IKAR

Ask

Are you a synagogue or what? Yes and no and kinda. Words like “synagogue” can feel constraining, and we want to think expansively about what Jewish life can be… so we think of ourselves as a spiritual community, and let the experience define itself.

Pray

“Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.”
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, “On Prayer”

Learn

“To educate means to cultivate the soul.”
-Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Act

“Love your neighbor, and love yourself. That is the whole Torah. All the rest is commentary.” Hillel

Meet

This community is crawling with good folks — from longtime members to newbies — and there are so many ways to connect.

Party

“Never miss a party… good for the nerves like celery.”
-F.Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby Girls

Give

“All beginnings require that you unlock new doors. The key is giving and doing. Give tzedakah and do kindness.”
-R’ Nachman of Bratslav

We are all searching for something. What’s your thing?

IKAR Shabbaton 2019 - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

Start Date:

Friday, May 10, 2019

End Date:

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Location:

Camp Ramah

385 Fairview Road

Ojai, CA 93023

Registration for Shabbaton 2019 is now closed.