Shows
IKAR PodcastsWhy Fascists Fear Teachers - Randi Weingarten & Rabbi Sharon Brous in ConversationLunch & Learn with American Federation for Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Rabbi Sharon Brous to discuss Weingarten's new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy,
which exposes the long-planned strategy to undermine education—and lifts up the powerful role educators play in protecting truth and democracy.
We apologize for technical difficulties that occured during the livestream which caused compromised the quality of the first 20 minutes of audio.
2025-12-211h 03IKAR PodcastsOn SURVIVAL: Playing Dead in Order to Live Gittin 56a-56b - Rabbi Sharon BrousThis is a recording of Rabbi Sharon Brous's of For the Love of Learning. 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.
2025-12-161h 06IKAR PodcastsHeart of a Stranger: Rabbis Sharon Brous and Angela Buchdahl in conversationA conversation between Rabbi Angela Buchdahl and Rabbi Sharon Brous on faith, identity, leadership, and Buchdahl’s new book, Heart of a Stranger.
2025-12-0945 minIKAR PodcastsOn SUFFERING: When We Reach the Outer Limits of Our Understanding - Rabbi Sharon Brous | For the Love of Learning 5786This is a recording of Rabbi Sharon Brous's third session of For the Love of Learning. 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.
2025-12-021h 02IKAR PodcastsAlana Zeitchik in Conversation with Rabbi Sharon BrousA conversation in recognition of October 7th with Rabbi Sharon Brous and Alana Zeitchik, an Israeli-American peace advocate.
2025-10-1257 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinRabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen Effect Marcia Franklin talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. The two discuss how the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel affected her and her congregants, Israel's bombing of Gaza, increasing antisemitism, and a path forward to peace.
2025-10-0529 minIKAR PodcastsCountering Antisemitism & Protecting Democracy - Rabbi Sharon Brous & Amy Spitalnick in conversationThe Jewish community is being offered a false choice between countering antisemitism and protecting democracy and civil rights. But there is no inclusive democracy without Jewish safety -- and no Jewish safety without inclusive democracy. Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and a
nationally recognized leader on countering antisemitism and extremism
and protecting democracy -- who previously led the successful lawsuit
against the Charlottesville neo-Nazis -- will join Rabbi Sharon Brous
for a conversation on how we can reject the false binaries of this
moment and advance a more just...
2025-09-1432 min
The Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped ThemSharon Kurtzman on the Danger that Lingered Post HolocaustSharon Kurtzman shares how an interview with her mother became a defining moment of connection. She was haunted by her mother’s description of just how much danger still lingered after surviving the Holocaust and that revelation became central to her writing of The Lost Baker of Vienna, set in the years after WWII between liberation and immigration.
She also shares how a childhood reading of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret planted the seed for her to define her own Jewish identity, and how writing her debut novel fulfilled a promise she made to her...
2025-08-1941 min
Temple Beth Am PodcastsShavuot Tikkun Learning Session - Hevruta: "Through the Eyes of my Beloved."Shavuot Tikkun All-Night Study Session with Rabbi Sharon Brous, at Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles, June 1, 2025.
How does the messenger impact the message? Join us for a close reading of a Talmudic story that explores the boundaries between blessings and curses, speakers and listeners, parents and children.
(Youtube)Special Guest: Rabbi Sharon Brous.
2025-06-0257 minThe Five Books: Jewish Authors on the Books That Shaped ThemRabbi Sharon Brous on Finding Her Place in the Jewish Community and Working to Mend Our Broken Hearts and WorldIn a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society?
Sharon Brous—a leading American rabbi—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one other in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of care.
Sharon Brous is the founding and senio...
2025-05-271h 01
Mother's Quest PodcastTurning Toward One Another with Rabbi Sharon BrousAt a time when so many of us feel brokenhearted by the ongoing pain, uncertainty and polarization in our world, Rabbi Sharon Brous has been a grounding force and a guiding light for me and so many. She is the senior rabbi and founder of IKAR, a leading-edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, known for weaving together soulful spirituality, social justice, and deep belonging. A graduate of Columbia University for both her undergraduate and then her M.A. in Human Rights and ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary, she is widely recognized as one of the...
2025-05-2250 minIKAR PodcastsRabbi Brous at the Milken Institute Global Conference 2025 - The Amen Effect Author TalkTo thine own self be true: Sharon Brous has let this advice
illuminate her path to becoming a rabbi. She was raised with a strong
social, but not religious, Jewish identity. The more she studied and
admired the humanity in the sages’ writings, the more Brous felt her
voice was silenced simply because she is a woman. Today, as an ordained
rabbi, Brous’s decades of hands-on pastoral care in Los Angeles has
cleared “a path to become myself.” Her book, The Amen Effect—and
how to get it—is embraced by seekers of every stripe and urges us to
seek hum...
2025-05-0847 min
Take Back Your MindReligious Wisdom in a Changing World with Rabbi Sharon BrousToday, Michael speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous. Sharon is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading-edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, a national bestseller. She was named #1 on the Newsweek/The Daily Beast list of most influential Rabbis in America and has been recognized by The Forward and Jerusalem Post as among the most influential Jews alive today. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, and her 2016 TED talk, "...
