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The Jewish Daily Forward, July 21, 2010 The Sisterhood 50. America's Influential Women Rabbis
By Gabrielle Birkner

The Jewish Journal, July 6, 2010
Letters to the Editor: Flotilla, Musical Instruments on Shabbat, Mass Transit
By Stanley P. Gold

Newsweek, June 28, 2010
The 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America

The Jewish Daily Forward, June 29, 2010
Which Women Should Have Made Newsweek's Most Influential Rabbis List?
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

JTA, June 23, 2010
Getting to the IKAR about Rabbi Sharon Brous
By Ami Eden

The Jewish Journal, June 22, 2010
How different is IKAR? Rabbi Sharon Brous Inspires Change ... and Controversy
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax

The Jewish Journal, June 15, 2010
Jewish Community Foundation Hosts Grant Recipient Reception
By Danielle Berrin

The Jewish Journal, June 15, 2010
In Praise of Disunity
By David Suissa

The Jewish Journal, June 15, 2010
Jews and Latinos Join in Faith Rally for Immigration Reform
By Julie Greenbaum Fax

Beverly Hills Courier, June 11, 2010
JCF Honors Rabbi Brous

The Jewish Journal, June 1, 2010
Lulu Mickelson: Biking to Success
By Orit Arfa

The Jewish Journal, May 28, 2010
Obama Hosts Jewish Leaders at White House Reception
By Rabbi David Wolpe

The Jewish Journal, May 28, 2010
L.A. Jews on their Obama schmooze
By Danielle Berrin

Moment Magazine, May/June 2010
Moment Asks 35 American Jews Two Big Questions:What does it mean to be a Jew today? What do Jews bring to the world today?

Faith for Justice, May 11, 2010
Faith for Justice PSA

jspot.org, April 26, 2010
Jews speaking out on Arizona
By Jeremy Burton

Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2010
Jewish groups work to fight 'food deserts'
By Teresa Watanabe

JewsByChoice.Org, March 21, 2010
IKAR OF JUDAISM Lecture Series Available Online
By Avi M

CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism, Spring 2010
Encumbered and Blessed
By Jacob Artson

The Jewish Journal, February 2, 2010
IKAR’s Brous Tapped as ‘Woman to Watch’
By Danielle Berrin

The Los Angeles Blueprint, January 11, 2010
IKAR's Night of the Wandering Jew
By Kelly Hartog

eJewish Philanthropy, January 8, 2010
Covenant Foundation Announces New Grants
By eJP

The Youth Mentoring Connection/Urban Oasis Blog, January 6, 2010
Change 2 Lives - Become A Mentor
By Sarah S.

You Tube, December 10, 2009
Rabbi Sharon Brous speaks at JWI's 2009 Women to Watch gala event

The Jewish Journal, December 3, 2009
Vegan Adventures with Alicia Silverstone
By Naomi Pfefferman

The Jewish Journal, November 25, 2009
Healing the World, One School at a Time
By Rachel Heller

Ha'aretz, November 20, 2009
Rank and File

jweekly.com, November 12, 2009
Jewish Choice Awards benefit local nonprofits
By Stacey Palevsky

Jewlicious, November 5, 2009
Jerusalem is the new Jerusalem
By ck

The Jewish Journal, November 5, 2009
The Unity Trip: 18 Diverse L.A. rabbis traveled to Israel to show solidarity; while there they found new unity among themselves.
By Meredith Price Levitt

Los Angeles Times, October 31, 2009
L.A. rabbis in Israel seek to model tolerance
By Richard Boudreaux

ynetnews.com, October 28, 2009
US rabbis mission supports foreign workers'
By Yitzhak Benhorin

The Jerusalem Post, October 27, 2009
Multi-denominational LA rabbis find their unity - in Israel
By Tali Minsberg and Rebecca Baskin

The Jewish Journal, October 20, 2009
L.A. Groups Cited for Innovation
By Tom Tugend

The Jewish Journal, October 14, 2009
WOMEN RABBIS: Trailblazers and Innovators

New Jersey Jewish Standard, September 18, 2009
Greenbaum Book Explores the Finkelstein Years at JTS
By Jane Calem Rosen

Yelp.com Reviews
Read what people are saying on yelp.com!

