Podcast Episodes

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

Season 5785

…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.
T…

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BBE: Psychedelic Imagery in the Torah

Season 5785

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…

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One if by Land, Two if by Sea - Rabbi Hannah Jensen

Season 5785

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 w…

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Revisiting Creation - Rabbi Morris Panitz

Season 5785

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 mo…

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The Heart of Judaism: Preparing for Liberation - Rabbi Bradley Artson

Season 5785

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. L…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Sacred Symbols, Eternal Story - Rabbi Sharon Brous

Season 5785

Ours is not the first generation in which telling this story, reiterating these foundational ideas, is risky. Dangerous, even. And perhaps that is th…

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A Rabbi, A Guy, and a Goddess - Best Book Ever with Rabbi Kasher

Season 5785

Guy Branum joins Rabbi David Kasher to discuss Ashera and the presence of a goddess in the Torah.

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(Don’t Just) Tend Your Own Garden - Rabbi Sharon Brous

Season 5785

Let us not turn to the garden—or the theater, or the studio—to escape this world, but to enrich the soul, to strengthen our hearts to plant for a bet…

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The Amen Effect - Session 4 with Rabbi Brous

Season 5785

This is an archive of IKAR's Adult learning class: The Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous

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"From the depths of our anguish, a cry for peace" - Rabbi Elad-Appelbaum in conversation with Rabbi Brous

Season 5785

Lunch & Learn from Shabbat 3.21.2025 - Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous.

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