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SUMMARY:#HerVoice_OurFuture
DESCRIPTION:#HerVoice_OurFuture\nWednesday\, March 7\, 2024\n1:00 PM EST (8:00 PM Jerusalem)\nOnline\nJoin American Friends of the Parent’s Circle Families Forum for a special International Women’s Day webinar with Israeli\, Palestinian\, and international women changemakers. \nNote: simultaneous translation to/from English\, Hebrew\, and Arabic will be available \nBushra Awad – bereaved mother\, Forum member\nAyelet Harel – bereaved sister\, Forum member\, PCFF Board member\nHuda Abuarqoub – UN Advisor for Article 1325 on women\, peace\, and security\nNaomi Sternberg – gender and conflict resolution manager at the Geneva Initiative and peace activist\nZuhra Bahman – Regional Director for Search for Common Ground\, Afghanistan\nHamutal Gouri – moderator and feminist peace activist \nRegister here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/hervoice-ourfuture/
CATEGORIES:Responding to Israel/Palestine
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SUMMARY:Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine\nThursday\, March 7th\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\, Melissa Shaw. \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 >\nJoin us for future dates:\nTuesday\, April 2nd\nThursday\, May 2nd\nThursday\, June 6th
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/courageous-conversations-march/
CATEGORIES:Courageous Conversations,Homepage
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SUMMARY:Rally to Bring Them Home Now
DESCRIPTION:Rally to #BringThemHomeNow\nSunday\, March 10th\n11am\n90th Street & Central Park West\nJoin JStreet NY\, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum of New York\, and more to mark 150 days since the horrific October 7 attacks and the hostages being taken. We will raise our voices and call out: Bring them home now.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/rally-to-bringthemhomenow/
CATEGORIES:Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T170000
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SUMMARY:Performance of PHARAOH followed by Q + A with creator Rabbi Misha Shulman and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
DESCRIPTION:Performance of PHARAOH\nfollowed by Q + A with creator Rabbi Misha Shulman and Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\nSunday\, March 17th\n3pm\nTheater for the New City\nThe piece\, which tells the biblical Exodus story from the perspective of the king of Egypt\, is a work for two artists: Shulman\, dressed in black\, gives voice to all the characters\, while Kalamandalam John\, founder and Director of Kalatharangini Kathakali School in South India\, performs the play in movement theater using vibrant traditional Indian dance drama and elaborate makeup. Everything is in English. Michael Posnick directs. \nThe production was inspired in 2008 when Shulman was in the village of Muzhikulam\, Kerala to watch a fifteen-day play called the Asokavanikangam\, or the Asoka Tree Garden\, performed in the Kudiyatam\, Sanskrit theater tradition. This Indian classic\, taken from the Ramayana\, the holy Hindu book\, tells of how The arch-villain Ravana kidnaps the goddess Sita\, taking her to his island of Lanka\, and trying repeatedly to convince her to succumb to him. Shulman describes the experience as “riveting\,” “the slowest thing you’ve ever witnessed\,” and “the best thing I had seen in my life.” Longing to make a parallel play of his own\, Shulman imagined a staging of the Exodus story in which Jews could watch a play about the inner life of Pharaoh\, their greatest enemy\, modeled on Ravana and reimagined with Indian influences. \nThe piece ultimately evolved into a two-man production: a dialogue between a Pharaoh character performed in physical theater by Kalamandalam John\, founder and Director of Kalatharangini Kathakali School in South India\, and Misha Shulman\, clad in black\, voicing all the characters of the story including Pharaoh\, Moses (stuttering)\, Pharaoh’s son\, wife and father; an Egyptian priest and Death. They are accompanied musically by Galen Passen on Sitar and Tripp Dudley on drums. Kalamandalam John performs with the elaborate costume\, colorful makeup\, intricate gestures and expressive facial movements of Kathakali. \nThe piece was initially envisioned to be