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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T180000
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SUMMARY:Sabbath Queen 5784
DESCRIPTION:Sabbath Queen\nJoin us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy\, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation.\nLed by the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and beloved collaborators\, artists\, teachers\, healers\, and musicians\, our season of 5784 Sabbath Queens will take place in person in the West Village and in Carrol Gardens Brooklyn\, as well as online. \nEach ritual opens with Happy Hour and ends with a catered Community Feast. Come for the Sabbath Queen\, stay for the Sabbath glow. \nRegister Here >\nSchedule:\n6:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour with Open Bar 21+\n7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy\, poetry\, and contemplative pause\n8:30pm + Community Feast \nJoin us for dinner!\nAfter our Sabbath Queen ritual\, join us for a special night of feasting\, drinking\, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat dinner. \nOur SABBATH QUEEN COMMUNITY FEAST\, will be in a Brooklyn neighborhood known for its Italian-American community (and food!). Last year’s pizza was such a hit that we will be enjoying it again – catered by local shop PRONTO PIZZA. \nThink: pizza for all dietary needs\, big green salads\, etc. \nWe invite you to BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle) \nSpecial wine pairing suggestions from Chef Liz Alpern – co-founder of Gefilteria and dear friend of Lab/Shul – include:\nA chilled CHENIN BLANC\, perfect to pair with a flavorful veggie slice\nA CHIANTI CLASSICO\, the go-to bottle for a margarita pizza \nWe are committed to making the Sabbath Queen Community Feast accessible. To support this commitment\, we have devised a sliding scale reflective of the cost of ingredients and labor. \n$35 – Angel assisted pricing for artists\, educators\, seniors and those who really need it\n$45 – Covers the cost of one Shabbat dinner\n$55 – Helps to subsidize a Shabbat dinner for someone else \n5784 Dates; \nNov 17 – Brooklyn\nDec 8 – Lab/Shul Hanukkah retreat\nJan 12 – Manhattan\nFeb 9 – Manhattan\nMar 8 – Brooklyn\nApril 12 – Manhattan\nMay 10 – Manhattan\nJune 21 – Manhattan
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sabbath-queen-5784-3-2024-03-08/
LOCATION:Brooklyn
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Purim 5784,Shabbat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240310T110000
DTSTAMP:20240308T170700Z
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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:20240313T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T203000
DTSTAMP:20240201T022842Z
CREATED:20240131T185940Z
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice\nWednesdays March 13\, March 20 & March 27\n6:30-8:30pm ET\nWhat’s play got to do with it? Central to how we understand and interact with the world as children\, for many of us play gets gradually sidelined as we grow\, put on the back burner as the serious stuff of adult life crowds in. What if we reimagined play as central to our spiritual development as adults? Kick off the (second!) month of Adar with this three-session series filled with experiential activities\, opportunities to create\, and a warm hug extended to the inner child in all of us. This is a 3-Session Series – attending all 3 is not required but strongly recommended. \nLed by Ben Freeman\, Associate Clergy. \nCost: $20/session\, $15/session for Partners\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \nRegister here >\nThis session is being offered as part of  Lab/Shul’s Learning Lab – a fresh fusion of spirituality\, art\, and personal growth. Each session\, crafted and led by members of the Lab/Shul ritual team and staff\, is an artist-driven adventure\, designed to awaken your senses\, nourish your soul\, and deepen your spiritual practice.  Check out more offerings here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/learning-lab-play-as-a-spiritual-practice/2024-03-13/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Learning Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240314T123000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Mourner's Kaddish Call
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST\nOur weekly Mourner’s Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. In our modern reality where friends and family are spread out around the world and where regular synagogue/minyan attendance is challenging for many reasons\, this is an experiment in virtual ritual reality and global communal care. \nWant to receive updates\, special resources\, and reminders? Please email naomi@labshul.org to join the Lab/Shul Kaddish Club Google Group. \nHow It Works:\nLed by members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community leaders of the Kaddish Club\, we gather on a free conference call to share our names and reason for reciting kaddish\, read a poem and learn a brief sacred teaching together\, and then recite the Kaddish together. 20-30 minutes or so\, depending on how many of us are on the call. \nOnline PDF of the Mourner’s Kaddish with transliteration and translation.\nHow To Call:\n \nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,87428222970# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,87428222970# US \nOR\nClick the Zoom Meeting link\, and keep your video on or off. \n\nIf none of the above numbers work\, you can use the following location-specific numbers to call in.\nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbBHLWacV1
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2024-03-14/
CATEGORIES:Kaddish Club
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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:20240317T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240317T180000
DTSTAMP:20240314T122619Z
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SUMMARY:Family Lab / Purim: Make Some Noise!
