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SUMMARY:14Y'S 78 Minutes of Hope
DESCRIPTION:14Y’S 78 Minutes of Hope\nThursday April 23\, 2026\n7:00 PM EST\nNYC\n\nWe invite you to join our partners at 14th for an evening of hope\, art\, and storytelling. \nIn recognition of 78th Yom Ha‘Atzmaut\, we invite you to spend 78 minutes in community\, reflecting on resilience\, strength\, and what it means to move forward together. Through stories\, music\, and conversation\, acclaimed artists\, writers\, and community leaders will share personal reflections and creative work that speak to this moment. \nTogether\, we will hold space for reflection\, creativity\, and hope. \n\nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/14ys-78-minutes-of-hope-2026/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260420T150000
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SUMMARY:The 21st Joint Memorial Ceremony 2026
DESCRIPTION:The 21st Joint Memorial Ceremony\nApril 20\, 2026\n8:30 pm Jerusalem time / 1:30 pm ET In Person + Online\n\nNow in its 21st year\, the Joint Memorial Ceremony organized by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle-Families Forum is a beacon of hope in the darkness. Through testimonies from bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families\, musical performances\, and messages of peace from human rights leaders\, we will prove that even in the face of unimaginable loss\, we can still choose humanity over hatred and hope over despair. \nJoin us in solidarity to bear witness and refuse to accept that war is our destiny. Together\, we will show that even in the darkest times\, humanity and hope can prevail. Learn more here: https://www.afcfp.org/2026-joint-memorial-day-ceremony \nLab/Shul is proud to sponsor the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony. Join us on April 20th\, 2026 at 1:30pm ET/10:30am PT\, as Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle co-host the 21st annual Joint Memorial Day Ceremony. This gathering offers a profound alternative to division and despair\, proving that even in times of deep suffering\, solidarity is not only possible but imperative.  \n\nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/the-21st-joint-memorial-ceremony-2026/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T210000
DTSTAMP:20251208T220238Z
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SUMMARY:Courageous Conversations: Visionary x Partners Community Salon
DESCRIPTION:Courageous Conversations:\nVisionary x Partners Community Salon\nDecember 16\, 2025\n7–9pm ET\nOnline*\nAvailable to Partners Only\n(This event is only available for partners. Not a partner yet? It’s easy to join. Learn more about our flexible options here.) \nEach month\, Lab/Shul’s Visionary Salon gathers a circle of Visionary Partners around one timely\, soul-stirring question. For Hanukkah – and as a continuation of the brave conversations we began on Kol Nidre – we’re opening this month’s Salon to all Partners. This gathering offers a space to spark hope and a first glimpse of our returning Courageous Conversations 2026 cohort – a community experience rooted in empathy\, dialogue\, and deep listening that has supported and sustained us in recent years. \nFacilitated in person by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and online by Melissa Shaw\, this Salon welcomes anyone ready to listen deeply\, speak thoughtfully\, and sit with complexity in community. \nOur Courageous Conversations framework draws on years of Lab/Shul practice: professionally guided dialogue\, a blend of large talking circle and small group formats\, this series nurtures understanding\, empathy\, and essential communication skills while embracing the diverse perspectives\, beliefs\, and experiences that shape our collective fabric. Each session offers a supportive space for thoughtful discussion\, equipping participants with tools to navigate conversations across disagreement with openness and respect. \n*Zoom information shared upon registration. \nThe virtual program is offered to partners only with a suggested donation of $18. Give what feels right—more if you can support others\, less if needed. Your presence is what matters most. \nQuestions? Reach out to sylvie@labshul.org. \nREGISTRATION>>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/courageous-conversations-visionary-x-partners-community-salon/
LOCATION:Online – Link Provided Upon Registration
CATEGORIES:Courageous Conversations,Hanukkah,Hanukkah 5786,Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T140000
DTSTAMP:20250506T152412Z
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SUMMARY:Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony 2025
