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SUMMARY:Tisha B'Av: Grief Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Tisha B’Av: Grief Ritual\nby Temple of the Stranger\nThursday\, July 23rd\n6:30-9:30pm EST\nBROOKLYN\nWe invite you to join our partners at Temple of the Stranger for an embodied ritual of grief and loss rooted in the Jewish ancestral tradition for Tisha B’Av\, the ancient Jewish day of communal mourning. \n\nOur ancestors knew that grief is not meant to be carried alone. We’ve inherited ancient\, embodied ways of working with grief together. With music and sound\, ritual and presence\, we’ll welcome our grief\, enter it\, move through it\, and let it move through us. This is an honest space for tears\, silence\, or whatever rises. We’ll then follow the journey from loss to relief\, and explore the stirrings of liberation planted at the close of this day. We’ll share light bites of sacred food* to seal the ceremony. \nFeaturing Rav Jericho Vincent\, Rabbi Yosef Goldman\, Chaya Morgan. \nDoors open at 6:30. The ceremony will start promptly at 6:40. Please arrive on time. This experience is open to people of all backgrounds. No prior experience with Judaism or Tisha B’Av is necessary. \nDress code: Black grief attire\, honoring loss\, reverence\, or remembrance in whatever way feels true to you. Open to folks aged 18+ who are Jewish\, Jew-ish\, and non-Jewish. To aid in the Great Turning please bring your own water bottle. \n\nLearn More & Register >\nPlease note: \n\n\n\nPhotos and videos will be taken at this event. By entering the premises\, you consent to being photographed or recorded and to the use of these materials for future marketing or related purposes by Temple of the Stranger and its partners.\n*Fasting is one of the traditional practices of Tisha B’Av. This food will serve as a break fast for those who need it. You’re welcome to fast if that’s meaningful to you but it is not expected nor required.\nThis ceremony is made possible through the generous support of UJA Federation of New York and folks like you who love Temple of the Stranger. To support our work\, please click here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/tisha-bav-grief-ritual/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Tisha B'Av
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SUMMARY:Tisha B'Av: Grief Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Tisha B’Av: Grief Retreat\nSunday August 3rd\, 2025\n4-8pm EST\n(Doors open at 3:40pm EST)\nBROOKLYN\, NY\nJoin Temple of the Stranger and Lab/Shul for a half-day grief retreat in Brooklyn on Tisha B’Av\, the saddest day of the Jewish ancestral calendar. We’ll partake in traditional practices and rituals of Jewish grief\, explore ancestral wisdom on how to work with grief\, and bring presence to traumas past and present\, individual and collective. \nFeaturing teachings and sacred song from R’ Amichai Lau-Lavie\, R’ Jericho Vincent\, Sacred Musician Shira Kline and others. Some folks have a tradition to fast on this day\, so we’ll conclude with a ceremonial break fast for all. \nAfter the retreat\, our community weaver will host an informal hang out to chat\, digest the experience\, and continue to connect. \nOpen to people of all backgrounds. No prior knowledge required.  \nThis event is made possible due to the generosity of the UJA Federation of New York and supporters like you. \n\nRegister >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/tisha-bav-grief-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,LGBTQ,Tisha B'Av
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SUMMARY:Tisha B'av: Transforming Pain\, Rebuilding Trust with Nitsan Joy Gordon
DESCRIPTION:Tisha B’av\nTransforming Pain\, Rebuilding Trust with Nitsan Joy Gordon\nTuesday\, August 13\, 2024 | 6-9PM EST\n(Exact location coming soon)\nNitsan 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.\n\n\nLEARN MORE + REGISTER HERE\n\nBy registering for this event\, I agree to receive occasional updates from Partners for Progressive Israel. I understand that I can unsubscribe at any time\, and PPI will never share or sell my data. \n\nNitsan Joy Gordon is an Israeli peace builder\, author and director of Together Beyond Words who for over 30 years has been working to empower and train women and more recently\, men as peace facilitators. She is the author of Together Beyond Words: Women on a Quest for Peace in the Middle East and following October 7th she has been creating the Army of Healers.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/tisha-bav-transforming-pain-rebuilding-trust-with-nitsan-joy-gordon/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Tisha B'Av
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SUMMARY:Sacred Grief: Tisha Ba'av
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Grief: Tisha Ba’av\nwith Lab/Shul and Temple of the Stranger\nMonday\, August 12\, 2024\n7-9PM EST\nJoin 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. \nPeople of all identities are welcome. No prior Jewish knowledge required. Donation based tickets available at the link for those in financial need. \nThis event is made possible in part due to the generosity of UJA Federation of New York.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sacred-grief-tisha-baav/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Tisha B'Av