2025-05-071h 07
2025-04-2833 min
Kelly Corrigan WondersDeep Dive with Rabbi Sharon Brous on Hard ConversationsThis episode is the first in the 2nd half of our Hard Conversations series. Kelly speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous, who she discovered at the Aspen Ideas Festival and was so captivated by that she waited backstage to invite her onto the podcast. Together they explore forgiveness through ancient and modern perspectives, examining a powerful ritual where those with broken hearts walked against the crowd at the Temple Mount and were asked simply, "What happened to you?" Rabbi Sharon unpacks the Jewish process of teshuvah (repentance), shares why sitting beside someone in their darkness can mean more than offering...
2025-04-2257 min
Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other(ICYMI) Beyond Right and Left: Rabbi Sharon Brous and the Courage to Ask 'What Do You See?' After October 7thIn this deeply moving episode, Corey Nathan welcomes Rabbi Sharon Brous, the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a groundbreaking Jewish community based in Los Angeles. Rabbi Brous is also the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. Together, they explore ancient traditions, mental health, spiritual leadership, and how to foster deeper, more compassionate human connections even across profound divides.
What We Discuss:
The ancient ritual of turning toward the brokenhearted and its modern relevance.
The profound impact of being seen and embraced in...
2025-04-151h 08Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other(ICYMI) Beyond Right and Left: Rabbi Sharon Brous and the Courage to Ask 'What Do You See?' After October 7thIn this deeply moving episode, Corey Nathan welcomes Rabbi Sharon Brous, the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a groundbreaking Jewish community based in Los Angeles. Rabbi Brous is also the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. Together, they explore ancient traditions, mental health, spiritual leadership, and how to foster deeper, more compassionate human connections even across profound divides.
What We Discuss:
The ancient ritual of turning toward the brokenhearted and its modern relevance.
The profound impact of being seen and embraced in...
2025-04-151h 08IKAR PodcastsThe Amen Effect with Rabbi Brous - Session 3An archive of Rabbi Sharon Brous's The Amen Effect class from 3.11.2025
2025-03-201h 04
Wisdom and PracticeAncient Rituals, Modern Impact with Rabbi Sharon BrousWe often think that purpose comes from big moments or grand gestures. But what if it’s the small, quiet connections that truly shape the way we see the world?In this week’s episode, Simran speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous, a spiritual leader whose journey to faith is deeply intertwined with her passion for social justice. Rabbi Brous shares how her path shifted from aspiring civil rights attorney to becoming a rabbi, and how a spiritual awakening in college led her to discover the powerful intersection of faith and justice.She takes us through anci...
2025-03-1327 minIKAR PodcastsMaoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah in conversation with Rabbi Sharon BrousOn March 3rd, we welcomed Maoz Inon and Aziz Abu Sarah, Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the forefront of a burgeoning new peace movement in conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous.
2025-03-051h 27IKAR PodcastsThe Amen Effect with Rabbi Sharon Brous - Session 1In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Join Rabbi Brous in a series of text studies that explore the Jewish sources that form the core ideas behind her new book, The Amen Effect.
2025-02-241h 02
Just For ThisRabbi Sharon Brous — Tell Me About Your HeartWelcome back to Just For This, a new podcast. Each week, host Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch (she/her) interviews women in leadership about women and leadership. Inspired by the story of Esther, we feature powerful stories of women who stand out in their fields, who have stepped up just for this moment. Our last guest of the season is Rabbi Sharon Brous, senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles. She is also author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World, a nation...
2024-12-2335 minTalkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherRabbi Sharon Brous, Founder of IKAR and Author of the AMEN EFFECT: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World“All who entered the Temple Mount entered by the right, circled to the right and exited by the left, except for one to whom something had happened, who entered and circled to the left...” (Mishnah Middot)
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https://www.youtube.com/@politicsandreligion
Rabbi Sharon Brous, the founding rabbi of IKAR and author of THE AMEN EFFECT, delves into ancient Jewish rituals, the role of pain in human connections, and the transformative power of compassion and curiosity. Through heartfelt stories and profound insights, she explores the importance of staying...
2024-12-171h 06Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each OtherRabbi Sharon Brous, Founder of IKAR and Author of the AMEN EFFECT: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World“All who entered the Temple Mount entered by the right, circled to the right and exited by the left, except for one to whom something had happened, who entered and circled to the left...” (Mishnah Middot)
We're on YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/@politicsandreligion
Rabbi Sharon Brous, the founding rabbi of IKAR and author of THE AMEN EFFECT, delves into ancient Jewish rituals, the role of pain in human connections, and the transformative power of compassion and curiosity. Through heartfelt stories and profound insights, she explores the importance of staying...
2024-12-171h 06
The Rest is Commentary with Shep Rosenman004: Loneliness and the Seeds of Tyranny: A Conversation with Rabbi Sharon BrousIn this episode of "The Rest is Commentary," host Shep Rosenman welcomes Rabbi Sharon Brous, the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR and author of the national bestseller, "The Amen Effect," to explore the transformative power of love, justice, and personal connection drawing inspiration from Shep's song (cowritten by Ray Allen Kayanek) "Love is the Heart of this Coup" and Psalm 25.