DESCRIPTION:FAMILYLAB PURIM: MAKE SOME NOISE! (FULL)\nSunday\, March 17th 2024\n4:00pm\nBrooklyn*\nWait List Available\n\nWelcome to FamilyLab: An everybody-friendly grassroots gathering for families with young children\, ages 2-7 (siblings welcome). FamilyLab is centered around the family table: delicious vegetarian dinner\, sing along\, stories\, and animated interactive learning to celebrate holidays and delve into life-long Jewish values. \nDirector of Family Education Shira Kline\, a.k.a. ShirLaLa along with teaching artist Emet (Ari L. Monts) gather on a Sunday afternoon for a raucous costume party dedicated to the holiday of Purim.  We’ll make lasting memories of a truly inside out\, upside down story of integrity\, courage\, and a wild hearted mission to change the world. Stand up and make some noise! \nWith Lab/Shul’s unique God-optional approach to tradition\, text and story\, FamilyLab is open to those who identify as Jewish\, Jew-ish\, and everything in between. Come for the costume parade\, stay for the ecstatic release of resistance. This will be a colorful afternoon of costumery\, storytelling\, AND yummy hamantaschen cookie making. \nQuestions? Email shira@labshul.org. \n\nThis event is currently full. Join Wait List >\n\nSchedule:\n4:00pm Welcome\n4:30pm Program Start Time*Brooklyn Address provided upon RSVP\n\nCost:\nUp to 2 people: $50 per family/ $36 for Lab/Shul Partners\nUp to 4 people: $70 per family/ $60 for Lab/Shul Partners\n5+ people: $85 per family/ $72 for Lab/Shul PartnersNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/family-lab-purim-make-some-noise/
CATEGORIES:FamilyLab,Purim 5784
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T203000
DTSTAMP:20240201T022842Z
CREATED:20240131T185940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T022842Z
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice\nWednesdays March 13\, March 20 & March 27\n6:30-8:30pm ET\nWhat’s play got to do with it? Central to how we understand and interact with the world as children\, for many of us play gets gradually sidelined as we grow\, put on the back burner as the serious stuff of adult life crowds in. What if we reimagined play as central to our spiritual development as adults? Kick off the (second!) month of Adar with this three-session series filled with experiential activities\, opportunities to create\, and a warm hug extended to the inner child in all of us. This is a 3-Session Series – attending all 3 is not required but strongly recommended. \nLed by Ben Freeman\, Associate Clergy. \nCost: $20/session\, $15/session for Partners\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \nRegister here >\nThis session is being offered as part of  Lab/Shul’s Learning Lab – a fresh fusion of spirituality\, art\, and personal growth. Each session\, crafted and led by members of the Lab/Shul ritual team and staff\, is an artist-driven adventure\, designed to awaken your senses\, nourish your soul\, and deepen your spiritual practice.  Check out more offerings here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/learning-lab-play-as-a-spiritual-practice/2024-03-20/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Learning Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T123000
DTSTAMP:20260514T181853Z
CREATED:20190805T195540Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Mourner's Kaddish Call
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST\nOur weekly Mourner’s Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. In our modern reality where friends and family are spread out around the world and where regular synagogue/minyan attendance is challenging for many reasons\, this is an experiment in virtual ritual reality and global communal care. \nWant to receive updates\, special resources\, and reminders? Please email naomi@labshul.org to join the Lab/Shul Kaddish Club Google Group. \nHow It Works:\nLed by members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community leaders of the Kaddish Club\, we gather on a free conference call to share our names and reason for reciting kaddish\, read a poem and learn a brief sacred teaching together\, and then recite the Kaddish together. 20-30 minutes or so\, depending on how many of us are on the call. \nOnline PDF of the Mourner’s Kaddish with transliteration and translation.\nHow To Call:\n \nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,87428222970# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,87428222970# US \nOR\nClick the Zoom Meeting link\, and keep your video on or off. \n\nIf none of the above numbers work\, you can use the following location-specific numbers to call in.\nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbBHLWacV1
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2024-03-21/
CATEGORIES:Kaddish Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T140000
DTSTAMP:20240319T183722Z
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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: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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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: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:20240323T220000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240323T220000
DTSTAMP:20240314T130537Z
CREATED:20240228T142031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240314T130537Z
UID:10005768-1711231200-1711231200@www.labshul.org
SUMMARY:PURIMMESSTHER