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SUMMARY:Rise From Rubble
DESCRIPTION:Rise From Rubble\nMarking Judaism’s Saddest Day: How We Can Heal the Hate that Ruptures Reality?\nJoin Lab/Shul’s Rabbi Amichai and Ben Freeman\, with Rev. Derrick McQueen\, pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church\, and Jericho Vincent\, founder of Temple of the Stranger\, on the Fast of the 9th of Av to grieve in community and to explore how the ancestors can guide us in healing hatred within ourselves\, in our communities\, and in the world. \nJoin us in person in Harlem at St. James or tune in for a live-stream by Zoom. \nFor in-person participants\, we will conclude the program with a potluck break-fast. Please bring something vegetarian to share. \nRSVP here.\n  \nRev. Derrick McQueen earned his is a Ph. D. in Homiletics and New Testament at Union Theological Seminary (NYC). He also received an M. Div. in Worship and the Arts from Union; and a B.A. in Theater Arts from Drew University. Rev. Dr. McQueen is also the pastor of St. James Presbyterian Church in Harlem\, the oldest African American Presbyterian Church in New York City. St. James is an affirming congregation. Rev. McQueen and St. James are also in partnership with LAB/SHUL and he has joined LAB/SHUL as a Christian partner as a Ritual Leader for several High Holy Day Seasons. Rabbi Lau-Lavie and Rev. McQueen created and a two part set of anti-racism sessions\, “From Separation to Reparation.” The first accompanied several communities through the Holy Day Season. The second iteration worked through the issues partnering with the work of Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited. Derrick also serves as Chair for the board of Auburn Seminary\, which equips bold and resilient leaders with the tools and resources needed for a multifaith world.\nwww.derrickmcqueen.com \nJericho Vincent is the founder and spiritual director of Temple of the Stranger\, a mystical community rooted in Jewish ancestral wisdom and open to all. They teach Torah in communities across the country and on Instagram @thealef
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/rise-from-rubble-2023/
LOCATION:St. James Presbyterian Church + Online\, 409 W. 141st St\, New York\, NY
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SUMMARY:“Libi Davai”: A Communal Gathering to Mourn Those Lost to COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Lab/Shul is honored to join T’ruah\, JFREJ\, and other partners in faith and justice for a ritual gathering of song\, liturgy\, and community in Central Park’s East Meadow on the evening of the 9th of Av\, August 7th\, so that we may ease our hearts together. \nTwo and a half-years into a global pandemic\, we see a deep need for a moment of communal acknowledgement of the vast loss experienced by our communities and our city. As the Jewish calendar urges us to reflect on historic pain and destruction\, we gather together to name and integrate our sense of loss\, mourning those whose lives have been taken by the pandemic\, and the pain caused by the exposure of the fatal gaps in societal webs of support for the most marginalized.  \nJoin Shira Kline and Rabbi Amichai\, along with leaders\, artists and activist from other communities and organizations\, in person and online\, to mark and end this fast\, together.  \nOn the afternoon of Tisha B’Av\, we seek not only to name and metabolize our collective grief\, but also to move forward– not to return to what has passed\, but to build ahead in mutual support and consolation.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/libi-davai-a-communal-gathering-to-mourn-those-lost-to-covid-19/
LOCATION:Online & In Person
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Tisha B'Av
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SUMMARY:Rise from Rubble // Tisha B'Av
DESCRIPTION:On a day when we lift up what has been broken\, we pause to grieve\, raise up the shards\, and rise from the rubble to the task of repair and renewal.  \nJoin Co-Founders and Spiritual Leaders Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Shira Kline with guests including poet Rodger Kamenetz\, Rev. Derrick McQueen\, and Rabbi Mira Rivera for a special SoulSpa Zoom ritual on the Ninth of Av.  Through poetry and prayer\, meditation and conversation\, we’ll create sacred space together for the broken pieces of our personal and public lives.  \nThe Ninth of Av is Judaism’s saddest day\, marked by fasting\, reflecting and lamenting historical destruction and exile\, as well as enduring\, current realities of hatred\, division and discrimination.  \nThe afternoon of the fast is traditionally the time in which the rebirth of hope begins\, as we rise from grief towards growth\, guided by our ancestral prophetic promise.  \nFollowing this event\, Shira and Rabbi Amichai will be joining our partners at TIRDOF for an in-person and online gathering in Central Park\, to Mourn those lost to COVID-19. You can find information and register here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/rise-from-rubble-tisha-bav/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Tisha B'Av
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