Rabbi Brous shares her insights on how loneliness can pave the way for tyranny, as articulated by Hannah Arendt, and emphasizes the importance of addressing social rifts to prevent the abuse of power. She highlights the s...
2024-11-1952 min
Dialogue with Marcia FranklinRabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen Effect Marcia Franklin talks with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. The two discuss how the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel affected her and her congregants, Israel's bombing of Gaza, increasing antisemitism, and a path forward to peace.
2024-11-1029 min
10% Happier with Dan HarrisIf You're Stressed, Anxious, Or Depressed, This Is Your Counterintuitive Medicine | Rabbi Sharon BrousNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- How optimizing this skill can change your life – and the world. Rabbi Sharon Brous has some extremely practical tips for how to improve what psychologists call your social health. She is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish community in LA. Her new book, a bestseller, is called The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. Related Episodes: This Neurobiologist Wants You To As...
2024-10-2855 minIKAR PodcastsOn Joy - Alex Edelman & Sharon Brous | Rosh Hashanah IIText study and conversation between Alex Edelman and Rabbi Sharon Brous on the Torah of Joy, and the Power, Promise, and Necessity of Laughter in Dark Times.
2024-10-0649 min
Commune with Jeff KrasnoSacred Encounters & Empathetic Listening with Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous is the founding rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish community in Los Angeles, and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. In this conversation, Rabbi Brous emphasizes the importance of “sacred encounters,” people truly see and hear each other's stories, particularly in times of grief or pain. She also points to the Jewish ritual of asking the brokenhearted, “Tell me what happened to you?” as a model for deep, empathetic listening. This episode serves as an epilogue to our series on the Peace Initiative for Israel and Palest...
2024-10-031h 04Commune with Jeff KrasnoSacred Encounters & Empathetic Listening with Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous is the founding rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish community in Los Angeles, and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. In this conversation, Rabbi Brous emphasizes the importance of “sacred encounters,” people truly see and hear each other's stories, particularly in times of grief or pain. She also points to the Jewish ritual of asking the brokenhearted, “Tell me what happened to you?” as a model for deep, empathetic listening. This episode serves as an epilogue to our series on the Peace Initiative for Israel and Palest...
2024-10-031h 04
Search for Meaning with Rabbi YoshiSearch for Meaning with Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous, Senior Rabbi of Ikar in Los Angeles, joins Rabbi Yoshi for a conversation focusing on her new book, "The Amen Effect." In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, Rabbi Brous suggest ways that we can mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society.Rabbi Brous also shares about the ways that she has tried to navigate these challenging months since October 7 all the while mourning her father who died a few weeks before Rosh Hashanah in 2023.To learn more about "The Amen Effect," visit the link below:
2024-09-2531 min
A Bit of OptimismRevisited: We Cannot Heal Alone In The Loneliness Epidemic with Rabbi Sharon BrousGrief can paralyze us. Most of us aren't given a manual about how to comfort someone grieving or how to ask for help with our own pain. That's why I wanted to revisit one of my favorite conversations, with Rabbi Sharon Brous. I talked with her about being present to someone else's pain and what it means to heal together in the loneliness epidemic. Considered one of the most influential rabbis in the U.S., she founded her own congregation and has led multiple White House faith events. In her book, The Amen Effect, Sharon explor...
2024-09-1734 min
What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy PodcastRabbi Sharon Brous – Love, Loss, and Building Sacred CommunitiesEpisode 54 of What Gives? the Jewish philanthropy podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny. In this episode, Andrés speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi IKAR, a vibrant Jewish community in Los Angeles known for its inclusive approach to Jewish life. Rabbi Brous delves into the themes of her new book, The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, which explores love, loss, community, and connection. She and Andrés touch on the current crises impacting the Jewish world, and how her insights are particularly rele...
2024-09-0450 min
In The Spotlight with Abigail PogrebinIn the Spotlight: Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous, founder and senior rabbi of LA's IKAR community and a leading voice at the intersection of faith and justice, sits with Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her first book, "The Amen Effect," about the power of community and showing up for each other.
2024-08-0655 min
Judaism UnboundEpisode 437: Amen - Sharon BrousSharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR. Her book, The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World, is a national bestseller, and her 2016 TED talk, “Reclaiming Religion,” has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people. Brous was named #1 on the Newsweek/The Daily Beast list of most influential Rabbis in America, and has been recognized by The Forward and Jerusalem Post as one of the fifty most influential Jews. She joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about loneliness, the importance of connection, and the power of showing up for one...
2024-06-281h 01
Faith Matters221. The Amen Effect - A Conversation with Rabbi Sharon BrousThis week, we are honored to share with you a conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous, author of the The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World. From the moment we started reading Sharon’s book, we knew that she had a special message, and that she would be an incredible guest. Sharon’s book is a beautiful blend of ancient Jewish wisdom, contemporary science, and deep personal experience that shows how humans throughout history have taken up the responsibility to sit with each other as sacred witnesses to life’s most vulnerable and most joyous moment...
