Rabbi Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, and has devoted her rabbinate to reinvigorating Jewish tradition and practice and advancing soulful, multi-faith justice work in Los Angeles and around the country. Brous’s 2016 TED talk, “Reclaiming Religion,” has been viewed by more than 1.4 million people and translated into 22 languages, and in 2013, she blessed President Obama and Vice President Biden at the Inaugural National Prayer Service.

Jonathan Goldstein is the host and creator of the podcast Heavyweight. In 2016, The Atlantic named it the number one podcast of the year. Previously, he created and hosted WireTap, a cult favorite that ran on CBC radio for eleven years. Jonathan is the author of the novel Lenny Bruce is Dead (2001), the short story collection Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bible! (2009), and the memoir I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow (2012). For twenty years, his radio stories have been featured on This American Life.