performed by Shulman as a solo show\, influenced by the spirit and style of Kudiyatam. It was workshopped in Toronto\, where Shulman was playwright in residence of Crow’s Theater. Later he had a staged reading at the 14th Street Y\, where he was a LABA fellow. The project was set to premiere at Theater for the New City in March 2020 but was canceled due to the Covid shutdown. \nAdditional performance dates:\nMarch 15 – 31\, 2024\nThursday\, Friday\, Saturday at 8:00 PM\, Sunday at 3:00 PM\nNo performance Friday\, March 22\nTheater for the New City \nLearn more & buy tickets here >\n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/performance-of-pharoah-followed-by-q-a-with-creator-rabbi-misha-shulman-and-rabbi-amichai-lau-lavie/
LOCATION:Theater for the New City
CATEGORIES:Responding to Israel/Palestine
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SUMMARY:Purim Pivot with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
DESCRIPTION:Purim Pivot with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\nThursday\, March 21st\n1-2pm ET\nOnline\nPurim 2024 mid war is about politics\, protest and a must-have pivot \nFind out what\, why\, who and how to flip this holiday upside down this year. \nPurim and its featured Scroll of Esther has been understood as a fantasy of Jewish power written when Jews had none. But today it is a different story and requires wrestling with the text and traditions to walk our talk of moral responsibility and make new meaning of this holiday for our fast changing times. Yes\, even the pastries. \nJoin Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie Thursday\, March 21 at 1 p.m. ET to discuss and grapple with the new responsibility of Purim. Read a piece on the topic by Amichai here. \nRSVP Required. Sign up Here.\nThis event is for Lab/Shul Partners only | Not a partner yet? Learn how to join here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/purim-pivot/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Purim 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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SUMMARY:Taanit Esther Learning: Celebrating Amidst Grief and Pain
DESCRIPTION:Taanit Esther Learning: Celebrating Amidst Grief and Pain\nThursday\, March 21st\n4:00PM ET\nThe Jews fasted on this day to call out in anguish at the despair and fear for the future of the Jewish people. \nMany of us are experiencing these feelings and more. At the same time\, Jewish tradition teaches that once the Hebrew month of Adar starts\, we should be happy. How do we hold this all? How can we celebrate in the midst of tremendous grief\, pain\, and loss? \n\nJoin T’ruah and Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie\, Rabbi Jericho Vincent\, and Esther Sperber to mark Ta’anit Esther\, the Fast of Esther.\n\n\nOur teachers will help us navigate the tension of the joyful redemption of the Jews in the Book of Esther\, the story’s disturbingly violent ending\, and the grief and fear many of us are experiencing right now.\n\nRegister Here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/taanit-esther-learning-celebrating-amidst-grief-and-pain/
CATEGORIES:Purim 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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SUMMARY:From Despair to Hope
DESCRIPTION:From Despair to Hope: An Evening with Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green of Standing Together\nThursday\, March 21st\n7:00 PM\nUpper West Side\, NYC\n  \nJoin the New Israel Fund in NYC for an important conversation with Sally Abed and Alon-Lee Green\, co-directors of Standing Together (Omdim Beyachad-Naqif Ma’an). Standing Together is an organization predicated upon the centrality of Arab-Jewish partnership\, and is an essential voice during this difficult time in Israeli history. They will share personal stories about the work they have done and the support system they have created through their thousands of members–volunteers working to maintain a group of Jews and Arabs who are devoted to creating a society capable of achieving peace\, equality\, and social justice for all. \nCo-sponsored by the New Israel Fund\, Ansche Chesed\, and the New York Jewish Agenda. \nPlease RSVP here and don’t hesitate to reach out to ny@nif.org if you have any questions. \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS: \nSally Abed is a staff member and an