IKAR Podcasts

Knocking Holes in the Darkness - Rabbi Sharon Brous

We must never, ever doubt that a better future is possible. Haye Sarah 5787 – November 7, 2026

Before They Call, I Will Answer / Parashat Hayyei Sarah - Rabbi David Kasher

Source sheet:file:///Users/vera/Downloads/Before%20They%20Call,%20I%20Will%20Answer%20-%20Parshat%20Hayyei%20Sarah.pdf This is a recording of the Weekly Parashah - Rabbi David Kasher's Torah study class co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR. Please note that the first few minutes of this week's class were not recorded due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Beyond the Politics of Exclusion - Rabbi Morris Panitz

As Israel navigates an uncertain political moment, the question of who belongs—and who gets to shape the country's future—is deeply consequential. Through an exploration of Israel's political landscape and the ancient story of Isaac and Yishmael, we consider the dangers of zero-sum thinking and what it might take to imagine a shared future for Jews and Arabs in Israel.

Prophecy & Politics in the Age of Miracle: A Tanakh Beit Midrash (Session 1) w/ Rabbis Kasher & Panitz

Source Sheets + Learn More: https://ikar.org/events/1st-session-10-28-26-of-5787-prophecy-politics-in-the-age-of-miracles-a-tanakh-beit-midrash/ The sudden rise of Elijah marks a major shift in the leadership of Israel, from the King to the Prophet. This transition raises all the thorny questions about the relationship between religion and politics that we continue to grapple with today. Fire from heaven, resurrections, sea-splitting, and more – come study some of the wildest, most riveting stories in all of Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) in a monthly Beit Midrash led by Rabbis David Kasher, Sharon Brous, and Morris Panitz.

God in Plain Sight / Parashat Vayeira - Rabbi David Kasher

Source sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hlpqp0BKeHkCuogEfSPAeN6BG_EsFr0cQUnJxn5RZiA/edit?usp=sharing This is a recording of the Weekly Parashah - Rabbi David Kasher's Torah study class co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR. Please note that the first few minutes of this week's class were not recorded due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

A Tree Worthy of a Sermon - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

This week we are introduced to a tree - the Terebinth of Moreh. A tree that only shows up again once at the end of the Torah. What is there for us to learn from these instances about time passing and about fighting for a future you will not live to see?

All Parting: On Learning to Live with an Open Heart - Barry Michel in conversation with Rabbi Morris Panitz

IKARite Barry Michels is joined by Rabbi Morris Panitz for a discussion on his new book, Ahead of All Parting: On Learning to Live with an Open Heart, a memoir about how his journey with Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease led him to a spiritual, emotional, and creative transformation.

Call Him Ishmael / Parashat Lekh Lekha - Rabbi David Kasher

Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nfl-fSyOCyo0dyD8X417K9lBUu56LepJ/view?usp=sharing This is a recording of the Weekly Parashah - Rabbi David Kasher's Torah study class co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR. Please note that the first few minutes of this week's class were not recorded due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Dr. Shoshan Haran - Mission in Captivity: One Woman's Struggle to Survive and Save Her Family in Gaza

Dr. Shoshan Haran & Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation. Her life's work was met with unimaginable tragedy on Oct. 7, 2023, when she was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be'eri and held hostage in Gaza for fifty days alongside her daughter and grandchildren. Despite the murder of her husband and close family members during the attack, Dr. Shoshan Haran has emerged as a powerful global witness. In her book, Mission in Captivity: One Woman's Struggle to Survive and Save Her Family in Gaza, she shares a profound story of survival and resilience that transcends politics.

Joy and Freedom: The Teshuvah Revolution - Rabbi Bradley Artson

Unique among all ancient literature, the Torah rejects a world constrained by rigid cause and effect, manifest by honor, affront and appeasement, instead inviting us into a cosmos of freedom and choice, which makes possible apology, forgiveness, and repentance.

After the Flood / Parashat Noah - Rabbi David Kasher

⁠Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y2T1DiQxUoOGxy9u526GfyNrkRc_Z3Nx/view?usp=sharing This is a recording of the Weekly Parashah - Rabbi David Kasher's Torah study class co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR. Please note that the first few minutes of this week's class were not recorded due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Lunch & Learn with The Parents Circle - Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation with Sima Awad and Maayan Inon

Hear from Sima Awad and Maayan Inon as they share their journeys towards reconciliation. Sima is a bereaved Palestinian sister whose brother was killed by an Israeli soldier when she was just 3 years old. Maayan is a bereaved Israeli daughter whose parents were both killed on October 7 by Hamas. Witness the transformative power of empathy in the face of devastating violence in Palestine and Israel. Their message that it's possible to hold grief, humanity, and hope at the same time feels especially important right now.

It’s Time to Write a New Beginning - Rabbi Sharon Brous

The Cornell 57 has reawakened critical conversations around violence, complicity, and the bystander effect. It also reveals the failure of the dominant stories we tell around gender, subjugation, dehumanization. This is an urgent reminder that another world is possible.

The Knowledge of Sweet and Bitter / Parashat Bereishit - Rabbi David Kasher

Source sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAg6k6KfzAw-1PN1l6Vk7cWxiL13leRM/view?usp=sharing This is a recording of the Weekly Parashah - Rabbi David Kasher's Torah study class co-sponsored by Hadar and IKAR. Please note that the first few minutes of this week's class were not recorded due to a technical issue. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Yizkor Drash - Rabbi Deborah Silver | Shmini Atzeret 5787

Sukkot Drash - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

Rabbi Hannah Jensen's teaching on Sukkot before the Torah reading on Shabbat 9.26.2026

It's Getting Hot in Here - Rabbinic Intern Jacob Schatz | Sukkot

The Talmud's story of a sweltering sukkah illuminates our urgent need for authentically Jewish answers and action as we face the mounting climate crisis.

IsraAID’s Yotam Polizer and Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation in the Sukkah

Yotam Polizer is the Global CEO of IsraAID, Israel’s leading humanitarian NGO. Yotam oversees IsraAID’s global operations, strategy and partnerships across 15 countries. He became IsraAID’s co-CEO in 2017 and Global CEO in 2019. Polizer is the 2023 Charles Bronfman award laureate. He has 15 years’ experience in education, humanitarian aid, and international development.

Writing Yourself into the Book of Life - Rabbi Dvora Weisberg

One of the central prayers of the High Holy Day liturgy reminds us of the uncertainty we face in the year ahead. But the prayer also offers us ways to maintain equilibrium in the midst of uncertainty. This in turn allows us to be the authors of our own Book of Life.

How a Bereaved Father Found Solace By Encountering the Humanity of the Person Who Killed His Children

Rabbi Sharon Brous and Colin Campbell in conversation: Choosing Love: How a Bereaved Father Found Solace By Encountering the Humanity of the Person Who Killed His Children. Colin Campbell is a writer and director for theater and film. He is the author of Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Seraglio, a short film he wrote and directed with his lovely and talented wife, Gail Lerner. He has taught Theater and/or Filmmaking at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Cal Poly Pomona University, and to incarcerated youth through The Unusual Suspects. His one person show titled, Grief: A One Man ShitShow, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival where it won a Best of Broadwater Award. He lives in Los Angeles and sometimes Joshua Tree.