DESCRIPTION:Joint The 6th Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony:\nHolding on to Home\, Holding on to Hope\nMay 15th\, 2025\n8:00pm Jerusalem | 1:00pm New York\nONLINE\n\n\nJoin our friends of American Friends of Combatants for Peace at The Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony affirms a vision of peace rooted in equality and justice – a vision in which Palestinians are not defined by displacement\, but by their right to live freely and securely. Holding onto home is about more than geography; it is a commitment to reconciliation\, not only for individuals\, but for the land itself. It is a vision of collective liberation\, where the oppressed are free from domination and the oppressors are freed from the systems that bind them to violence. \nThis year’s ceremony will feature testimonials from those displaced by the Nakba\, artistic performances\, and addresses from visionary thinkers from across Palestine and Israel. Together\, we will witness\, remember\, and call for a future rooted in justice\, equality\, and the right for all people to live in dignity in the place they call home. \nHome is not just a building – it is where memory\, identity\, and hope reside. It is the emotional anchor of our lives\, and without it\, there is no stability\, no safety\, and no future. That is why we come together to remember\, grieve\, and reflect\, but also to insist on hope. \nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/joint-nakba-remembrance-ceremony-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T210000
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SUMMARY:Yom Ha'Atzmaut: 77 Minutes of Hope 2025
DESCRIPTION:Yom Ha’Atzmaut:\n77 Minutes of Hope\nApril 30\, 2025\n7:00pm EST\nNYC\n\nJoin our partners at 14Y for an evening of inspiration as we celebrate Israel’s Yom Ha’Atzmaut with 77 Minutes of Hope. Through storytelling\, music\, and thought-provoking performances\, this event will feature acclaimed artists\, writers\, and advocates as well as a special presentation of State of the Jews\, the opera by Alex Weiser and Ben Kaplan.\n\nCome together in community\, reflection\, and optimism—because even in uncertain times\, hope endures.\n\nPresenters Include:\n\nNoa Fort\, Acclaimed vocalist and musician \nIddo Gefen\, Award-winning writer\n\n\nBen Kaplan\, Librettist of the opera\, State of the Jews\n\nDaphna Mor\, Internationally renowned musician\nRuby Namdar\, Award-winning novelist and LABA scholar\nNim Shapira\, Acclaimed filmmaker and director of the documentary film\, Torn\nJudith Shulevitz\, Writer and culture critic\nAlex Weiser\, Composer of the opera\, State of the Jews and Pulitzer Prize finalist\nAlana Zeitchik\, Advocate\, speaker\, and writer\n \nThis program is proudly supported by the Israel Engagement Fund: A JCC Association of North America Program Accelerator and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/yom-haatzmaut-77-minutes-of-hope-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T210000
DTSTAMP:20250428T181545Z
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SUMMARY:At The Threshold: A Ritual of Hope
DESCRIPTION:At The Threshold:\nA Ritual of Hope\nWednesday April 30\, 2025\n6:30pm EST\nPark Slope | BROOKLYN\n\nBetween pain and pride\, holding sorrow and solidarity\, we gather to rise from despair to repair\,  towards justice\, joy\, and peace for all who dwell on the land. Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\, along with Brooklyn rabbis and Israeli representatives of Rabbis for Human Rights invite the community to mark the tender transition from commemoration to celebration\, as Israel turns 77 during these difficult days. \n\nAbout the Program:\n\n\n\n\n\n6:30 PM – Gathering & refreshments\n7:00 PM – Transition ceremony – \nwith candle lighting\, live music and readings\nGuest speakers: Rabbi Ruti Baidatz & Rabbi Michael Marmur\n7:45 PM – Circle discussions in Hebrew and English\n8:30-9:00 PM – Closing Singalong\n\nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/at-the-threshold-a-ritual-of-hope/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T210000
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SUMMARY:North Brooklyn Israel Memorial Day - Yom HaZikaron Service 2025
DESCRIPTION:North Brooklyn Israel Memorial Day\nYom HaZikaron Service 2025\nApril 29\, 2025\n7:00pm EST\nBrooklyn\n\nJoin the East Midwood Jewish Center for a ceremony featuring stories of fallen soldiers\, Israeli songs\, Hebrew poetry\, prayer\, and hope\, in collaboration with clergy from various communities and the Israeli community. \n\n\nAbout the event:\n07:00 pm – Welcome\n07:30 pm – Service\n08:15 pm – communal sing-along – Israel music \n\n\n\nThis free event is open to all and especially suitable for high school students and older. \nFollowing the ceremony\, we will hold a communal sing-along led by Noah Solomon Chase and Lior Lekner – Brooklyn Shlicha \nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/north-brooklyn-israel-memorial-day-yom-hazikaron-service-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T210000
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SUMMARY:Yom HaZikaron: Songs of Remembrance 2025