elected national leader at Standing Together. In recent years\, she has become a prominent progressive Palestinian voice in Israel. Sally is a recurring guest on the Promised Podcast and the Co-host of the new podcast Groundwork – a mini series co-sponsored by the New Israel Fund\, about Palestinians and Jews refusing to accept the status quo and working together for change. \nAlon-Lee Green is the national director and a founder of Standing Together\, the Jewish-Arab grassroots movement that mobilizes people around issues of peace\, equality and social justice. He got his start organizing Israel’s first trade union of waiters in a chain of coffee shops and went on to found Israel’s first National Waiters Union. Alon-Lee emerged as a prominent leader of Israel’s social protest movement in the summer of 2011\, and subsequently served as a political adviser in the Knesset\, Israel’s parliament.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/from-despair-to-hope/
CATEGORIES:Purim 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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SUMMARY:פורים בלי מסכות
DESCRIPTION:פורים בלי מסכות\nPurim Without Masks (Hebrew Only)\n23.3.24\n20:00\nBrooklyn\nרצינו להזמין אותכן למפגש פורים אלנטרטיבי בעברית‫\,‬למבוגרים. נתכנס בלי רעשנים‫\,‬ באווירה מכילה‫\,‬ לבחון את התכנים המאתגרים והיצרים האלימים של העם היהודי👹👺 שהם חלק מהותי מסיפור מהחג‫\,‬ איך חוגגים את קיומנו בלי איום על קיום האחר‫\,‬ ואיך מתקדמים לעולם אלים פחות וצודק יותר \nבואו לשמוע מסלי ואלון לי מ״עומדים ביחד״ בשיחה עם הרב עמיחי\, לשמוע מוזיקה לייב ⚡️⚡️ עם נטע וינר מ״סיסטם עלי״\nנעה פורט ומיכאל פייגנבאום + יין 🍷🥂 ונשנושים. \nהאירוע בעברית\, בברוקלין\, ללא תשלום + תרומה מומלצת ל״עומדים ביחד״. \nהרשמה\n  \nCo-sponsored by Lab/Shul\, Congregation Beth Elohim\, and Standing Together \nNOTE: This event is in Hebrew only. For other Standing Together events in English\, click here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/purim-without-masks/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Purim 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T183000
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SUMMARY:Fighting For Peace and Justice: Standing Together NYC Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:Fighting For Peace and Justice: Standing Together NYC Fundraiser\nSunday\, March 24th\n6:30-8:30pm\nBushwick\, Brooklyn\nPlease join Standing Together’s Palestinian and Jewish leadership\, support the movement\, and join the fight for peace\, equality\, and justice. Through an evening of inspiring musical performances and guest speakers\, we will build strength together to keep choosing hope and fighting for peace. \nFor this one night\, we are inviting our supporters to take a moment together and feel the spirit and soul of our movement through an evening of connection\, music\, and an intentional space for togetherness. \nStanding Together is the biggest Jewish-Arab grassroots movement in Israel\, building a shared future for Palestinians and Jews in Israel-Palestine. Our work has become even more crucial since October 7th\, and we will not give up or give in to despair. We continue to fight for a better future through all of the challenges because we know that where there is struggle\, there is hope. \nBuilding a shared future with freedom\, safety\, and equality for all Palestinians and Jews is a long and arduous mission. We need your help to keep growing our movement and sustain our resiliency\, despite the devastation that has unfolded all around us. \nPlease consider joining us and/or consider sponsoring more of ST’s work through your ticket purchase and donation towards one of our named intiatives. \nThe evening will honor the holy month of Ramadan with an Iftar blessing and light food served only after breaking of the fast. \nLearn more and reserve your spot >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/fighting-for-peace-and-justice-standing-together-nyc-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Brooklyn
CATEGORIES:Purim 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000