JTA, June 11, 2009
Four Commentaries
By Ami Eden

The Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2009
Taking One Day at a Time
By Jordana Horn

Eco Friendly Mag, April 8, 2009
Going Solar for Blessing of the Sun

Jewish Journal, March 24, 2009
Torah Slam 2 asks: What is a Good Jew?
By Danielle Berrin

The Forward, December 18, 2008
Where would Darwin daven?
By Joshua Avedon

The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, November 18, 2008
Where's the struggle?
By David Suissa

The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, November 18, 2008
Don’t cut support to innovative nonprofits
By Shawn Landres, Toby E. Rubin and Martin Kaminer

The Forward, October 8, 2008
Leaders of Indie Prayer Groups Get Grants, Become Mainstream Darlings
By Rebecca Spence

The Forward, September 18, 2008
High Holy Days Go Online: Jews Repent Over Internet
By Rebecca Spence

The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, September 10, 2008
Who you calling Rebettzin?
David Light: ‘It’s a tricky balancing act’
By Danielle Berrin

KCBS News, September 4, 2008
L.A. Rabbi Awarded For Leadership, Inspiring Youth

Jewish Community Foundation Press Release, September 4, 2008
JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOS ANGELES NAMES RABBI SHARON BROUS RECIPIENT OF INAUGURAL INSPIRED LEADERSHIP AWARD
New Biennial Honor Carries $100,000 Charitable Gift

The Los Angeles Jewish Journal, September 3, 2008
Rabbi Sharon Brous wins $100,000 award for ‘Inspired Leadership’
By Brad Greenberg

The Nathan Cummings Foundation, May, 2008
Visioning Justice and the American Jewish Community
By Shifra Bronznick and Didi Goldenhar

Newsweek, April 21, 2008
How hot is your rabbi?
By Lisa Miller

Newsweek, April 21, 2008
Top 25 Pulpit Rabbis in America
By Michael Lynton, Gary Ginsberg, and Jay Sanderson

Newsweek, April 21, 2008
Top 50 Influential Rabbis in America
By Michael Lynton, Gary Ginsberg, and Jay Sanderson

The Jewish Journal, April 11, 2008
Will L.A. top rabbis make 'Top Rabbi' list -- again?
By Amy Klein, Religion Editor

The Jewish Journal, March 3, 2008
Purimpalooza people party like its 500 B.C.E. +/- (video)
By Danielle Berrin, Circuit Editor

Ha'aretz, December 1, 2007
Amazingly, the new Jews actually love their Shabbat services
By Shmuel Rosner

My Urban Kvetch, November 30, 2007
Emergent Jewish Communities Study Released
By Esther Kustanowitz

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 30, 2007
Minyan study: Jews pray on own terms
By Sue Fishkoff

Synagogue 3000 & Mechon Hadar, November 30, 2007
EMERGENT JEWISH COMMUNITIES and their PARTICIPANTS: Preliminary Findings from the 2007 National Spiritual Communities Study
Steven M. Cohen, J. Shawn Landres, Elie Kaunfer, and Michelle Shain

Jspot, November 28, 2007
What Defines the New Minyan Movement?
By Jeremy Burton

New York Times, November 28, 2007
Challenging Tradition, Young Jews Worship on Their Terms
By Neela Banerjee

The Forward, November 7, 2007
Kosher Fashion in L.A.
By Rebecca Spence

The Jewish Journal, November 7, 2007
Rags for richies, LOL (video)
By Danielle Berrin

Jewish Journal, November 2, 2007
A pioneering minyan celebrates double chai birthday
By Amy Klein, Religion Editor

Jewish Journal, October 12, 2007
Shul tripping -- a nostalgic hippie tours the alternative scene
By Roberto Loiederman, Contributing Writer

Slingshot, October, 2007
IKAR has been included (for the third year in a row) in this year's "Slingshot, A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation," an annual compilation of the 50 most inspiring and innovative organizations, projects, and programs in the North American Jewish community today published by The Charles and Andrea Bronfman Philanthopies.

