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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Watch and read @sharonbrous.bsky.social's full sermon here:

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Zealots Are Driving Us to the Cliff’s Edge

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In a powerful Rosh Hashanah sermon, @weareikar.bsky.social's Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social explains why she's become disillusioned with how we track antisemitism today.

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World Peace Cookies @worldpeacecookies.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"What we have to do is expand our scope of moral concern to find the humanity in one another again." Rabbi Sharon Brous of @weareikar.bsky.social, showing us what it looks like to truly acknowledge human rights and dignity of all. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/17/p...

And I know how hard it is to do that at the same time because there are very few people who are actually shedding tears when both Israeli Jews and Palestinians are dying. There are very few people who are doing that. And it feels to me, that is the essential struggle of this time, because I don’t frankly want to hear from the people who are in the streets, who are shouting about decolonizing Palestine, who do not shed a tear when Vivian Silver, a 74-year-old warrior for peace, who dedicated her life to peace, is murdered by Hamas. If your heart doesn’t break for Vivian Silver, then don’t tell me what you think my heart should be breaking for.

And the same is true on the other side, for the people who are absolutely devastated by losses to Jews, but then feel it’s offensive to even report on the Palestinian children who are dying in Gaza. I’m sorry, but we have lost our moral center. What we have to do is expand our scope of moral concern to find the humanity in one another again. That is the call of our time.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Rabbi @sharonbrous.bsky.social, Senior Rabbi & Founder of @weareikar.bsky.social, issued a wakeup call on the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act. “Our future is bound up in one another, and a democracy that disenfranchises one ultimately disenfranchises us all.”

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

SAVE THE DATE - IKAR’s Party With a Purpose 2026: heart + humanity: embracing hope, amplifying impact Sunday, May 31, 2026 | 6:30-10:00 PM @wendemuseum.bsky.social | Culver City Honoring IKAR Board Member, Liz Hirsh Naftali Humanitarian ambassador, author, speaker, podcast host & hostage advocate

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HIAS @hias.org · 11/03/2026

Over 1,100 American clergy across all Jewish denominations unite to stand with refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants. Together, they affirm our core Jewish values that declare our responsibility for the dignity, humanity and rights of ALL who dwell within our borders.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

"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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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

📅 This week at IKAR! ikar.org/events/

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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...

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This week at @weareikar.bsky.social! Details: ikar.org/events/?cale...

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

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.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

"...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

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Opinion | The Humanity Amid the Horror at Bondi Beach

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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.

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

This week at @weareikar.bsky.social! Details & RSVP ikar.org/events/

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

,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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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.

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

This week at IKAR 📆 ikar.org/calendar

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LA Voice @lavoice.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

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 👀 ✊🏾

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New Jewish Narrative @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

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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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

This week at IKAR 🗓️ ikar.org/events/

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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

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World Peace Cookies @worldpeacecookies.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

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.

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

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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.

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Amid reports of missiles landing in Tel Aviv, we are gravely concerned for the safety of our family in Israel. We hold them in our hearts, along with all the people of the region, including innocents in Tehran whose lives are in jeopardy.

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Join today with @lavoice.bsky.social, @sharonbrous.bsky.social, Father Greg Boyle, Valarie Kaur, & other faith + community leaders at 6pm @ Grand Park (200 N. Grand Ave) for a candlelight vigil as we bear witness to the regime’s escalating violence against our immigrant families + our peace & safety

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/06/2025

3 Nuestra fuerza está en la diversidad. Estamos con ustedes en contra de esta terrible violaciòn de sus derechos y ataque a su seguridad. Que Dios nos bendiga a todos @weareikar.bsky.social @sharonbrous.bsky.social

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/06/2025

2/3 we stand with you against this terrible infringement of your rights and your safety. May God bless us all.” Estamos escandalizados al enterarnos acerca de las redadas de ICE en la comunidad de inmigrantes. Ustedes son nuestros vecinos, nuestros amigos, nuestra familia.

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 09/06/2025

1/3 Please watch this message of love, strength, & support to our immigrant communities from Rabbi Sharon Brous. “We are horrified to read of the ICE raids on our immigrant communities in Los Angeles today. You are our neighbors, our friends, our family. Our strength is in our diversity—

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Rabbi Sharon Brous @sharonbrous.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

bit.ly/6525msnbcrab... "If you can't unequivocally condemn attacks against Jews b/c you hold them collectively responsible for the decisions of the most hard-right ministers in Israel’s history then you aren't anti-war, anti-racist, or anti-genocide, you're an antisemite."@allinwithchris.bsky.social

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

R' @sharonbrous.bsky.social at IKAR (@weareikar.bsky.social) last week. On the religious law of shmita, the murders in DC, Oct 7, antisemitism, racism, the dignity of every human life, & the simple fact the horrors in Gaza are chillul Hashem, a desecration of God's name. Please watch/listen:

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Four Things I Know - Rabbi Sharon Brous | Parashat Behar-Behukotai 5785 / 5.24.2025

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Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action @joindayenu.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

It’s time for the #CALeg to MAKE. POLLUTERS. PAY. It’s time to pass the #PollutersPay #ClimateSuperfund Act, which will fund resilience and recovery by making the fossil fuel industry pay for the damages it causes. This is a critical moment, make your voice heard! Dayenu.org/take-action-california

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

At a DC event dedicated to celebrating Jewish heritage tonight, a young couple— both of whom worked at the Israeli Embassy— was shot and killed. We are sickened by this act of murder. Terrorist violence is never justified; this is not the path to a just and peaceful future.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

NYC Mothers Day Reco: Take your mom, or your kid, or yourself to see Yael Melamede's gorgeous doc ADA My Mother the Architect from @saltyfeatures.bsky.social. Now playing at Angelika Film Center: bit.ly/ADA-NYC

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🗓️This week at ikar.org/calendar

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IKAR @weareikar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We thank God for the safe return of Edan Alexander after 584 days in captivity. We cry out for the return of the remaining 58 hostages, for an end to this catastrophic war, and for immediate humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. The time for a just peace is now!

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