DESCRIPTION:Yom HaZikaron: Songs of Remembrance 2025\nApril 30\, 2025\n7:00pm EST\nNYC\n\n\nThis Yom HaZikaron\, our partners at 14Y will gather to honor the lives lost in Israel and unite in shared song. With music led by acclaimed Israeli artists Yonatan Gutfeld (musical director/guitar/piano)\, Dana Herz (voice)\, Chanan Ben Simon (voice)\, Tal Mashiach (bass)\, and Eden Bareket (flute)\, this evening invites you to participate in a powerful tradition of collective remembrance. Songs will be sung in Hebrew\, with English translations provided. \nThis program is supported by the JCC Israel Education Grant and proudly supported by the Israel Engagement Fund: A JCC Association of North America Program Accelerator and the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/yom-hazikaron-songs-of-remembrance-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T143000
DTSTAMP:20250415T112254Z
CREATED:20250410T233250Z
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SUMMARY:Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony 2025
DESCRIPTION:Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony\nApril 29\, 2025\n8:30pm Jerusalem / 1:30pm EST\nONLINE\nAbout the Ceremony \nThe Joint Memorial Day Ceremony\, organized by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum\, is one of the largest Israeli-Palestinian jointly organized peace events in history. The Joint Memorial Ceremony provides a unique opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians to grieve together and stand strong in demanding an end to the occupation and ongoing violence. The ceremony occurs yearly on the eve of Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day). In Israeli mainstream culture\, the ceremonies that are most often held to honor this day serve to reinforce cultural narratives of pain\, victimhood\, and hopelessness. The Joint Memorial transforms this narrative by bringing Palestinians to the Memorial alongside Israelis to mourn side by side and model another way forward. \nOn April 29\, 2025\, we will gather for the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony\, in a powerful act of defiance against the forces that seek to divide us. Now in its 20th year\, the Joint Memorial is a beacon of hope in the darkness. Through testimonies from bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families\, musical performances\, and messages of peace from human rights leaders\, we will prove that even in the face of unimaginable loss\, we can still choose humanity over hatred and hope over despair. The ceremony will take place at 8:30 pm Jerusalem time / 1:30 pm ET. \nREGISTER >>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/israeli-palestinian-joint-memorial-day-ceremony-2025/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T213000
DTSTAMP:20250425T220955Z
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SUMMARY:Becoming Israel - 2025
DESCRIPTION:Becoming Israel\nStaged Reading of an Original Play + Talkback with R. Amichai Lau-Lavie & Lab/Shul’s Leaders\n\nSunday\, April 27\, 2025\n6:15 Doors | 6:30-9:30pm ET Program\nNYC*\nJoin us for a staged reading & talkback of highlights from Becoming Israel\, an original play written by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\, directed by Annie Levy\, and staged by Storahtelling in 2008 to mark Israel’s 60th year.  \nRevised for today’s context\, Becoming Israel serves as a thought-provoking entry point for facilitated discussions on modern-day challenges\, questions and realities of Israel/Palestine and Jewish identity.  \nThis event – led by Rabbi Amichai and Lab/Shul’s leadership – opens the week that holds the complex narratives of Israel’s existence\, with commemoration of losses\, celebration of survival and creation of ceremonies for hope\, healing and peace for all the people who consider the holy land their home.  \nMore on Becoming Israel:\nBecoming Israel intertwines three parallel lives—Leah\, a Biblical wife; Rachel\, a Holocaust survivor; and Jake\, a young American on his first trip to Israel—who discover their shared story and common name: Israel\, “The One Who Struggles with Life.” This powerful narrative examines the intersections of individual identity and collective memory\, offering a closer look at the legacy of Israel and its relevance in our current global reality. Originally created by Rabbi Amichai and Storahtelling artists in 2008\, Becoming Israel was revised in 2025.   \nQuestions? Email sylvie@labshul.org. \n*NYC address provided upon RSVP \n\n*Registration is now closed; Unfortunately\, no walk-ins
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/becoming-israel-2025/
LOCATION:NYC
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine,Shavuot,Woven Week of Interdependence 2025
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241030T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Launch of Listening from the Heart
DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum for the Virtual Launch of Listening from the Heart. This on-demand peace education program was developed in partnership with Georgetown University\, and has been endorsed by the American Federation of Teachers. It is available for use in universities\, communities\, and workplaces. \nShiri Ourian\, Executive Director of the American Friends of the Parents Circle\, will be joined by Jadd Hashem and Elijah Kahlenberg of Atidna International. \n* Reflect on what tensions and conversations are ongoing on college campuses\, with Palestinian and Jewish students.\n* Learn what sparked Listening from the Heart\, and how we got where we are today.\n* Get a peek into what is included in the program\, and how to best implement it in your community.\n* An opportunity to ask questions directly to the developers of Listening from the Heart. \nAttendees will receive Part 1 of the Facilitation Guide as a special thank you gift for joining! \nRegister for Virtual Launch here >\nLearn more about Listening from the Heart here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-launch-of-listening-from-the-heart/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T193000