Speaking of Faith, September 6, 2007
Days of Awe: One Voice in a Jewish Spiritual Renaissance
Krista Tippett interviews Rabbi Sharon Brous on the Days of Awe

The Jewish Journal, August 17, 2007
Rethinking -- and revitalizing -- religious schools
by Julie Gruenbaum Fax

The Calendar Girls (L.A. Jewish Journal bloggers), June 19, 2007
Evening at IKAR
by Dikla Kadosh & Danielle Berrin

Haaretz, June 11, 2007
Rosner's Guest: Rabbi Sharon Brous
by Shmuel Rosner

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 15, 2007
Traditionalists have nothing to fear from creative ways of young Jews
by Ari Kelman

21/64 (The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies), May 15, 2007
THE CONTINUITY OF DISCONTINUITY - How Young Jews Are Connecting, Creating, and Organizing Their Own Jewish Lives
by Steven M. Cohen and Ari Kelman

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, April 05, 2007
Conversion for those raised Jewish? Rabbis address patrilineal problem
by Sue Fishkoff

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 15, 2007
New congregations see 'Net results in communication and cost savings
by Sue Fishkoff

Jewish Journal, January 26, 2007
Webb's progressive center gift inspired by family's future
by Naomi Glauberman

Jewish Woman Magazine, Winter, 2006
The Power of One: For women, the secret of leadership means discovering your own path and then bringing others along.
by Rahel Musleah

Jewish Journal, December 12, 2006
Social Justice gets new address on Pico
by Amy Klein

The Forward, November 12, 2006
Lead Players on a Global Stage
Rabbi Sharon Brous Named to Forward 50
(for the third year in a row!)

Jewish Telegraphic Agency, September 14, 2006
Directory of niche charities targets young philanthropists
by Jacob Berkman

Jewish Journal, March 24-30
Wandering Jew - Upside Down
by Amy Klein

Jewish Journal, January 26, 2006
Emergent Jews: Worshippers create unconventional communities unbound by tradition to reinvigorate Judaism.
by Sarah Price Brown

Religion-Outside-The-Box, December 5, 2005
2005 Religion-Outside-The-Box Awards
Rabbi Sharon Brous recieves 2005 Religion-Outside-The-Box Award

The Forward, November 11, 2005
Lead Players on a Global Stage
Rabbi Sharon Brous Named to Forward 50

The Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2005
Redemption, God, a Crip and the 'Rapture index'
by Diane Winston, Knight chair of media and religion at USC

The Jewish Journal, October 7, 2005
In Search of a Leader - Can anyone save Conservative Judaism from itself?
by Amy Klein, Religion Editor

The Jewish Week, October 7, 2005
Paying For Praying
by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Ynetnews (English-language website from Yedioth Group), September 25, 2005
L.A. shul with a twist
quotes from IKAR HHD FAQs

CONTACT, The Journal of the Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation, Summer 2005
Moving Beyond the Labels: A Conversation With Rabbi Sharon Brous
interviewed by Eli Valley

Jewish Journal, August 12, 2005 2005
Marking Tisha B'Av Takes Many Forms
by Jane Ulman

JTA, July 15, 2005
Alternative ways to mark Tisha B'Av
by Jane Ulman

JTA, July 15, 2005
New guidebook serves as a road map to innovation in the Jewish community
by Rachel Pomerance

JTA, June 5, 2005
Shavuot may not be Passover, but it's become a little bit hip
by Sue Fishkoff

The Jewish Week, April 14, 2005
Y Be Jewish?
by Steve Lipman

Columbia College Today, May, 2005
Renewing American Judaism at the Root
by J. Shawn Landres

The Forward, November 12, 2004
Lead Players on a Global Stage
Rabbi Sharon Brous Named to Forward 50

The Providence Phoenix, October 1 - 7, 2004
Awe, shucks: Stepping out of the trappings of Stealth Jew and into a yarmulke for a few days
by Alan Olifson

Jewish Journal, September 9, 2004
Masters Of Return: Becoming Religious Changes People's Lives
by Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Religion Editor

Jewish Journal, August 19, 2004
New Prayer Communities Seek Spiritual High
by Jane Ulman, Contributing Writer