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Topic: Sharon Brous

January 29, 2013
7:00 pm

Rabbi Sharon Brous of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles reads Prayers for the People at the presidential inaugural service. (Donovan Marks/Washington National Cathedral via JTA)

Rabbis tweaked inaugural readings to make them ‘Jewier’

White House was okay with last-minute changes added by Jewish clergy at service after Obama’s swearing-in

By Ron Kampeas

January 29, 2013
5:14 pm

I shook the hand that blessed Barack Obama

In the U.S., she’s a leading rabbi with a flourishing congregation. In Israel, she’s officially nothing.

By Zvi Graetz

December 10, 2012
2:27 pm

For the perplexed American Jew: a guide to dissent

Take a page from Sheldon Adelson and get involved on the ground.

By Marc Schulman

December 3, 2012
12:25 pm

At IKAR, Israel is out of site

In comparison to Sharon Brous’s community, other synagogues Websites give the Jewish state a starring role

By Ron Reynolds

November 29, 2012
5:52 pm

Our disputes must be ‘for the sake of heaven’

By changing Israel-related discourse from polarizing to unifying, we are bringing a new way to engage with Israel.

By Natan Odenheimer

November 25, 2012
4:06 pm

Confronting Hamas totalitarianism unapologetically but humanely

When it comes to defending democracy, take a lesson from Daniel Moynihan and reject equivalence.

By Gil Troy

November 23, 2012
6:11 pm

Hillel Tigay's new album, “Judeo,” in Hebrew and Aramaic, is based on his interpretation of what music may have sounded like in ancient Israel. (Courtesy of Ikar Music Lab/PR via JTA)

New album attempts to recapture 2,000-year-old sounds from the Temple

In ‘Judeo,’ LA cantor Hillel Tigay mixes music from the Bible with modern influences such as Peter Gabriel

By Rebecca Spence

November 23, 2012
1:08 pm

All the families of the earth

Why Gordis needs Brous

By Ed Feinstein

November 21, 2012
1:21 pm

‘But if I am only for myself…’

Gordis vs Brous: Gordis fails to heed the words of Hillel

By Adam Bronfman

November 19, 2012
11:45 am

Response to Gordis: a simplistic misreading of history

Rabbi Brous’s message reflects a long tradition of harmony between Zionist and universal ideals

By David N. Myers

November 18, 2012
11:35 pm

When balance becomes betrayal

We are utterly abandoned by those who ought to be unabashedly at our side

By Daniel Gordis

August 22, 2012
5:39 am

Barack Obama, far right, meeting with Jewish leaders in 2011. (photo credit: Official White House Photo/Pete Souza)

As presidential race heats up, Obama touts rabbinical support

Hundreds of Jewish clergy have signed on to support re-election bid, more than double the number at this stage of 2008 campaign

By Nathan Burstein

April 2, 2012
5:59 pm

Rabbi Sharon Brous (photo credit: Courtesy IKAR)

America’s Top 50 Rabbis

Did your spiritual leader make the cut?

By Ari Ben Goldberg