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SUMMARY:Daily SoulSpa
DESCRIPTION:Daily SoulSpa\nWelcome to Daily SoulSpa – join us to gather for pause\, soul fuel\, poems and prayers of presence and healing. This is our take on the traditional afternoon Mincha prayer service “The Gift.” Each day\, we end by reciting the mourners kaddish prayer. \n*New Schedule*\nDaily SoulSpa is happening weekly on Mondays and Thursday\, and on the first Saturday of the month! Led by Lab/Shul’s Rabbi Amichai\, Naomi Less\, and Shira Kline along with guest artists and teachers. \nClick here to join
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/daily-soulspa-2-2020-08-19-2021-05-31/2024-06-01/
LOCATION:Zoom Gathering
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Lab/Shul Together,Wisdom
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SUMMARY:GENerate Information Session
DESCRIPTION:GENERATE INFORMATION SESSIONS\nThursday\, May 16th @ 3:30pm EDT\nThursday\, May 30th @ 5:30pm EDT\nWednesday\, June 5th @4:00pm EDT\nZoom\nJoin  Senior Clergy; Ben Freeman\, Associate Clergy; and Sam Hipschman\, Director of Community and Culture to learn about the fourth cohort of GENerate. \nGENerate is a year-long rite of passage experience for a small cohort of seekers\, 60ish and above\, exploring different ways to age wisely\, generatively\, and soulfully together. Inspired by Jewish art\, wisdom texts\, and traditions\, GENerate invites depth\, openness\, heart-centered conversation and discovery regarding this extraordinary and sacred season of our lives. \nIn this info session\, we’ll offer a taste of the GENerate experience\, share an overview of the year and what to expect\, and have ample time for questions and answers. These sessions will be identical in format\, pick the date that is best for you! \nNot able to attend but still interested in the program? Reach out to Ben at ben@labshul.org to request a replay of the session or to set up a 1:1 conversation about the program. To learn more about GENerate and to apply\, visit the webpage here. \nRegister here >\n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/generate-information-session/2024-06-05/
CATEGORIES:Homepage
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SUMMARY:Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine\nThursday\, June 6th\n6:30-8:30 PM\nNYC\n\nThese last few months have been some of the most painful of our lives as the war in Israel and Gaza continues. Lab/Shul is committed to providing space to engage in constructive\, compassionate dialogue\, fostering understanding and empathy while acknowledging and appreciating that the fabric of our everybody-friendly community is woven with diverse threads of perspective\, belief\, and experience. Join us for a new series of monthly conversations that offer communication skill-building\, and a forum for dialogue across disagreement. \nFacilitated by Lab/Shul Partner\, Sarra Alpert. \nThis in-person program is for Lab/Shul Partners only and offered free of charge.\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \n\nRegister here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/courageous-conversations-june/
CATEGORIES:Courageous Conversations,Homepage
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SUMMARY:Sabbath Queen 5784
DESCRIPTION:Sabbath Queen\nLab/Shul welcomes you to a special Sabbath Queen Shabbat ritual and feast to kick off our World Premiere Tribeca weekend.\nJoin Rabbi Amichai & the Lab/Shul community\, film director Sandi DuBowski and beloved community for a special\, everybody-friendly\, God-optional\, artist-driven Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy\, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation. \nLed by the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and beloved guest collaborators\, artists\, teachers\, healers\, and musicians. In downtown Manhattan. \nEach ritual opens with Happy Hour and ends with a catered Community Feast. Come for the Sabbath Queen\, stay for the Sabbath glow. \nRegister Here > \nSchedule:\n6:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour with Open Bar 21+\n7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy\, poetry\, and contemplative pause\n8:30pm + Community Feast \nJoin us for dinner!\nAfter our Sabbath Queen ritual\, join us for a special night of feasting\, drinking\, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat dinner!\nGenerous spread of appetizers\, salads\, main course\, and dessert.\nGluten free options available.\nWe invite you to BYOB! \nWe are committed to making the Sabbath Queen Community Feast accessible. To support this commitment\, we have devised a sliding scale reflective of the cost of ingredients and labor. \n$35 – Angel assisted pricing for artists\, educators\, seniors and those who really need it\n$45 – Covers the cost of one Shabbat dinner\n$55 – Helps to subsidize a Shabbat dinner for someone else \n5784 Dates; \nNov 17 – Brooklyn\nDec 8 – CT @Lab/Shul Hanukkah retreat\nJan 12 – Manhattan\nFeb 9 – Manhattan\nMar 8 – Brooklyn\nApril 12 – Manhattan\nMay 10 – Manhattan\nJune 7 – Manhattan
