Responding to Israel/Palestine
SAYDER 2024
AVADIM HAYINU. What stories of collective hardship are we bringing to the Seder table this year? What parts of the Passover story would you want to highlight, as we wish to transform from hurting to healing? Led by Rabbi Amichai & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team featuring special guests Jon Adam Ross and Zhailon Levingston from the Inheritance Theater Project.
SAYDER 2024
DAYENU. How do we say "ENOUGH ALREADY" to stop the tragic cycle of oppression and violence as we commit to repair? What are hopeful narratives, voices and choices that help chart a better path at this time? Led by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team, featuring special guests Jo Kent Katz & Rebekka Goldsmith.
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.
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.
Virtual Launch of Listening from the Heart
Join American Friends of the Parents Circle Families Forum for the launch of their new on-demand peace education program was developed in partnership with Georgetown University.