challenges us to dream audaciously. You cannot tell a redemption story that leaves some behind. And that includes those amongst our own people who’ve gone terribly astray.

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