2024-06-2257 min
The Collective TableRabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen EffectThis week, join Chelsea and Dana in a conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous as they discuss her national bestselling book, The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend our Broken Hearts and World. She is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles.
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2024-05-2040 min
AmanpourRabbi Sharon BrousIn the US, police have again moved on campuses from coast to coast: over a thousand people have been arrested from more than 25 colleges. At the heart of it all is a mostly peaceful protest against a dire situation in Gaza and a deep dissatisfaction with US policy in the region. Rabbi Sharon Brous is the founder of IKAR, an influential progressive Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. Last week, she visited both Columbia and UCLA to visit the protests, and she speaks to Christiane from L.A. to share her experience. Also on today's show: Sanam Vakil, Di...
2024-05-0158 min
RAWRabbi Brous on Jewish Healing and Humanity Amid Conflict Today, we speak with Rabbi Sharon Brous, the visionary founder and senior rabbi of Ikar, a dynamic Jewish community based in Los Angeles. Rabbi Brous is also the author of "The Amen Effect." Since establishing Ikar in 2004, she has been a transformative figure in the Jewish world, earning recognition as one of the nation's top rabbis by Newsweek and The Forward. Her spiritual leadership reached a national audience in 2013 when she delivered the prayer service at the inaugural national prayer service for the President.
Beyond her congregational duties, Rabbi Brous has been a tireless advocate for over two decades...
2024-04-2541 min
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable PeopleRabbi Sharon Brous: Building Bridges in a Divided WorldIn this inspiring episode of Remarkable People, Guy Kawasaki engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous, the influential founder of IKAR, a groundbreaking Jewish community in Los Angeles. Together, they explore the power of coming together in difficult times, finding purpose through service, and imagining a future of peace. Rabbi Brous shares wisdom from her new book, The Amen Effect, providing tangible practices to help us stay connected, honor each other's humanity, and work towards a more just and loving world. Discover how small acts of compassion can create ripples of change and healing in our lives...
2024-04-2458 min
A Bit of OptimismWe Cannot Heal Alone with Rabbi Sharon BrousLoneliness is now an epidemic, with devastating impacts on our health. How can we rekindle the deep human connection we need now more than ever?For Rabbi Sharon Brous, this question is the focus of her work. Considered one of the most influential rabbis in the U.S., she's founded her own congregation and has led multiple White House faith events. In her new book, The Amen Effect, Sharon explores how grief and heartbreak can be gateways to truly seeing each other.Sharon and I talk about what it means to be present to someone...
2024-04-0934 min
Firestarters with Shannon Watts05: Rabbi Sharon Brous says community can unlock our humanity"Take seriously the fact that there's something in the world that you need to do and then do it now. Don’t wait — we don't know how long we have." Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and the author of the national bestseller, The Amen Effect, Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World. She's been named to the list of the most influential rabbis in America, and was recognized by the Forward and Jerusalem Post as among the most influe...
2024-04-0249 min
The Bagel ReportBagels & Brous: Mending Broken Hearts w/ Rabbi Sharon BrousThis week, the Bagels were joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous, the founder of IKAR in Los Angeles. Esther and Erin asked questions about Brous' new book, "The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World." The bagels and Brous touched on the value of community in the darkest of times while also finding moments of joy. The Bagels also recapped the Oscars and Rabbi Brous joined in on a pop-culture speed round. You can find The Amen Effect at a bookstore --virtual or in-person-- near you. Check out these links: Erin's O...
2024-03-151h 03
Lead From the HeartSharon Brous: The Importance Of Fostering Connection In Our Workplaces Human beings are social creatures. We’re hard-wired to connect deeply & intimately with others. We want to feel valued, supported, & needed. And this makes connection a fundamental aspect of our existence. But in our busy, technology-driven lives today, we have fewer friends than people did in past generations, we interact less with our neighbors, […]
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2024-03-081h 00
Jewish Ideas to Change the WorldInterview with Rabbi Sharon Brous: Losses of a Parent, Love, and Overall LossRabbi Dr. Shmuly Yankolwiz interviews Rabbi Sharon Brous, founding and Senior Rabbi of IKAR Sharon Brous is the founding and senior rabbi of IKAR, a trail-blazing Jewish community based in Los Angeles. Built in 2004, IKAR has grown into a diverse, dynamic, multi-generational community, one of the fastest-growing and most influential in the country. Brous has been named #1 Most Influential Rabbi in the U.S. by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. She blessed both President Obama and President Biden at their National Inaugural Prayer Services, and her TED Talk “Reclaiming Religion” has been viewed 1.5 million times. Her work has been...
2024-02-2812 min
House Calls with Dr. Vivek MurthyRabbi Sharon Brous: The Power of Showing Up for Each OtherWhat does it mean to show up for someone?
What does it mean to sit with another person’s pain?
And if we are hurting, why can it be so difficult to ask for help?
Part of being human is learning how to accompany people through hard times. Yet our culture looks at pain as a sign of imperfection, and vulnerability a sign of weakness. In this conversation, the Surgeon General and Rabbi Brous share in how the opposite is, in fact, true: vulnerability and pain can be extraordinary sources of strength and healing...
