IKAR Podcasts

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

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

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

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 K

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 ins

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

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

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

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

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

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 sold

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 ar

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

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.

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 equilibriu

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 Childre

When What We Love Falls - Rabbi Morris Panitz | Yom Kippur

What does it mean to remain connected to something we love when it disappoints us? How do we hold love, criticism, belonging, and moral involvement in the same hands?