Holy Days
SAYDER 2024
MA NISHTANA. How have we changed since last year’s Seder? Since October 7th? Can we engage in difficult conversations about our differences - with respect, love, and commitment to all people’s liberation? Lead by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team, featuring special guest Aliza Kline from One Table.
SAYDER 2024
AVADIM HAYINU. What stories of collective hardship are we bringing to the Seder table this year? What parts of the Passover story would you want to highlight, as we wish to transform from hurting to healing? Led by Rabbi Amichai & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team featuring special guests Jon Adam Ross and Zhailon Levingston from the Inheritance Theater Project.
SAYDER 2024
DAYENU. How do we say "ENOUGH ALREADY" to stop the tragic cycle of oppression and violence as we commit to repair? What are hopeful narratives, voices and choices that help chart a better path at this time? Led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team, featuring special guests Jo Kent Katz & Rebekka Goldsmith.
Family Lab / Passover: Lotsa Matza!
BrooklynCelebrate the tastes, smells, and feels of Passover this year with an interactive eve of storytelling and song, crunchy matza baking and spring art making.
31st Annual Downtown Seder at City Winery
City WinerySince 1991, City Winery founder and Lab/Shul Partner Michael Dorf has produced this celebrity-driven interpretation of this ancient wine dinner party. This unique take on a divine tradition will open your mind and your senses.
SAYDER 2024
L’SHANA HA'BAA. Next Year! The Seder ends with a hopeful intention - next year in Jerusalem, the symbolic city of peace. What is next in our individual and collective vision for hope and change? What can each of us commit to in the coming year to bring about a better, kinder, and more just world? Led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team, featuring special guests Libby Lenkinski, Mushon Zer-Aviv, and David Broza.
ReCollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering
Lab/Shul’s ReCollect/Yizkor is a seasonal gathering to remember our loved ones, share stories, lift memory, and say Kaddish, the ancient memorial prayer, together.
ReCollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering
Whether experiencing a recent loss, remembering a loved one who passed long ago, or showing up to support community, we will gather each season to acknowledge feelings of loss that can be particularly painful as we anticipate an empty chair at the table. We will share memories and poetry, break bread together, and recite Kaddish for our loved ones – the ancient memorial prayer.
Sacred Grief: Tisha Ba’av
Join Lab/Shul and Temple of the Stranger for a profound experience of grieving in community as we observe the holiest day of mourning on the Jewish calendar, Tisha Ba'av. Using sacred texts and the power of our voices we'll explore the rituals of the mikonenet, the ancient female grief workers of the Jewish tradition. Led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, Rav Jericho Vincent, and Spiritual Leader Shira Kline, featuring special guest Reverend Derrick McQueen.
Tisha B’av: Transforming Pain, Rebuilding Trust with Nitsan Joy Gordon
Nitsan Joy Gordon is coming to NYC and Partners for Progressive Israel is organizing a workshop with her on Tuesday, August 13th. T'ruah - together with Lab/Shul + NY Jewish Agenda - will bring a workshop providing an opportunity to hear about Nitsan's experience and share your own, with an intention of regaining our ability to deeply connect to one another int he midst of this very polarizing time.