2024-02-211h 09
Life Will Be the Death of Me with Chelsea HandlerVictims, Heroes & Learners with Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous joins Chelsea to talk about why failing a friend offers the best opportunity for growth, the importance of community during times of grief, and the power of curiosity to change even the most obstinate minds. * Get The Amen Effect here. * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at DearChelseaPodcast@gmail.com * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Po...
2024-02-1552 minDear ChelseaVictims, Heroes & Learners with Rabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous joins Chelsea to talk about why failing a friend offers the best opportunity for growth, the importance of community during times of grief, and the power of curiosity to change even the most obstinate minds. * Get The Amen Effect here. * Need some advice from Chelsea? Email us at DearChelseaPodcast@gmail.com * Executive Producer Catherine Law Edited & Engineered by Brad Dickert * * * * * The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the Po...
2024-02-1552 min
KQED's ForumRabbi Sharon Brous on Saying 'Amen' to Each Other's Joy and PainThe human longing for connection – to be heard and understood – is what Rabbi Sharon Brous calls the “amen effect.” It’s the idea that we can awaken our shared humanity when we learn to talk across differences with curiosity and empathy. Rabbi Brous has for decades been ministering to members of IKAR, shepherding the Los Angeles Jewish community she co-founded as they navigate celebration and sorrow, both personal and collective. We talk to Rabbi Brous about spirituality, community and how she is grappling with the war between Israel and Hamas. Her new book is “The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our...
2024-02-0755 min
The Drew Barrymore ShowRabbi Sharon Brous: "We Have to Find Our Way to One Another in Celebration, in Sorrow, and in Solidarity"
Drew and Ross Mathews are at the news desk for an all-new Drew’s News. Rabbi Sharon Brous is joining Drew and Ross for a new edition of The Weekender. She’s also chatting with Drew and Ross about her new book, “The Amen Effect.”
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2024-02-0521 min
Sixth & I LIVERabbi Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of IKAR, with Jonathan CapehartIn The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, Rabbi Sharon Brous—named America's #1 Most Influential Rabbi by Newsweek and The Daily Beast—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one another in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. In conversation with Jonathan Capehart, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, anchor for the "The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart" on MSNBC, opinion columnist at The Washington Post, and host of the "Capehart" podcast.
2024-01-301h 05
You Are What You ReadThe Power of Showing Up with Rabbi Sharon BrousSharon Brous is America's #1 Most Influential Rabbi (Newsweek, The Daily Beat). She is the founding and senior rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles, a diverse, multi-generational faith community that celebrates the vibrancy of the Jewish people. Rabbi Brous has blessed both President Obama and President Biden in their Inaugural Prayer Services, and she has united millions with her TED Talk, "Reclaiming Religion". In this week's episode of You Are What You Read, Rabbi Brous offers wisdom and insights from her latest book, The Amen Effect, to set us on a pathway to genuine, joyful human connection. In an era of lone...
2024-01-3053 min
The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane RaphaelBlitzin’ Out with Rabbi Sharon BrousThis week, the girls discover just how different their childhoods are after June shares her affection for the game, Egyptian Rat Screw. Then, we hear from ikar founder and author senior Rabbi Sharon Brous about her book The Amen Effect and responding to people's pain without a fix-it mentality. Remember Deep Divers, your presence is enough. Follow Rabbi Brous’ at @SharonBrous on Twitter, read The Amen Effect, and listen to her TED talk. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium...
2024-01-2457 min
El podcast de June Uribarren JiménezBlitzin’ Out with Rabbi Sharon BrousThis week, the girls discover just how different their childhoods are after June shares her affection for the game, Egyptian Rat Screw. Then, we hear from ikar founder and author senior Rabbi Sharon Brous about her book The Amen Effect and responding to people's pain without a fix-it mentality. Remember Deep Divers, your presence is enough. Follow Rabbi Brous’ at @SharonBrous on Twitter, read The Amen Effect, and listen to her TED talk. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus co...
2024-01-2457 min
The State Of BeliefRabbi Sharon Brous and “The Amen Effect”In times of conflict and division, we all look for inspiration in different places. And for so many, it’s faith and spirituality that sustains us, drawing us closer to community and helping us to find meaning even when the world around us feels hopeless. This week on The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous about her timely new book, connection, and showing up for each other.“What I'm trying to do with this book is essentially say, in this time of the lo...
2024-01-2148 min
This Is the AuthorS9 E2: Cole Arthur Riley, Sharon Brous, and Dr. Mariel BuquéIn this episode, meet writer and poet Cole Arthur Riley, senior rabbi of IKAR Sharon Brous, and psychologist and professor Dr. Mariel Buqué. Press play to hear how these authors describe their recording processes, and how they felt hearing their words aloud.
Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721989/black-liturgies-by-cole-arthur-riley/audio
The Amen Effect by Sharon Brous:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720048/the-amen-effect-by-sharon-brous/audio
Break the Cycle by Dr. Mariel Buqué:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714176/break-the-cycle-by-dr-mariel-buque/audio
2024-01-1616 min
Little Known Facts with Ilana LevineEpisode 385 - Sharon BrousSharon Brous is the founding and senior rabbi of IKAR, a trail-blazing Jewish community based in Los Angeles. A leading voice at the intersection of faith and justice in America, she has been named #1 Most Influential Rabbi in the U.S. by Newsweek/The Daily Beast. She blessed both President Obama and President Biden at their National Inaugural Prayer Services, and her TED Talk “Reclaiming Religion” has been viewed 1.5 million times. Brous’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. She lives with her husband, David Light, and their children in Califo...