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sabbath-queen-june-5784/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Shabbat
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SUMMARY:Tribeca Film Festival: Sabbath Queen World Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Tribeca Film Festival: Sabbath Queen World Premiere\nJune 9th\, 2024\n5pm ET\nOKX Theater at BMCC TPAC\nSABBATH QUEEN\, a feature documentary filmed over 20 years\, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 39 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the Chief Rabbis of Israel. \nHe is torn between rejecting and embracing his traditional destiny and becomes a drag-queen rebel\, a queer bio-dad\, and the founder of Lab/Shul. SABBATH QUEEN joins Amichai on a lifelong quest to creatively and radically reinvent religion and ritual\, champion interfaith love and challenge patriarchy and right-wing orthodoxies. The film interrogates what Jewish survival means in a difficult rapidly changing 21st century. \nFollow along at @sabbathqueenfilm and visit sabbathqueen.com to learn more. \nAdditional Tribeca Film Festival Screenings: \nJune 10th @ 3pm ET – Village East by Angelika\nJune 14th @ 2:30pm  ET– Village East by Angelika \nGet tickets here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/tribeca-film-festival-sabbath-queen-world-premiere/
CATEGORIES:Homepage
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SUMMARY:Shavuot Across Brooklyn
DESCRIPTION:Shavuot Across Brooklyn\nJune 11 @ 9:00 PM – June 12 @ 8:30 PM\nCongregation Beth Elohim\nJoin different minyanim\, synagogues\, and organizations from across Brooklyn in an all-night tikkun at Congregation Beth Elohim. Beginning at 9:00 PM\, the program will feature 40+ learning sessions from some of our borough’s finest teachers\, ending with sunrise services in the wee hours of the morning. This event is a hallmark of the Brooklyn Jewish calendar\, and we’re excited to host it again this year. \nSpecial Programs Led by Lab/Shul Spiritual + Ritual Leaders: \n6/11 @ 11 PM – with Naomi Less: ”\nRegendered Torah: An Interactive Exploration”\nJoin Yael Kanarek\, Toratah’s founder\, and Naomi Less\, the artistic producer of the groundbreaking new album\, Songs of Toratah: ZimraTah as we dive into an interactive exploration learning about Toratah\, the regendered Torah. The Songs of Toratah features stylistically diverse compositions by international singer-songwriters who composed singable melodies from verses of Toratah. Through their words and music\, they contributed to the creation of a new cultural language. This session will feature live music and engaging study + surprise guest singers and musicians. \n6/11 @ 11 PM – with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Rabbi Rachel Timoner:\n“All You Need is Vav: how a broken letter in the Torah can help us repair ruptures and build Both/And Attitudes”\nIn these times of extreme polarization and division\, in particular when our world seems split between those who are pro-Israel and those who are pro-Palestine\, why and how might we foster a Both/And attitude within ourselves and our spheres of influence? Can we derive such an attitude from Jewish tradition? How do we hold Both/And without equating degrees of suffering\, without flattening the power differentials\, or without abdicating loyalty to our own people?  And what are the limits of Both/And? A single letter in the Torah may hold the key to holding it all together. \n6/11 @ TBD – with Shira Kline:\n“SongCircle on the Mountain Top”\nLab/Shul’s Shira Kline with Rachel Chang of LUNAR Collective and A Queer Niggun Project circle up on the mountaintop to raise our collective spirit together. We’ll use song\, silence\, high vibe melodies both old and new\, to connect\, to uplift and to let go into the Shavuot Harvest Season. Come with a song\, come sing along\, just come! As singing is a listening practice as well\, gentle instrument play is welcome and no musical experience is necessary. \n6/12 @ 12:05 AM – with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Rabbi Rachel Timoner:\n“Repair the World at Any Cost? The Jewish History and Ethical Dilemmas of Hostage Redemption\, and the Surprising Origin of Tikkun Olam”\nNine months later\, the fate of so many hostages remains unknown. The question of how to bring them home is incredibly divisive due to political\, theological\, and ideological concerns. It turns out we’re not the first generation to grapple with such tragic moral dilemmas. The debates between the imperative to save every single human life and the obligation to communal survival are recorded throughout Jewish history and surprisingly birthed the aspirational term tikkun olam\, to repair the world. On this night of revelation\, how can this history help us make sense of the anguish of this present moment and give us tools to participate in the needed healing? \n  \nFULL CBE Schedule \n9:00 p.m.:\nContemporary Creative Ma’ariv led by local clergy and ritualists (Chapel) \n9:30 p.m.:\nTraditional Egalitarian Service (Sanctuary)\nOrthodox Service (Boardroom) \n10:15 p.m.:\nWelcome and Introduction to Learning (Sanctuary) \n10:30 -11 p.m.:\nKeynote w/ Yael Kanarek (Sanctuary) \n11 p.m.-5:20 a.m.:\nLearning (Various) \n5:30 a.m.: Sunrise Shavuot Service (Chapel) \n*** \n6:30 p.m.: Yizkor Memorial Service (Chapel) \nMore information can be found here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/shavuot-across-brooklyn-2/
