Tuesday, November 18
Time: 7pm - 8:30 pm
Location: IKAR, Los Angeles, CA
A book talk & hands-on workshop exploring creativity, Torah, and the power to reimagine what’s possible.
In a moment that demands bold imagination and spiritual courage, join Rabbi Adina Allen—co-founder and Creative Director of Jewish Studio Project—for a dynamic evening with Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR as they explore the transformative power of creativity.
At a time when we feel fractured, overwhelmed, or uncertain about the future, creativity offers more than comfort—it opens a path forward. In her groundbreaking new book, The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom, Rabbi Allen reframes Torah as a sourcebook for renewal, inviting us to tap into our creative power to heal, reimagine, and rebuild.
The evening will begin with a timely and provocative conversation between R’ Allen and R’ Brous, followed by a hands-on creative workshop offering participants a way to process, express, and respond to this urgent moment with imagination and heart.
No experience necessary—just bring your full self and a willingness to explore what’s possible.
Bios:
Rabbi Adina Allen is a national media contributor, popular speaker, and award-winning educator who teaches about creativity as a vital tool for Jewish learning, spiritual connection and social change. As co-founder and Creative Director of Jewish Studio Project (JSP), Adina has worked with thousands of Jewish organizational and communal leaders, educators, and clergy across the country to access and activate their inherent creativity. Adina is the author of The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity Through Ancient Jewish Wisdom (Ayin, 2024). She and her family live in Berkeley, California.
Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles, and author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts and Mend Our Broken World, a national bestseller.
Brous offered the invocation at the Democratic National Convention in 2024, led the Hanukkah candle lighting with the Vice President and Second Gentleman in 2023, and the White House Passover Seder in 2021. She blessed President Biden and Vice President Harris at the Inaugural National Prayer Service in 2021, and in 2013, she blessed President Obama and Vice President Biden. She was named #1 on the Newsweek/The Daily Beast list of most influential Rabbis in America, and has been recognized by The Forward and Jerusalem Post as among the most influential Jews alive today. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, and her 2016 TED talk, “Reclaiming Religion,” has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people.
Brous is in the inaugural cohort of Auburn Seminary‘s Senior Fellows program, which unites top faith leaders working on the frontlines for justice, she sits on the faculty of REBOOT, and serves on the International Council of the New Israel Fund and national steering committee for the Poor People’s Campaign.
A graduate of Columbia University (both undergraduate and M.A. in Human Rights), she was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.