Rabbi Sharon Brous is a former faculty member of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and the founding rabbi of IKAR, a spiritual community dedicated to reanimating Jewish life by standing at the intersection of soulful, inventive religious practice and a deep commitment to social justice. Since starting IKAR in 2004, Sharon has been recognized a number of times as one of the nation’s leading rabbis by Newsweek, The Daily Beast, and as one