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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Sharon Brous

Beach front homes are destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu, California, January 8, 2025. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
January 9, 2025, 12:27 pm
Devastated Jewish communities rally to support members as California wildfires rage on
Leaders strive to bring comfort as many families lose homes; among wider population, five die, 1,900 buildings destroyed; some hydrants run dry as emergency services overwhelmed
By Kelly Hartog and Agencies
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is founder, spiritual leader and executive director of Lab/Shul in New York City. (Courtesy)
May 17, 2016, 1:05 pm
With eye on Jewish continuity, maverick spiritual leader goes mainstream
Ordination as Conservative rabbi will both limit and empower innovator Amichai Lau-Lavie, who aims for a more inclusive, dynamic and nourishing Judaism
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A Hanukkah celebration at The Kitchen in San Francisco on December 9, 2015. (Q Lam)
February 10, 2016, 6:05 am
Thriving US indie communities roll up their sleeves to ‘do’ Judaism
Jewish Emergent Network looks to lift American Jews out of demographic free fall and bring them back into the fold
By Ben Harris
Radi poses for a photo with his son and wife, whose names are omitted for security reasons, while waiting in an airport in Amman, Jordan, to board a plane to Canada where they will be resettled, December 20, 2015. (AP/Sam McNeil)
December 25, 2015, 8:00 pm
US rabbis envy Canadian counterparts’ chance to welcome refugees
While Canadian clergy help sponsor newly arriving Syrians, frustrated American rabbis focus on advocacy and education
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Kavana (Andy Ahlstrom/JTA)
December 17, 2014, 1:41 am
Female rabbis on the forefront of Jewish renewal
Are women-led pioneering prayer communities IKAR and Nashuva spawning a new movement?
By Anthony Weiss
"ABOLISH CHILD SLAVERY!!" in English and Yiddish, probably taken during May 1, 1909 labor parade in New York City. Jewish American women have often been at the forefront of social change. (Photo credit: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress).
June 4, 2013, 4:12 pm
Trapped under America’s Jewish glass ceiling
Of the top 20 highest-paid Jewish professionals in the US, zero are women
By Ben Zehavi
Rabbi Sharon Brous of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles. (Donovan Marks/Washington National Cathedral via JTA)
January 29, 2013, 7:00 pm
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
Tzvi Graetz
January 29, 2013, 5:14 pm
Tzvi Graetz
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.
Marc Schulman
December 10, 2012, 2:27 pm
Marc Schulman
For the perplexed American Jew: a guide to dissent
Take a page from Sheldon Adelson and get involved on the ground.
Ron Reynolds
December 3, 2012, 12:25 pm
Ron Reynolds
At IKAR, Israel is out of site
In comparison to Sharon Brous’s community, other synagogues Websites give the Jewish state a starring role
Natan Odenheimer
November 29, 2012, 5:52 pm
Natan Odenheimer
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.
Gil Troy
November 25, 2012, 4:06 pm
Gil Troy
Confronting Hamas totalitarianism unapologetically but humanely
When it comes to defending democracy, take a lesson from Daniel Moynihan and reject equivalence.
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)
November 23, 2012, 6:11 pm
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
Ed Feinstein
November 23, 2012, 1:08 pm
Ed Feinstein
All the families of the earth
Why Gordis needs Brous
Adam R. Bronfman
November 21, 2012, 1:21 pm
Adam R. Bronfman
‘But if I am only for myself…’
Gordis vs Brous: Gordis fails to heed the words of Hillel
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