Sharon Brous is the found­ing and senior rab­bi of IKAR, a trail-blaz­ing Jew­ish com­mu­ni­ty based in Los Ange­les. A lead­ing voice at the inter­sec­tion of faith and jus­tice in Amer­i­ca, she has been named #1 Most Influ­en­tial Rab­bi in the U.S. by Newsweek/​The Dai­ly Beast. She blessed both Pres­i­dent Oba­ma and Pres­i­dent Biden at their Nation­al Inau­gur­al Prayer Ser­vices, and her TED Talk ​“Reclaim­ing Reli­gion” has been viewed 1.5 mil­lion times. Her work has been fea­tured in the New York Times, Los Ange­les Times and Wash­ing­ton Post. She lives with her hus­band, David Light, and their chil­dren in California.