DTSTAMP:20240507T180352Z
CREATED:20240426T144254Z
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SUMMARY:Yom Haatzmaut: 76 Minutes of Hope
DESCRIPTION:Yom Haatzmaut: 76 Minutes of Hope\nThursday\, May 16th\n7:30 PM\n14Y Theater\nJoin 14th Street Y and LABA NYC for a night of hope and storytelling. \nWe have been witness to amazing resilience\, community\, strength\, and hope this year. To mark the 76th Yom Ha’atzmaut\, we will spend 76 minutes in hopeful transformation through the stories and imagery of artists and community leaders\, including: Gillian Laub will share about how she found incredible hope in her project https://live2tell.com/about\, Nitzan Mintz and Dede Bandaid\, street artists and the creators of the global poster  campaign for the missing hostages\,  John William Codling\, artist. Created an artistic commentary on the posters created by Nitzan and Dede\, Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie\, founding spiritual leader of Lab/Shul\, Rachel Khafif\, Cofounder of RBK Art Advisory and an Art Professional\, Neta Weiner and Stav Marin – performance artists\, including spoken word\, music and dance. \nRegister here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/yom-haatzmaut-76-minutes-of-hope/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240515T130000
DTSTAMP:20240507T190447Z
CREATED:20240507T180121Z
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SUMMARY:Nakba: Joint Remembrance Ceremony with American Friends of Combatants for Peace
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URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/nakba-joint-remembrance-ceremony-with-american-friends-of-combatants-for-peace/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240513T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240513T183000
DTSTAMP:20240507T214542Z
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SUMMARY:Make a Wish: Marking Israel's 76th Birthday (+ Rabbi Amichai's Birthday)
DESCRIPTION:Make a Wish: Marking Israel’s 76th Birthday\n(+ Rabbi Amichai’s Birthday)\nMonday\, May 13th\n6:30 PM\nNYC | Private Home\n(exact address provided upon registration)\n\nLab/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. \nThis program is offered free of charge to Lab/Shul Partners\n**SPACE IS LIMITED. WE ARE TAKING REGISTRATIONS ON A FIRST COME\, FIRST SERVE BASIS.** \nLed by our ritual team\, this event features highlights from “In Between” – an award winning one-man show by Ibrahim Miari\, which explores the vibrant tapestry of his Jewish-Palestinian identity\, produced by Dirty Laundry Theater.\nJoin us to mark this nuanced moment together\, celebrating R. Amichai’s birthday\, and raising a glass to trust\, justice and hope. \nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \n\nRegister here >
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/make-a-wish-marking-israels-76th-birthday-rabbi-amichais-birthday/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Courageous Conversations,Homepage,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T190000
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SUMMARY:Yom Hazikaron Across Brooklyn
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URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/yom-hazikaron-across-brooklyn/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240512T130000
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SUMMARY:Yom Hazikaron: NYC Joint Memorial Satellite Ceremony with Congregation Beth Elohim & Ahinoam Nini
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/yom-hazikaron-nyc-joint-memorial-satellite-ceremony-with-congregation-beth-elohim-ahinoam-nini/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Israel/Palestine,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T194500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T210000
DTSTAMP:20240507T175453Z
CREATED:20240507T155046Z
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SUMMARY:Wrestling with October 7 and its Aftermath - with Ansche Chesed
