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SUMMARY:Pass/Age Weekend Retreat: Online Information Session
DESCRIPTION:Pass/Age Retreat:\nOnline Info Session\nTuesday\, January 13\, 2026\n6pm ET  | Online*\nHave you heard about Pass/Age\, our re-imagined rite of passage weekend retreat for folks in their 40s and 50s (ish!) and need to know more? Join us for an info session hosted by Lab/Shul’s ritual team member Ben Freeman and Rhona Silverbush\, longtime Lab/Shul Partner\, author and educator. \nPass/Age is Lab/Shul’s re-imagined rite of passage program for Jewish adults seeking to make more meaning in their lives — perhaps those looking to reinvestigate and reinvigorate an existing Jewish practice or those looking to make sense of a milestone or shift currently underway in their lives by calling on Jewish wisdom. Over the course of an immersive experiential weekend in a cohort of other adults\, using the Passover story as a frame for our learning\, participants will engage deeply with our inherited legacy of texts and traditions\, explore personal paths of meaning-making\, and co-create a communal ritual utilizing Lab/Shul’s signature Storahtelling methodology. \nNot able to attend this info session but have questions about the retreat? Reach out to Ben at ben@labshul.org. \n*Zoom link provided upon registration. \nREGISTER for Pass/Age Info Session >\nPass/Age Weekend Retreat Registration >> COMING SOON!
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/pass-age-weekend-retreat-online-information-sessionjan-2026/
CATEGORIES:Becoming,Homepage,Pass/age,Shabbat
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SUMMARY:Lab/Shul's Sabbath Queen 5786 Monthly Ritual
DESCRIPTION:Lab/Shul’s Sabbath Queen\nMonthly Ritual\nFriday January 16th\, 2026\n6pm EST – 9:30pm EST\nManhattan + Online*\nJoin us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy\, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation. This month in honor of the legacy and life of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. we welcome special guest Preacher\, Teacher\, Social Activist\, Singer\, Poverty Scholar\, Ritual Creator & Leader\, Reverend Derrick McQueen to our ritual circle. \nSabbath Queens will take place in person as well as online. \nJanuary’s program will be led by Shira Kline\, Naomi Less\, R. Amichai Lau-Lavie\, Shirazette Tinnin and Reverend Derrick McQueen. \nAs always\, the Sabbath Queen ritual opens with Happy Hour and ends with a catered vegetarian Community Feast. Come for the Sabbath Queen\, stay for the Sabbath glow. \nRegister here >\n*Location/link provided upon Registration. \nSchedule (all times EST):\n6:00pm – 7:00pm IN PERSON Happy Hour with wine/beer Open Bar 21+\n6:30pm – 6:55pm ONLINE Happy Half Hour/Oneg – hosted by Christy Lee-Engel\n7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy\, poetry\, and contemplative pause\n8:30pm + Community Feast\n8:30pm – 9pm ONLINE Happy Half Hour/Oneg – hosted by Andrea Frisch Hara + Joan Beard \nJoin us for Community Feast!\nAfter our Sabbath Queen ritual\, join us for a special night of feasting\, drinking\, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat Community Feast.\n+ Generous spread of appetizers\, salads\, main course\, and dessert.\n+ Gluten free options available. \nWe are committed to making the Sabbath Queen Community Feast available to people across class and economic access. 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 \nClick here if you’re curious to learn about why we offer a sliding scale! Not sure where you fall on the sliding scale? Here’s a handy guide. \nNEW THIS MONTH: Lab Shul Online Happy Half Hours / ONEG\nHosted by Lab/Shul Partners Andrea Frisch Hara\, Christy Lee-Engel and Joan Beard \nAre you a digital partner outside of NYC? Lab/Shul-curious? Home-based?\nYou’re invited to virtually gather in community before and/or after Lab/Shul’s Sabbath Queen Monthly Ritual. Come online and toast L’chaim\, to Life\, before pre-ritual and/or break bread together at the Oneg after. (Oneg is Hebrew for “delight\, pleasure or joy.”) \nPre-Ritual: 6:30pm – 6:55pm\nPost-Ritual: the immediate 30 min following the end of the ritual\nSAME ZOOM LINK – Come to either or both.\nEveryone welcome! \n5786 Sabbath Queen Dates:\nNovember 21\, 2025\nDecember 19\, 2025\nJanuary 16\, 2026\nFebruary 20\, 2026\nMarch 13\, 2026\nApril 17\, 2026\nMay 15\, 2026\nJune 12\, 2026
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sabbath-queen-5786-jan/
LOCATION:Manhattan + Online
CATEGORIES:Homepage,MLK Day,Shabbat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260118T110000
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SUMMARY:"Preacher Swap" with Rabbi Amichai and Rev. Derrick McQueen
