Rabbi Sharon Brous is founder of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles, a vibrant and innovative new spiritual community in Los Angeles. For the last three years (2005-2007), IKAR has been included in Slingshot, A Resource Guide to Jewish Innovation, an annual compilation of the 50 most inspiring and innovative organizations, projects, and programs in the North American Jewish community today. From 2004-2006, Rabbi Brous was included in the Jewish Forward's Forward 50, a list of the most influential voices embodying "the spirit of Jewish action as it is emerging in America." Since 2005, she has been a member of the Synagogue 3000 Leadership Network, a select national group of rabbis, cantors, and artists working to transform and revitalize American Jewish spiritual communities.