Israel/Palestine
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.
Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
Join us for a new series of monthly conversations that offer communication skill-building, and a forum for dialogue across disagreement.
Wrestling with October 7 and its Aftermath – with Ansche Chesed
ManhattanOutstanding Jewish thinkers will come together to talk about Jewish communal responses to October 7, the role of Zionism for Diaspora Jewry, the role of “Jewish Progressives”, and how we should think about prayer in a time of war.
Yom Hazikaron Across Brooklyn
Make a Wish: Marking Israel’s 76th Birthday (+ Rabbi Amichai’s Birthday)
ManhattanLab/Shul Partners are invited for an intimate event of songs and stories of our diverse relationships with Israel, with wishes and prayers for more peaceful futures for all its people.
Yom Haatzmaut: 76 Minutes of Hope
Join 14th Street Y and LABA NYC for a night of hope and storytelling. Marking the 76th Yom Ha'atzmaut, spend 76 minutes in hopeful transformation through the stories and imagery of artists and community leaders, including Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie.
Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
Join us for a new series of monthly conversations that offer communication skill-building, and a forum for dialogue across disagreement.
Jerusalem Youth Chorus: Faith Over Division Tour
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus sings a different song: they are an Israeli-Palestinian music and dialogue project. Featured from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to the New York Times, JYC is raising youth voices for a shared future. The musical project rejects violence, occupation and terror—and have continued to meet throughout the war to sing out for peace, justice, inclusion and equality. The One America Movement is excited to present the Jerusalem Youth Chorus as part of the Faith Over Division Tour, inspiring people of faith to come together across religious, racial, and political divides to build trust and work together to improve their communities.