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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.

Hebrew College Currents, September, 2007
From Hollywood to Hebrew College
IKAR's own Jessica Kate Meyer is profled in Hebrew College's monthly publication

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

Judaism, Summer/Fall 2005
Joy and Jeopardy
by Rabbi Sharon Brous

JTSfuture.org hosted by Sh'ma, March 15, 2006
Heshbon HaNefesh (blogpost)
by Rabbi Sharon Brous

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

Jewish Journal, January 20, 2005
Parashat B'Shalach Commentary
by Rabbi Sharon Brous

Shma, December, 2004
One Car with Fire in its Belly
by Rabbi Sharon Brous

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

 
IKAR and RABBI BROUS: NEWSMAKERS/TRENDSETTERS

So first Rabbi Sharon Brous gets named to not just one, but two top rabbi lists - for most influential rabbis and top pulpit rabbis. Now a new report from the Nathan Cummings Foundation repeatedly cites IKAR as a leading force in American Jewry connecting spirituality to social justice.

IKAR MAKES SLINGSHOT (THREEPEAT!!!)

SlingshotIKAR is thrilled to announce that we've been included 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.

RAGS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS

Rags to RighteousnessCheck out video and coverage of Rags to Righteousness, a showcase of conscience-raising alternatives presented in partnership with Progressive Jewish Alliance.

SPEAKING of FAITH

Check out Rabbi Brous speaking about the Days of Awe on the podcast of Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett

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