Responding to Israel/Palestine
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Ta’anit Tzibbur: A Day of Communal Fasting
Join Hadar this Thursday, October 12th, the 27th of Tishrei, for a communal fast day supported by rabbis and leaders from across the Jewish world including Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie.
Grieving Across Brooklyn: A Gathering to Process and Share
Grieving Across Brooklyn: A Gathering to Process and Share
Come together with fellow Brooklyn Jews to process how the horrific news and images coming out of Israel and Gaza are landing on our hearts.
יחד בברוקלין לזכור הנופלים, למען ישראעל
יחד בברוקלין לזכור הנופלים, למען ישראעל
Virtual Mourner’s Kaddish Call
Virtual Mourner’s Kaddish Call
Our weekly Mourner's Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. Led by Rabbi Amichai + Shira in light of this moment.
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Zen Shabbat 5784
Zen Shabbat 5784
A shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit. This week, in particular, offers a medicinal invitation to sit, guided with much needed breath, sabbath prayers, song and dharma. We will dedicate this ritual to all the ways with which we can bring more peace and healing to the world.
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Vigil With Bereaved Israelis & Palestinians
Vigil With Bereaved Israelis & Palestinians
Join Bereaved Israelis & Palestinians for a virtual vigil.
Together We Move: Expressing Emotion in Community
Together We Move: Expressing Emotion in Community
This Sunday, Jessica Ofer and DJ Oatmeal are offering a FREE non-verbal space for Jews and Friends of Jews to safely express our emotions through our bodies. We’ll begin with breathwork by Jessica Ofer to pull us into the present moment and observe what we are feeling, and then move into an Ecstatic Dance set by DJ Oatmeal to express what needs to come out.
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Heirlooms // Keep Our Doors Safe: Reactivate Tools for Protection of Body + Soul
Heirlooms // Keep Our Doors Safe: Reactivate Tools for Protection of Body + Soul
Join Rabbi Amichai for a special learning gathering to help us ground and feel protected. We will be exploring the surprising history + new applications of Jewish ways with which we protect our homes, bodies and souls.
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Communal Gathering of Solidarity, Support + Prayer
Communal Gathering of Solidarity, Support + Prayer
Pray, breathe, reflect & ask questions about the war in Israel + Gaza with Rabbi Amichai & the Lab/Shul Team.
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Prayers for Peace
Prayers for Peace
Join the Church Center for the United Nations as we unite in prayers for peace, calling for an end to the violence and lifting up those who are suffering and have lost loved ones in this unfolding tragedy in Israel, [...]
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
Interfaith Prayer Vigil
Join Rabbis for Human Rights for an online prayer vigil and outcry, from those of faith.
We will gather together to seek the return of the abducted, healing and recovery for the wounded in body and soul, to mourn, and to seek peace.
Let us enlarge the light of peace and faith, and strengthen our moral and religious commitment.
Bring Them Home NOW
Bring Them Home NOW
Bring Them Home Now Demand Hamas release the hundreds of hostages immediately Times Square (Duffy Square) Entry point at Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 46th & 47th Thursday, October 19th @6pm *No backpacks allowed
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Heart Circle
Heart Circle
Join us on Wednesdays through December 20th for a sacred spaces of refuge - online and free of charge - where we can open our hearts, check in on one another, and share compassion, resources, and care. Heart Circles will be facilitated by the Lab/Shul ritual team and mental health professionals from the Lab/Shul Partnerhood.
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Solidarity: A Path to Liberation
Solidarity: A Path to Liberation
Join American Friends of Combatants for a conversation will be led by two Palestinian activists, Rana Salman and Souli Khatib, and two Israeli activists, Eszter Koranyi and Avner Wishnitzer.
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Heart Circle
Heart Circle
Join us on Wednesdays through December 20th for a sacred spaces of refuge - online and free of charge - where we can open our hearts, check in on one another, and share compassion, resources, and care. Heart Circles will be facilitated by the Lab/Shul ritual team and mental health professionals from the Lab/Shul Partnerhood.
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30 Days Later: Reflections and Conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
30 Days Later: Reflections and Conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Please join us to mark the end of Shabbat together and this historical moment, reflect, remember and reconnect to core values that can help us handle what’s ahead.
Rabbi Amichai, just back from two weeks in Israel will share his reflections and highlights from the trip, thoughts on where we are now, how to hold the hurting, cope with care, and not lose hope.