CATEGORIES:Homepage
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SUMMARY:ReCollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering
DESCRIPTION:ReCollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering\nHosted by Lab/Shul’s Kaddish Club\nWednesday\, June 12th\n6:45pm ET in NYC (Manhattan’s Village)\n7:00pm ET Online\n\nAs we journey towards Shavuot and the revelation of wisdom (Torah)\, we also acknowledge special folks we’ve lost along the way. What is the wisdom they shared with us during our precious time together? \nLab/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. Throughout the year\, ReCollect meets near or on the times of memory (Yizkor) on the Jewish calendar (Yom Kippur\, Sukkot\, Passover and in this month Shavuot). \nWhether you’ve experienced a recent loss\, are remembering a loved one who passed long ago\, or showing up in support of community\, you are welcome here. Together\, we acknowledge feelings of loss that can be particularly painful as we anticipate empty chairs at our tables and holes in our hearts. \nRegister to join in person >\nRegister to join online >\n**Please note for IN PERSON attendees.**\nThe in person event will take place on a rooftop in Manhattan’s Village (indoors should weather demand). Dress with weather in mind.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/recollect-june-2024/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Kaddish Club,Shavuot
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SUMMARY:GENerate Kickoff Study Session
DESCRIPTION:GENERATE KICKOFF STUDY SESSION\nThursday\, June 13th from 6:00-8:00pm EDT\nOptional info session from 8:00-8:30pm EDT\nOnline\n\nJoin Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\, Founder and Senior Clergy; Ben Freeman\, Associate Clergy and Program Director of GENerate; and Sam Hipschman\, Director of Community and Culture for a special study session kicking off the fourth cohort of GENerate. \nGENerate is our yearlong rite of passage program for adults 60ish and above exploring ways of aging wisely\, generatively\, and soulfully together. In this session\, we’ll spend time both in a large group and small breakout groups investigating: what is the Torah — the sacred story — of our lives? How does this Torah grow and change with us as we age? \nWe’ll be together from 6-8pm EST\, and from 8-8:30pm EST we’ll host a final info session for any prospective participants that have not yet submitted their application to join GENerate or still have outstanding questions about the program. As a reminder\, the final deadline for applications is Sunday\, June 16\, and the application can be found here. \n\n\nRegister here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/generate-kickoff-study-session/
CATEGORIES:GENerate,Homepage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240614T183000
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SUMMARY:Zen Shabbat 5784
DESCRIPTION:Zen Shabbat\nLab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to a shared experience of sacred space and time\, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit. \nRegister here >\n\nSchedule\n6:30pm – Doors Open\, Welcome to the space. Sit\, Exhale… \n(6:45pm Zoom Opens) \n7:00pm – 8:30pm of Zen Shabbat: Ritual music\, meditation\, and spiritual teachings led by Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison and Spiritual Leader\, Shira Kline. \nLocation & Capacity\nWe are thrilled to hold Zen Shabbat in person in NYC and on Zoom! In order to keep our community safe\, and socially-distanced\, we are limiting in-person capacity to forty-five people. \nLocation shared upon registration. \nAccessibility\nThere are floor cushions and chairs available for your sitting comfort. Our location is within 1 block of multiple subway lines.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/zen-shabbat-5784-june/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Shabbat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240620T180000
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SUMMARY:929 Below the Bible Belt Monthly Wrap-Up with Rabbi Amichai
DESCRIPTION:929 Below the Bible Belt Monthly Wrap-UP\nPsalm 43\nThursday\, June 20th\n5-6pm ET\nOnline\nJoin Co-Founder and Senior Spiritual Leader Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie for a monthly conversation about the Hebrew Bible as he journeys through all 929 chapters to get below the Bible Belt! \nThis conversation is open to all paid and unpaid subscribers of Below the Bible Belt. \nRegister here >\nFollow along for daily reflections on substack\, Below the Bible Belt!
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/929-below-the-bible-belt-june/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Wisdom
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