Davening Team

Rabbi Brous and Hillel Tigay lead a team of daveners who are equal parts talent and soul, opening hearts and raising spirits at IKAR.

Ross Levinson

"The Beat”

Ross Levinson grew up in Brooklyn, NY acting, acting out, and playing violin and football. He began studying piano at age five, and switched to violin at age eight. He has written music for television and film, and is currently a Professor at CSULA.  He performs live with a number of bands and loves davening and drumming at IKAR.

Jaclyn Beck

"The Voice”

Music has always been an incredible force in Jaclyn’s life.  For her, singing is prayer, and music heals like no other remedy.  She feels blessed to work alongside such extraordinarily gifted spiritual leaders and musicians and is grateful to be part of a community that is both authentically Jewish and committed to the pursuit of a more just world.

Devorah Brous

When Devorah is not drumming at IKAR and soaking up her sister's Torah, she is banging out rhythm as a community organizer.  She spent 15 years designing campaigns to advance human rights, community self-reliance, and environmental justice in Israel and the Palestinian Territories.  In 1999, she founded BUSTAN, working with the Bedouin in the Negev, and ran it for nine years.