The Cleveland Jewish Book Festival is back for its 25th year! Join Rabbi Sharon Brous to discuss her book, The Amen Effect.

In a time of loneliness and isolation, social rupture and alienation, what will it take to mend our broken hearts and rebuild our society? Brous makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one other in celebration, in sorrow and in solidarity. The Amen Effect translates foundational ideas into simple practices, offering a blueprint for a meaningful life and a more connected and caring world.

Sharon Brous is the senior and founding rabbi of IKAR, a leading-edge Jewish community based in Los Angeles. In 2013, Brous blessed President Obama and VP Biden at the Inaugural National Prayer Service. She has also blessed President Biden and VP Harris, and led the White House Passover Seder and the Hanukkah candle lighting. 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 TED talk, “Reclaiming Religion,” has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people.

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This event is part of the Cleveland Jewish Book Festival, supported in part by an Ohio Humanities Ignite Grant!

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