Adult Learning
IKAR of JUDAISM: Home Edition
We’re willing to bet that taking on some fairly simple, totally accessible spiritual practices can actually change your life. This year, we want to provide you the tools and opportunities to explore and experiment with some of Judaism's greatest treasures – age-old practices that have the potential to change the way you wake up and go to sleep, the way you eat and drive and schmooze and think.
Meet IKAR of JUDAISM: Home Edition. We're taking the learning to a living room in your neighborhood, with monthly house parties all over the city and valley. And we’re challenging you to turn good intentions into action by experimenting with a new spiritual practice each month (whether or not you make it to the house party). Don’t worry – we’ll help you find something that’s just uncomfortable enough, whether you’re a rookie or an old Jewish pro. We’re pretty convinced that by the end of the year you’ll see the difference.
Learn more about IKAR of Judaism: Home Edition.
Past Learning Series
Below is a list of topics covered in out "Dig In" series from 5772
Belief
When Bad Things Happen (Nov 2)
The God You Actually Believe in (Nov 9)
Waiting for Superman...or the Moshiah (Nov 16)
Stories
Women and Rebellion (Nov 30)
Magic, Witchcraft, and Wizardry (Dec 14)
Rabbis and Prostitutes (Jan 4) - NEW DATE
Israeli Literature
Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Israeli Women Writers (Jan 18)
Poetry and Possibility (Amichai) (Jan 25)
Heschel
The Sabbath (Feb 15)
The Prophets (Feb 22)
Grandeur, Awe & Radical Amazement (Feb 29)
Gastro-Judaism
Rugulah Mania (March 14)
Challah for the Soul (March 21)
Beyond Matzah (March 28)
Hot Topics
Life: Reproductive Choice (May 2)
Death: Capital Punishment (May 9)
Love: Marriage Equality (May 16)
Ongoing Adult Learning Opportunities
Email 411@ikar-la.org for the latest info.
Weekly Torah Study
Start your week off with Torah - join Rabbis Tsadok and Rosenthal for a lively, engaging discussion of the Torah portion. All are welcome. Mondays, 12:30pm-1:20pm at the WJCC.Check calendar for details.
The Crazy Talmudic Mind with R' Aaron Alexander
This study group will stimulate your mind, and might make you think our Rabbis were smoking something. More than anything else, it will illuminate deep labyrinths of holiness. Sometimes logical. Sometimes fantastical. Always intriguing...
9:00am on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month. Check calendar for details.
No experience necessary. No registration necessary. Just show up and learn.