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IKAR
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “post-denominational jewish congregation and community founded in los angeles and led by rabbi sharon brous”. Today it says “non-denominational jewish congregation and community founded in los angeles”.
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IKAR is a post-denominational Jewish congregation and community founded in Los Angeles and led by Rabbi Sharon Brous .1 IKAR ("essence" in Hebrew) was founded in 2004 by Brous along with Melissa Balaban and others, including David N. Myers , Andrea Blaugrund Nevins and Daniel Sokatch . Its membership includes Eric Garcetti , the former mayor of Los Angeles . IKAR's musical director is Hillel Tigay.2
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post-denominational jewish congregation and community founded in los angeles and led by rabbi sharon brous
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non-denominational jewish congregation and community founded in los angeles
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