DESCRIPTION:Wrestling with October 7 and its Aftermath\nThursday\, May 9th at 7:45 pm\nMinyan M’at\, an egalitarian kahal at Ansche Chesed\, is thrilled to sponsor a series of panels devoted to exploring issues that affect our community after the horrors of October 7 and Israel’s response.  Outstanding 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. \nEach panel will have a multiplicity of voices and viewpoints on one particular topic.  The idea is to have a panel that includes those with whom we may not agree\, so the discussion leads to a better understanding of the issues. \nRegister here >\n\nFourth Panel: “Jewish Prayer in a Time of War: For Whom and Why?”\n \n\nRabbi Tali Adler\, Faculty\, Hadar\nRabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses\, Rabbi and Director of Lifelong Learning at Romemu\nRabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie\, Founding Spiritual Leader Lab/Shul\nModerated by Ellen Braitman\, Bloomberg LP\n\nFREE and open to the public with registration. \nPanels are held at Ansche Chesed\, 251 West 100th St\, NY NY 10025 on the Upper West Side
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/wrestling-with-oct-7-and-its-aftermath/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240418T200000
DTSTAMP:20240401T173259Z
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SUMMARY:SAYDER 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAYDER\nThursday April 18\n6:30-8:00 PM ET\nOnline\nSpecial Guests: Libby Lenkinski\, Mushon Zer-Aviv\, and David Broza\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\, 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 Invitation Here >\n  \nAbout Libby Lenkinski\, VP of Public Engagement at the New Israel Fund and Founder/President of Albi\, a new fund\, institute and lab built to power culture change in and about Israel-Palestine. \nLibby leads all aspects of NIF’s public efforts in the United States – including communications\, digital\, programs\, events\, leadership\, community partnerships and engagement\, New Generations and our fellowships. Prior to joining NIF\, Libby lived and worked in the Israeli non-profit field for almost a decade. There she worked as Director of International Relations at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and as a strategy consultant for human rights organizations like Yesh Din and Physicians for Human Rights\, for documentary films including Budrus and The Law in These Parts\, new media initiatives like +972 Magazine\, and for progressive campaigns. She is a founding member of Zazim-Community Action and The Whistle. Currently\, Libby serves on the Executive Committee of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Arab-Israeli Issues and is a NY co-chair for the Reboot Network. Libby is based in Brooklyn and travels to Israel-Palestine frequently. \nAbout Mushon Zer-Aviv \nMushon Zer-Aviv is a designer\, researcher\, educator and media activist based in Tel Aviv\, and one of the founding principals of A Land For All – a shared movement of Israelis and Palestinians who believe that the way towards peace\, security and stability for all passes through two independent states\, Israel and Palestine\, within a joint framework allowing both peoples to live together and apart. \n  \nAbout David Broza \nDavid Broza is an internationally renowned Israeli singer-songwriter\, recognized for his dynamic guitar performances and humanitarian efforts. His signature sound brings together the influence of Spanish flamenco\, American folk\, rock and roll\, and poetry. Social justice and peace advocacy are embedded in Broza’s work; his 1977 hit song “Yihye Tov” remains an Israeli peace anthem. With over 40 albums released\, many of which are multiplatinum\, in English\, Hebrew\, and Spanish\, Broza continues to tour globally both as a solo musician and with his various musical projects. \nBroza’s charismatic\, vibrant\, and passionate energy is far-reaching and carries global impact. His presence as an entertainer\, industry innovator and humanitarian continues to inspire and ignite meaningful listening for all generations. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sayder-april-18-2024/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Passover 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T200000
DTSTAMP:20240401T173233Z
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SUMMARY:SAYDER 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAYDER\nThursday\, April 11\n6:30-8:00 PM ET\nOnline\nSpecial Guests: Jo Kent Katz & Rebekka Goldsmith\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 Invitation Here >\n  \nAbout Jo Kent Katz\nJo Kent Katz (she/her) is an Intuitive healer\, a social justice educator\, a ritualist\, an ordained Kohenet\, and an auntie. Jo is a political educator who centers healing\, a healing practitioner who believes in collective liberation. As a white\, queer\, cisgender\, able-bodied\, assimilated Ashkenazi Jew\, Jo is committed to reclaiming Ancestral connection\, healing inherited legacies\, and bolstering our collective capacity to dismantle racism and all forms of oppression. \nFor Sacred Consideration \njokentkatz.com \ntranscendingjewishtrauma.com \nAbout Rebekka Goldsmith\nRebekka Goldsmith  uses voice as a physical\, emotional and spiritual practice for activating personal development and supporting deep group connection. She works with individuals virtually and in person\, and facilitates year long programs\, workshops\, rituals\, spiritual retreats and community-wide gatherings. Rebekka is the Musical Director at Congregation Bet Haverim in Atlanta\, GA \nhttps://rebekkagoldsmith.bandcamp.com/album/seeding-the-tree \nWww.rebekkagoldsmith.com \nwww.congregationbethaverim.org \n 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sayder-april-11-2024/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Passover 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T200000