2024-01-1537 min
Pulling The Thread with Elise LoehnenSeeing Each Other’s Pain (Rabbi Sharon Brous)"How do we center the voices that traditionally and historically we know existed, but were only marginalized in the tradition? And that does feel like holy work. And for me, in part, when I encountered a tradition that was so driven by male stories and male voices, I felt so alienated by it when I first began to encounter it. And I had this moment, which I think lots of women faith leaders have, which is maybe this just isn't for me. I mean, I'm not intended to ever even read these texts, let alone teach these texts. And...
2024-01-1158 min
Women's Wellness with Abbe Feder35. Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen EffectThis week, we're brining back one of our favorite episodes of the show! Abbe is joined by her friend and Rabbi, Sharon Brous, who currently serves as the senior rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. Together, the two talk about life & death, the significance of spirituality in fertility, and Sharon’s personal journey with birth. You can order her book here!Follow, Follow Follow!Instagram: @thefertilitychick @abbefeder @incirclefertility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-01-1038 min
Experience This Soul-Stirring Full Audiobook — Perfect On The Go.The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World by Sharon BrousPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/684368to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading American rabb...
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Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Counseling & Inspirational
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading American rabb...
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Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading Amer...
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Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Mental Health & Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading Amer...
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Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: World Religions
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading American rabb...
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Title: The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World
Author: Sharon Brous
Narrator: Sharon Brous
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Release date: January 9, 2024
Genres: Counseling & Inspirational
Publisher's Summary:
The national bestseller From one of our country’s most prominent rabbis, an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Sharon Brous—a leading American rabb...
2024-01-095h 19IKAR PodcastsRep. Katie Porter and Rabbi Sharon Brous in ConversationJoin Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation with Rep. Katie Porter, who represents the 47th Congressional District in Orange County, California
2024-01-081h 14
What In God's NameDemocracy Disease Diagnosis And Treatment: A Conversation On Rabbi Brous Sermon on Yom KippurRabbi Sharon Brous: https://ikar.org/team/rabbi-sharon-brous/
"This Is The Moral Earthquake" sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PuLI2atWPs
2024-01-0438 min
Freedom Road PodcastRabbi Sharon BrousThis episode we are joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous. In 2013 Rabbi Brous was listed as America’s #1 most influential Rabbi. Her 2016 TED Talk “It’s Time to Reclaim Religion” has been viewed 1.5 million times and is utterly inspiring. At 30 years old, Rabbi Brous founded IKAR back in 2004. IKAR is a spiritual community in Los Angeles that has become a magnet for LA’s unaffiliated Jews. Rabbi Brous has joined us on Freedom Road Podcast before when she and T’ruah president, Rabbi Jill Jacobs, helped us to understand Anti-Semitism.Rabbi Brous was invited to join us on F...
2023-12-191h 12
Christopher Lochhead Follow Your Different™Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World with Rabbi Sharon Brous, Bestselling Author of “The Amen Effect”Every thinking person and caring person has been affected by the pain and suffering in our world of late. And most of us have been grappling with the horrors of October 7 and everything that has come since then. Today, Rabbi Sharon Brous is here to help us make sense of it all.
Rabbi Sharon Brous is the founding rabbi of IKAR Jewish synagogue and community in LA. Rabbi Sharon was also chosen to bless President Obama and Vice President Biden at their inaugural in 2013, and she returned to do the same for President Biden and vice president Harris in 2021. She...
2023-12-061h 17
Women's Wellness with Abbe Feder19. Rabbi Sharon Brous: The Amen EffectThis week, Abbe is joined by her friend and Rabbi, Sharon Brous, who currently serves as the senior rabbi of IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles. Together, the two talk about life & death, the significance of spirituality in fertility, and Sharon’s personal journey with birth. You can pre-order her book here: Follow, Follow Follow!Instagram: @thefertilitychick @abbefeder @incirclefertility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-2340 minIKAR PodcastsBuilding Beloved Community: Responding to Racism and Anti-Semitism - Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard & Rabbi Sharon BrousRev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard, spiritual leader of Word of Encouragement Community Church, joins Rabbi Sharon Brous in conversation on recent racist and anti-Semitic incidents and how true friendship and allyship is the only way to overcome bigotry.
