IKAR

"If everything is antisemitic, then nothing is."

Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social, Senior Rabbi & Founder of @weareikar.bsky.social, and the Nexus Project's President, Jonathan Jacoby, discuss the weaponization of antisemitism and why sensationalizing antisemitism is a direct threat to Jewish safety.

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From our friends at PICO California - House Vote TODAY: Demand a NO on ICE Funding - Call your Representative right now and demand they continue holding the line and voting NO on additional funding for ICE win.newmode.net/picoca/rejec...

A lot going on this week at @weareikar.bsky.social: ikar.org/events/

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2026 BREAKWEEK Grantees — R&R: The rest of our lives Every nonprofit in R&R’s BREAKWEEK program will pause their organization’s operations for their entire team for 1-week in 2026. It’s called Collective Rest!

We’re grateful to share some good news: @weareikar.bsky.social has received a BREAKWEEK grant from R&R: The Rest of our Lives to support rest and restoration for our team! restofourlives.org/reflections/...

We are heartbroken and stand in solidarity with Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Mississippi, targeted in an arson attack this past Shabbat. Help them rebuild: bethisraelms.org

IKAR’s Annual 5K & Community Day
Sunday, 1/18, 9:30am, Cheviot Hills Park, bit.ly/118265kday Wear your best tie-dye and join us for a fun run/walk/move our bodies however we are able. We’ll also shmooze and nosh and do some good work together in the park.

Opinion | The Humanity Amid the Horror at Bondi Beach

"...light is born from the midst of the deepest, most impenetrable darkness. That has always been true, and it is today, too." -Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social, @weareikar.bsky.social

This week at @weareikar.bsky.social 📆 RSVP and details ikar.org/calendar Featured art: @thesarahshow.bsky.social

Join us on 12/6 around 11:30am PT in person & on YouTube.com/ikarlosangeles for a conversation b/w R' Angela Buchdahl + R' @sharonbrous.bsky.social on faith, identity, leadership, and Buchdahl’s new book, Heart of a Stranger. Please RSVP bit.ly/buchdahl12625 if you're joining in person.

At @weareikar.bsky.social, Mitzvah Monday is our way of forging our own path this time of year. Why give to IKAR right now, ikar.org/ikar-justice...? Because our tradition tells us to give, because it’s the right thing to do, and because this is how IKAR unites to lift up those around us.

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@weareikar.bsky.social is hiring a Programs Coordinator. Please share with your networks and head to ikar.org/careers/ for more information.

,בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה
We thank You, God, for keeping us alive and sustaining us,
for letting us live to witness this moment

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם מַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים
We thank You, Holy One, for releasing these beloved captives

May this terrible attack be a reminder of the preciousness of every human life. May the resolve of those working toward peace be strengthened, so that there will be no more victims of violence in Israel, in Gaza, or in the West Bank, and so that all may have a future of peace, safety, and dignity.

We are heartbroken by the murder of six Israelis at a bus stop in Jerusalem this morning, and we grieve with their beloveds.

Every day brings more sorrow— for hostage families, for innocents in Gaza, and now for six more bereaved families in Israel.

Healing Across Divides: People Taking Action
This gathering will highlight the transformative work to support children and families in Gaza and beyond.
9/10, 7pm, Echo Park, forms.gle/Xook7URcMd9v...
Co-Sponsors: IKAR, Nefesh, NewGround, St. Paul’s Commons Echo Park

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We enter 5786 facing great challenges as a people, a nation, and a world. Amid so much heartache and uncertainty, we gather to dream, mourn, and dance together, to learn, pray and find renewed hope together. ikar.org/high-holy-da...

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LA Voice organizers Angel and Rabbi Suzy, and leader Brooke from @weareikar.bsky.social repping us all the way out in Albuquerque, NM at an action at Walmart!! Walmart is one of the companies that have been collaborating with ICE.

Our crew said they’re bringing home some new protest chants 👀 ✊🏾

The hostage families are demanding that the Israeli government prioritize the safety of their loved ones and the lives of Gazan civilians over messianic dreams of occupying Gaza. We stand in solidarity with them. Join us in LA, San Francisco, and DC: www.newjewishnarrative.org/events

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And we're back! We got a few things going on this week after our summer break☀️ ikar.org/calendar

IKAR's webpage with information about how temple members can help our immigrant neighbors.

Our temple here in LA, IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social, led by the incredible @sharonbrous.bsky.social has been speaking out for our immigrant neighbors since Day 1. And galvanizing our community into action.

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Join us on Kabbalat Shabbat June 20 bit.ly/620rabbimike and Havdalah on June 21 bit.ly/621rabbimike for learning and conversations with R' Mike Moskowitz. Together we will explore classic sources and new understanding of the communal responsibility to support LGBT+ folks.