DESCRIPTION:“Preacher Swap”\nwith Rabbi Amichai and Rev. Derrick McQueen\nSunday\, January 18\, 2026\n11am ET  | Harlem + Online\nTo extend the Sabbath Queen experience\, we are honored to share a special “Preacher Swap”. After Rev. Derrick McQueen brings his spirit and voice to Lab/Shul’s community on Friday\, Rabbi Amichai will serve as guest preacher at St. James Presbyterian Church in Harlem on Sunday. This exchange is more than a change of pulpit—it is a call to gather\, to witness\, and to lift one another. \nTo honor MLK weekend\, we invite you to show up fully — in voice\, in song\, in story\, and in action — joining hearts and hands in the work of justice and co-creating community. \nLEARN MORE + REGISTER >>\nSt. James Presbyterian Church is a welcoming and affirming historic African American congregation\, gathering weekly for Scripture\, prayer\, music\, preaching\, and fellowship\, with both in-person and virtual options available. All are warmly welcome.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/preacher-swap-with-rabbi-amichai-and-rev-derrick-mcqueen/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,MLK Day,Wisdom
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SUMMARY:MLK WEEKEND: Below the Bible Belt Pt. 2 Launch
DESCRIPTION:Judaism: Born Divided? Below the Bible Belt – Part 2.\nSpecial MLK Weekend Launch Session\nSunday\, January 18\, 2026\n2pm ET  | NYC + Online*\nFREE\n\nJanuary 18\, 2026 Topic:  Let Justice Roll from Micah to MLK: Prophetic Power in Broken Kingdoms \nBelow the Bible Belt – a partner program led by R. Amichai – is back with part 2 of the successful series from 2022-2025. \nWhat are our roadmaps of  moral imagination? Launching the year-long Judaism: Born Divided? Online Course with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie on MLK Jr. weekend\, deciphering biblical and contemporary prophetic voices who speak truth to power when societies fracture. Drawing on the feud between the kingdoms of Israel and Judah\, we explore how prophets challenged rulers\, exposed civil tensions\, offered hope and redirected history. How can these powerful legacies shape our own age of political turmoil and moral crisis? This session is taught by Rabbi Amichai\, with guest teacher Rev. Derrick McQueen Ph.D. \nRegister for 1/18 session here >\n*Exact location + link to be provided upon registration. \nFull year-long course details here. \nAttention Lab/Shul Partners: Lab/Shul Partners receive 50% off monthly/annual subscriptions. Partners click here to subscribe > \nNot a Lab/Shul Partner? Anyone can join! Click here to learn more >\nIf the fee is a barrier\, please be in touch about sliding-scale options so you too can enjoy the full features of Judaism: Born Divided – Below the Bible Belt. \n\n  \n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/mlk-weekend-below-the-bible-belt-pt-2-launch/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,MLK Day,Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Big Jewish Gathering: Rerooting Judaism
DESCRIPTION:Big Jewish Gathering: Rerooting Judaism\nJanuary 24 @ 9:30am – 9:30pm +\nJanuary 25 @ 10:00am – 6:00pm\nGreenpoint Brooklyn*\nWelcome to the Big Jewish Gathering – a two-day spiritual convening in Brooklyn weaving immersive ritual\, embodied learning\, and creative renewal.​ \nOn January 24–25\, our own Shira Kline will gather with spiritual leaders\, teachers\, and artists from across Jewish time and tradition — converging through mystical and ancestral pathways of awakening. \nThis year’s theme\, Rerooted Judaism\, invites us to journey between our collective past and ever-expanding future. What Jewish practices\, ancient and emerging\, can help us meet this moment? \nRegister here >\nThe Big Jewish Gathering is a bold new experiment in Jewish spiritual and cultural life: a two-day spiritual laboratory where emerging and established Jewish leaders will co-create a Judaism that meets this moment — one that is rooted\, relevant\, and alive. ​ \nThis is not a retreat. It’s not a synagogue service. It is a practice ground for connection\, creativity\, and renewal\, open to anyone interested in vibrant\, meaningful engagement with a Judaism that is embodied\, relational\, and grounded in tradition.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/big-jewish-gathering-rerooting-judaism2026/
LOCATION:Manhattan & Online
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Shabbat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260130T183000
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SUMMARY:Zen Shabbat 5786
DESCRIPTION:Zen Shabbat\n6:30PM-8:00PM ET\nNYC + Online*\nLab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to our seasonal Zen Shabbat gatherings\, in person and online. This ritual is a shared experience of sacred space and time\, harmonizing the Jewish Sabbath slowdown with traditional Zazen meditation practice. \nRegister here >\n\nSchedule\n6:00pm – Doors Open\, Welcome to the space. Sit\, Exhale… \n(6:15pm Zoom Opens) \n6:30pm – 8:00pm 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-person capacity is limited to fifty people. \n*Location and Zoom shared upon registration. \nAccessibility\nThe Zendo is on the 4th floor. There is an elevator. There are floor cushions and chairs available for your sitting comfort.  \nZen Shabbat 5786 Dates:\nFall Gathering – October 17\, 2025\nWinter Gathering – January 30\, 2026\nSpring Gathering – March 27\, 2026\nSummer Gathering – May 1\, 2026
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/zen-shabbat-5786-jan/
LOCATION:Manhattan & Online
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Shabbat
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