2022-11-0756 min
America at a CrossroadsKen Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein with Rabbi Sharon Brous - Lessons from Their Holocaust DocumentaryKen Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein with Rabbi Sharon Brous - Lessons from Their Holocaust Documentary
2022-11-031h 00
The Rabbi's HusbandRabbi Sharon Brous – The Ten Commandments TodayRabbi Sharon Brous of LA's popular IKAR joins Mark to talk about nearly missing out on the rabbinate, making people feel welcome at synagogue, and what the Ten Commandments still have to teach us today. Here is the link to the verse on Sefaria.com: https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.20.9-10
2021-04-0825 min
Freedom Road PodcastAnti-Semitism: Rabbi Sharon Brous and Rabbi Jill JacobsThis month marks the 88th Anniversary of the opening of the very first Nazi concentration camp in the small town of Dachau. For five years the neo-Nazi movement in the U.S. gained ground during the 2016 Election cycle and under the Trump administration. On January 6, 2021, when white nationalists attempted an insurrection, Nazi language was scrawled across t-shirts and on banners. Marginalized communities across the country were stunned by what we saw. Given Jews' serial experience of expulsion and genocide, it is arguable that no group felt more of an existential threat on that day....
2021-03-061h 13
Shamayim: Jewish Animal AdvocacySpiritual Activism: An Interview with Rabbi Sharon BrousAn interview with Rabbi Sharon Brous, the Founding and Senior Rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles. Rabbi Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work in Los Angeles and around the country. She has been recognized by the Forward and Newsweek as one of the most influential Rabbis and Jews in the world. Rabbi Brous with Alex Weisz about her plant-based lifestyle and animal rights activism that steered her towards the spiritual activism that she is so widely known for today. Recorded & edited...
2021-03-0326 min
Behind the Ballot Box: Jewish Values and Our VoteBehind The Ballot Box: On Politics and Torah (with Rabbi Sharon Brous)With Election Day rapidly approaching, there are many issues of concern to each voter before they cast their ballot. But the Jewish voter is not monolithic. In each episode of “Behind the Ballot Box: Jewish Values and Our Vote,” Rabbi Jesse Olitzky speaks to rabbis and Jewish communal professionals about a specific issue at stake in this election and why they believe it should be front and center in the minds of voters.
Host Rabbi Jesse Olitzky of Congregation Beth El in South Orange, NJ speaks with Rabbi Sharon Brous, Founder and Senior Rabbi of IKAR in Los...
2020-10-2740 min
Slate Gender and SocietySharon BrousWhat’s it like to be the senior and founding rabbi of a synagogue?On this episode of Women in Charge, Allison Benedikt talks to Sharon Brous, the senior and founding Rabbi of the Los Angeles Congregation, IKAR, about the financial challenges of running a synagogue, how women are faring in Jewish institutions, and how to manage difficult rabbis. You can email us at womenincharge@slate.com.Podcast production by Jessica Jupiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-05-1346 min
The College Commons PodcastRabbi Sharon Brous: Engaging TraditionAre we engaging religious tradition to explore pathways toward holiness and to illuminate human possibility—or are we using it as a tool to do the opposite?
Rabbi Sharon Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work in Los Angeles and around the country.
Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, which was started in 2004 and has become a model for Jewish revitalization in the US and beyond. With the goal of reinvigorating Jewish practice and inspiring people of faith to reclaim a moral an...
2019-01-1026 min
Finding My Religion, a PodcastRabbi Sharon BrousRabbi Sharon Brous is a leading voice in reanimating religious life in America, working to develop a spiritual roadmap for soulful, multi-faith justice work in Los Angeles and around the country. Rabbi Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR which was started in 2004 and has become a model for Jewish revitalization in the US and beyond. She sits down with us to discuss what it means to be comfortable or uncomfortable in a religious community, what role religion plays in our political and personal lives, and the nature of faith.
2019-01-0957 min
18 Questions with Rick RechtRabbi Sharon BrousJRR Executive Director, Rick Recht, is back with a new episode of 18 Questions featuring Rabbi Sharon Brous, Founder and Senior Rabbi of Ikar in Los Angeles. Rick and Rabbi Sharon talk about being an outsider, brave leadership, Obama, reincarnation, and so much more. Subscribe to the Podcast and check out recent episodes with Cantor Ellen Dreskin, Rabbi Ed Feinstein, Josh Warshawsky, Rabbi David Ingber, Josh Nelson, and more.
2018-10-1549 min
The Prophetic Resistance PodcastEpisode 16: Season 2 - Rabbi Sharon BrousWelcome to Season 2 of the Prophetic Resistance Podcast. This episode is the first in a three-part series of recordings from the Prophetic Resistance Summit, held in Indianapolis, Indiana in October 2017. This powerful three-day gathering, was opened with a keynote address from a previous guest: Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR in Los Angeles. Rabbi Brous weaves together powerful stories about religious escapism, leading with love and how those of us in the “good news” business should pause long enough to just breathe. Show Notes: Read the full transcript, http://ikar-la.org/wp-content/uploads/PICO-Prophetic-Resistance-Keynote.pdf. Learn more about the Prophetic Resi...
2018-01-3132 min
The Prophetic Resistance PodcastEpisode 8: Rabbi Sharon BrousThe Prophetic Resistance Podcast caught up with Rabbi Sharon Brous in Sedona, Arizona. Rabbi Brous is the founding rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles and is also an Auburn Senior Fellow, along with our host Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews. They talked about the election, Women’s March and what it means for clergy to practice resistance. Episode 8: Rabbi Sharon Brous Show Notes Listen to the Ted Talk mentioned in the podcast: https://www.ted.com/talks/sharon_brous_it_s_time_to_reclaim_and_reinvent_religion Learn more about IKAR: http://www.ikar-la.or...