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SUMMARY:SAYDER 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAYDER\nThursday March 28\n6:30-8:00 PM ET\nOnline\nSpecial Guest – Aliza Kline\, President and CEO of One Table\n\nPassover 2024 will be different from all other Passovers we’ve known.  The violent  death toll and displacement  of Israelis and Palestinians\, and the rising political tensions worldwide continue to inflict pain\, rupture lives and relationships\, raising critical questions of identity\, solidarity and the ongoing struggles for human liberation. \nLab/Shul proposes FOUR NEW QUESTIONS  to help us hear each other’s truths\, engage in honest conversations\, raise our cups to healing\,  life and peace\, together. \nSAYDER 2024 is our redesigned Everybody-Friendly\, God-Optional Passover Seder Insert with four new questions to integrate into your Haggadah\, however works best for you. \nThis Passover\, let’s designate our Seder tables as sacred and safe spaces for sharing stories and questions\, honoring all voices\, and start to heal tensions as we invoke visions for repair. \nJoin us for some or all of 4 weekly online sessions exploring the question: How do we bring this complexity to Judaism’s oldest sacred storytelling ritual that celebrates legacy\, survival and optimism? \nSessions will be led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\, Lab/Shul Ritual Team & feature special guests including Aliza Kline\, John Adam Ross\, Zhailon Levingston\, Jo Kent Katz\, Rebekka Goldsmith\, Libby Lenkinski\, Mushon Zer-Aviv\, and David Broza! \nDates: Thursdays March 28\, April 4\, April 11 & April 18 \nCost:\nPer session: $20 /  $15 for Partners\nAll 4 sessions: $60 / $45 for Partners\n(All recordings will be provided to registered guests following the event)\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \n\nRegister Here >\nDownload SAYDER 2024 Here >\n  \n Aliza Kline\, President and CEO of One Table  \nAliza is a dynamic leader and social entrepreneur. She is co-founder and CEO of OneTable\, a powerful platform for young adults to engage in Jewish life\, practice and community by hosting and participating in peer-led Shabbat dinners\, serving 100\,000 people annually. OneTable has been featured in the New York Times\, NPR\, ABC and dozens of local news outlets. Aliza also co-founded and served as executive director of Mayyim Hayyim Community Mikveh and Education Center in Boston\, an international model for re-imagining ancient rituals. \n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sayder-march-28-2024/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Passover 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T183000
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SUMMARY:Zen Shabbat 5784
DESCRIPTION:Zen Shabbat\nFriday\, March 29th\n6:30pm ET\nNYC\nLab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to the third of four seasonal Zen Shabbat gatherings\, in person and online. This ritual is a very special shared experience of sacred space and time\, harmonizing the Jewish Sabbath slowdown with traditional Zazen meditation practice. We welcome special guest Billy Jonas to join our team this evening. \nZen Shabbat offers a medicinal invitation to sit\, guided with much needed breath\, sabbath prayers\, song and dharma. We dedicate this month’s ritual to Springtime’s welcome and  all the ways with which we can bring more peace and healing to the world.  \nFollowing the ritual at 8:30pm\, Rabbi Amichai\, Shira\, and Senseis Koshin and Chodo invite you to stay in the Zendo\, for a 45 minute heart circle and check in. This will be another opportunity to connect\, to support\, to hear and to hold each other during this time of tension and tending. This additional circle will be IN-PERSON only. Please bring a nourishing treat to share\, a sweet for the soul will go a long way.  \nRegister Here >\n\nSchedule\n6:30pm – Doors Open\, Welcome to the space. Sit\, Exhale… \n7:00pm – 8:30pm of Zen Shabbat: Ritual music\, meditation\, and spiritual teachings led by Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison and Spiritual Leaders\, Shira Kline & Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and music from Billy Jonas. \n8:30pm – 9:15pm IN PERSON ONLY Connect in community circle after Zen Shabbat\, to hear and share with each other other during this time of tension and tending. \nLocation & Capacity\nWe are thrilled to hold Zen Shabbat in person in NYC | In-person capacity is limited to fifty 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-march/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Shabbat
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