DTSTAMP:20240402T144230Z
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SUMMARY:SAYDER 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAYDER\nApril 4\n6:30-8:00 PM ET\nOnline\nSpecial Guests: Inheritance Theater Project’s Jon Adam Ross\, Executive Director and Zhailon Levingston\, Artistic Director\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\, Jon 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 Invitation Here >\n  \nAbout the Inheritance Theater Project\nThe inheritance Theater Project works with intersectional\, intergenerational\, and interfaith communities to build relationships across divides through a participatory playmaking process inspired by shared cultural touchstones. Their latest project is The Juneteenth Seder Project”. \nJon Adam Ross\, Executive Director\nJon Adam Ross has spent more than 25 years making art with communities around the country as an actor\, playwright\, and teaching artist and the last 8 years as a co-founding artist and Executive Director of the In[HEIR]itance Project. Jon has served as an artist in residence at Union Theological Seminary\, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America\, and many other religious and educational institutions. Jon has been a Covenant Foundation Fellow\, a LABA Fellow\, a Pedagogies Research Fellow with M²\, a Cogenerate Innovation Fellow\, and a Spielberg Fellow in Theater Education with the Foundation for Jewish Camp. Jon holds a BFA in Acting from NYU/Tisch. With the Inheritance Theater Project\, a national arts non-profit that works with communities to build relationships across divides through collaborative theater projects inspired by shared cultural touchstones\, Jon has co-created original plays in communities all over America. As an actor\, Jon has performed in over 90 cities around the globe. His stage credits include: a dog\, a 2\,000-year-old bird\, an elderly orthodox Jew\, a spurned housewife\, a horse\, a British naval officer in 1700s Jamaica\, a goat\, Jesus Christ\, a lawyer\, a wrestler\, a hapless police chief\, and a cyclops. \nZhailon Levingston\nZhailon is a Louisiana-raised storyteller\, director\, and activist whose work has developed original work in New York and throughout the country. He co-created and serves on the Board of the Broadway Advocacy Coalition where he helped create the curriculum of their Theatre of Change course\, started at Columbia Law School. Zhailon has done work with organizations like Idina Menzel’s A Broader Way Foundation\, and co founded the Arts/Advocacy campaign #WordsonWhite. He was the Resident Director for “Tina: The Tina Tuner Musical”\, the Associate Director of “Hadestown” in Korea\, and became the youngest Black director in Broadway history when he directed “Chicken and Biscuits\,” one of the first shows to open on Broadway after the shutdown. Zhailon recently directed “Patience” at Second Stage Uptown. Zhailon is the Co-director of “Reconstruction” with Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin\, and the upcoming New York revival of “CATS” at PAC NYC.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sayder-april-4-2024/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Passover 5784,Responding to Israel/Palestine
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T183000
DTEND;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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000
DTSTAMP:20240401T173136Z
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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:20240324T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T203000
DTSTAMP:20240319T222853Z
CREATED:20240312T150230Z
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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:20240323T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T200000
DTSTAMP:20240315T151551Z
CREATED:20240312T145356Z
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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:20240321T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T190000
DTSTAMP:20240312T145007Z
CREATED:20240312T145007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T145007Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T160000
DTSTAMP:20240320T165703Z
CREATED:20240319T201816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240320T165703Z
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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: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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T110000
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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:20240307T130000
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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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