2017-05-0636 min
TED Talks News and PoliticsIt's time to reclaim religion | Sharon BrousAt a moment when the world seems to be spinning out of control, religion might feel irrelevant -- or like part of the problem. But Rabbi Sharon Brous believes we can reinvent religion to meet the needs of modern life. In this impassioned talk, Brous shares four principles of a revitalized religious practice and offers faith of all kinds as a hopeful counter-narrative to the numbing realities of violence, extremism and pessimism.
2016-12-2116 minTEDTalks Politique et médiasIl est temps de reconquérir la religion | Sharon BrousDans une période où le monde semble être hors de contrôle, la religion peut sembler hors de propos, ou bien faisant partie du problème. Mais le rabbin Sharon Brous croit que nous pouvons réinventer la religion pour qu'elle subvienne aux besoins de la vie moderne. Dans cette présentation passionnée, Brous partage quatre principes d'une pratique religieuse revitalisée et présente la foi de tout genre comme un message s'opposant à la réalité anesthésiante de la violence, de l'extrémisme et du pessimisme.
2016-12-2116 min
TEDTalks 新闻与政治是时候让宗教重生了！ | Sharon Brous在世界即将失去控制的边缘时刻，宗教看似与其无关--或只是问题的一部分。然而Sharon Brous认为我们可以改造宗教使其适应当代潮流。在这个充满激情的演讲中，Sharon与我们分享了四个重生宗教习俗的原则，并且表达了解除社会对暴力，极端主义和消极主义的麻木感的信心。Translated by Bobo WangReviewed by Qili Luo
2016-12-2116 minTEDTalks Notícias e PolíticaÉ hora de recuperar e reinventar a religião | Sharon BrousEm um momento em que o mundo parece girar fora de controle, a religião pode parecer irrelevante, ou até mesmo parte do problema. Mas a rabina Sharon Brous acredita que podemos reinventar a religião para que atenda às necessidades da vida moderna. Nesta palestra apaixonada, Brous compartilha quatro princípios de uma prática religiosa revitalizada, e oferece a fé em todas as formas como uma contranarrativa esperançosa para as realidades entorpecentes da violência, extremismo e pessimismo.
2016-12-2116 minTEDTalks Noticias y PolíticaEs hora de reivindicar la religión | Sharon BrousEn un momento en que el mundo parece estar girando fuera de control, la religión podría parecer irrelevante o entenderse como parte del problema. Pero la rabina Sharon Brous cree que podemos reinventar la religión para satisfacer las necesidades de la vida moderna. En esta charla apasionada, Brous comparte cuatro principios de una práctica religiosa revitalizada y ofrece fe de todo tipo como contranarrativa esperanzadora a las realidades entorpecidas por la violencia, el extremismo y el pesimismo.
2016-12-2116 min
TED InspirationalSharon Brous: It's time to reclaim religionAt a moment when the world seems to be spinning out of control, religion might feel irrelevant — or like part of the problem. But Rabbi Sharon Brous believes we can reinvent religion to meet the needs of modern life. In this impassioned talk, Brous shares four principles of a revitalized religious practice and offers faith of all kinds as a hopeful counter-narrative to the numbing realities of violence, extremism and pessimism. watch the video here
2016-12-2017 minTED InspirationalSharon Brous: It's time to reclaim religionAt a moment when the world seems to be spinning out of control, religion might feel irrelevant — or like part of the problem. But Rabbi Sharon Brous believes we can reinvent religion to meet the needs of modern life. In this impassioned talk, Brous shares four principles of a revitalized religious practice and offers faith of all kinds as a hopeful counter-narrative to the numbing realities of violence, extremism and pessimism. watch the video here
2016-12-2017 min
Spirit Matters TalkRabbi Sharon Brous interviewRabbi Sharon Brous is the founder and Senior Rabbi at IKAR, which she calls “a laboratory for bold, imaginative Jewish practice.” Based in Los Angeles, it became one of the fastest growing Jewish communities in the country, and Rabbi Brous has been recognized as one of the nation’s most influential American Jews. She has been credited with “reanimating Jewish community and re-energizing prayer at a time of growing disaffection and declining affiliation.” In 2013 she blessed President Obama and Vice President Biden at the Inaugural National Prayer Service. Among other positions, she is a Senior Fellow at Auburn Theological Seminary and serves...
2016-09-1236 min
Spirit Matters TalkRabbi Sharon Brous discussionRabbi Sharon Brous discussion by Discussion by Dennis and Phil
2016-09-1213 min
Women's Media Center Live with Robin MorganWMC Live #149: Annie Laurie Gaylor, Rabbi Sharon Brous, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni. (Original Airdate 12/19/2015)The Winter Solstice show! Robin on Trump-Cruz-Scalia, surviving whiplash from the backlash, and redefining time for a new year. Guests: Rabbi Sharon Brous, Annie Laurie Gaylor (Freedom from Religion Foundation)—plus the Buddhist tale of Dhammananda. Rabbi Sharon Brous: IKAR-LA.org » Annie Laurie Gaylor: FFRF.org » Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: ThaiBhikkhunis.org »
2015-12-1956 min