DESCRIPTION:PURIMMESSTHER\nSaturday\, March 23rd\nBrooklyn\n10:30pm – Performance\n11:45pm – Party hosted by FLAMINGGG\nThis Purim – a night of topsy-turvy in a world already turned upside down – we accept the impossibility of one right choice in our strive for justice. Despite our follies and failures\, Mordechai’s feverish call to Esther still rings true\, that we “were created for a moment such as this” (4:14). How does this ancient call to action inspire us to continue scribing a more just\, peaceful future? Lab/Shul invites you to step into the Purim story through a night of music and cabaret\, to wrestle with the binaries of this ancient tale\, and reveal our truest\, most authentic selves in a celebration of song and performance. Supported by a phenomenal house band of radical ritualists\, we journey with the Megillah’s characters through their original performance pieces to rise to meet this moment. \nFollowing the performance\, we’ll transition into MESSTHER\, hosted by NY’s queer Jewish party FLAMINGGG to celebrate a reimagined future. DJ’s Party Girl\, Chaia of Kleztronica & Cher Muta (aka Jonathan Moshe Cohen) will spin mystical madness on the dance floor\, super-soaking you with Adar-licious joy until dawn.\nMore performance happenings TBA. \nReserve your spot >\nProceeds from PURIMESSTHER ticket sales will be donated in support of Sulha Peace Project\, which was founded over 20 years ago with the goal of creating eye-to-eye\, heart-to-heart encounters between Palestinians and Israelis. 
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/purim5784/
LOCATION:Brooklyn
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Purim,Purim 5784
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240324T203000
DTSTAMP:20240319T222853Z
CREATED:20240312T150230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240319T222853Z
UID:10005782-1711305000-1711312200@www.labshul.org
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:20240327T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T203000
DTSTAMP:20240201T022842Z
CREATED:20240131T185940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240201T022842Z
UID:10005539-1711564200-1711571400@www.labshul.org
SUMMARY:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Learning Lab: Play as a Spiritual Practice\nWednesdays March 13\, March 20 & March 27\n6:30-8:30pm ET\nWhat’s play got to do with it? Central to how we understand and interact with the world as children\, for many of us play gets gradually sidelined as we grow\, put on the back burner as the serious stuff of adult life crowds in. What if we reimagined play as central to our spiritual development as adults? Kick off the (second!) month of Adar with this three-session series filled with experiential activities\, opportunities to create\, and a warm hug extended to the inner child in all of us. This is a 3-Session Series – attending all 3 is not required but strongly recommended. \nLed by Ben Freeman\, Associate Clergy. \nCost: $20/session\, $15/session for Partners\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \nRegister here >\nThis session is being offered as part of  Lab/Shul’s Learning Lab – a fresh fusion of spirituality\, art\, and personal growth. Each session\, crafted and led by members of the Lab/Shul ritual team and staff\, is an artist-driven adventure\, designed to awaken your senses\, nourish your soul\, and deepen your spiritual practice.  Check out more offerings here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/learning-lab-play-as-a-spiritual-practice/2024-03-27/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Learning Lab
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T123000
DTSTAMP:20260514T181853Z
CREATED:20190805T195540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T181853Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Mourner's Kaddish Call
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST\nOur weekly Mourner’s Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. In our modern reality where friends and family are spread out around the world and where regular synagogue/minyan attendance is challenging for many reasons\, this is an experiment in virtual ritual reality and global communal care. \nWant to receive updates\, special resources\, and reminders? Please email naomi@labshul.org to join the Lab/Shul Kaddish Club Google Group. \nHow It Works:\nLed by members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community leaders of the Kaddish Club\, we gather on a free conference call to share our names and reason for reciting kaddish\, read a poem and learn a brief sacred teaching together\, and then recite the Kaddish together. 20-30 minutes or so\, depending on how many of us are on the call. \nOnline PDF of the Mourner’s Kaddish with transliteration and translation.\nHow To Call:\n \nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,87428222970# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,87428222970# US \nOR\nClick the Zoom Meeting link\, and keep your video on or off. \n\nIf none of the above numbers work\, you can use the following location-specific numbers to call in.\nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbBHLWacV1
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2024-03-28/
CATEGORIES:Kaddish Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000
DTSTAMP:20240401T173136Z
CREATED:20240315T132107Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20240329T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T183000
DTSTAMP:20240329T140703Z
CREATED:20230911T195305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240329T140703Z
UID:10005701-1711737000-1711737000@www.labshul.org
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:20240402T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240402T203000
DTSTAMP:20240402T200647Z
CREATED:20240131T192410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240402T200647Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine
DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED: Courageous Conversations on Israel/Palestine\nTuesday\, April 2nd\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:\nThursday\, May 2nd\nThursday\, June 6th
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/courageous-conversations-april/
CATEGORIES:Courageous Conversations,Homepage
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T123000
DTSTAMP:20260514T181853Z
CREATED:20190805T195540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T181853Z
UID:10004084-1712232000-1712233800@www.labshul.org
SUMMARY:Virtual Mourner's Kaddish Call
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST\nOur weekly Mourner’s Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. In our modern reality where friends and family are spread out around the world and where regular synagogue/minyan attendance is challenging for many reasons\, this is an experiment in virtual ritual reality and global communal care. \nWant to receive updates\, special resources\, and reminders? Please email naomi@labshul.org to join the Lab/Shul Kaddish Club Google Group. \nHow It Works:\nLed by members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community leaders of the Kaddish Club\, we gather on a free conference call to share our names and reason for reciting kaddish\, read a poem and learn a brief sacred teaching together\, and then recite the Kaddish together. 20-30 minutes or so\, depending on how many of us are on the call. \nOnline PDF of the Mourner’s Kaddish with transliteration and translation.\nHow To Call:\n \nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,87428222970# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,87428222970# US \nOR\nClick the Zoom Meeting link\, and keep your video on or off. \n\nIf none of the above numbers work\, you can use the following location-specific numbers to call in.\nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbBHLWacV1
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2024-04-04/
CATEGORIES:Kaddish Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000
DTSTAMP:20240130T153422Z
CREATED:20240130T153406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T153422Z
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SUMMARY:929 Below the Bible Belt Monthly Wrap-Up with Rabbi Amichai
DESCRIPTION:929 Below the Bible Belt Monthly Wrap-UP\nWelcome to the Psalms\nThursday\, April 4th\n5-6pm ET\nOnline\nJoin Co-Founder and Senior Spiritual Leader Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie for a monthly conversation about the Hebrew Bible as he journeys through all 929 chapters to get below the Bible Belt! \nThis conversation is open to all paid and unpaid subscribers of Below the Bible Belt. \nRegister here >\nFollow along for daily reflections on substack\, Below the Bible Belt!
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/929-below-the-bible-april/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T200000
DTSTAMP:20240402T144230Z
CREATED:20240315T132107Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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:20240404T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T190000
DTSTAMP:20240327T135206Z
CREATED:20240327T135035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T135206Z
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SUMMARY:The Health Crisis in the Wake of the Gaza War
DESCRIPTION:The Health Crisis in the Wake of the Gaza War\nThursday\, April 4th\n7 PM\nJudson Memorial Church\nJoin Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) and the Anti-occupation BlocNYC for a panel discussion on the health crisis in the wake of the war in Gaza. PHRI has worked tirelessly to provide care and protect the rights of all victims ofviolence since October. Chairperson Dr. Lina Qassem-Hassan and Executive Director Dr. Guy Shalev will provide an account of what is happening on the ground in Gaza\, the West Bank\, and Israel\, and discuss the broader implications for healthcare and medical personnel in the region. \nRSVP here>
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/the-health-crisis-in-the-wake-of-the-gaza-war/
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T160000
DTSTAMP:20240730T173519Z
CREATED:20240730T173519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T173519Z
UID:10004236-1712415600-1712419200@www.labshul.org
SUMMARY:Daily SoulSpa
DESCRIPTION:Daily SoulSpa\nWelcome to Daily SoulSpa – join us to gather for pause\, soul fuel\, poems and prayers of presence and healing. This is our take on the traditional afternoon Mincha prayer service “The Gift.” Each day\, we end by reciting the mourners kaddish prayer. \n*New Schedule*\nDaily SoulSpa is happening weekly on Mondays and Thursday\, and on the first Saturday of the month! Led by Lab/Shul’s Rabbi Amichai\, Naomi Less\, and Shira Kline along with guest artists and teachers. \nClick here to join
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/daily-soulspa-2-2020-08-19-2021-05-31/2024-04-06/
LOCATION:Zoom Gathering
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Lab/Shul Together,Wisdom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T123000
DTSTAMP:20260514T181853Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Mourner's Kaddish Call
DESCRIPTION:Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST\nOur weekly Mourner’s Kaddish phone call to honor loved ones with a community of like minded souls. In our modern reality where friends and family are spread out around the world and where regular synagogue/minyan attendance is challenging for many reasons\, this is an experiment in virtual ritual reality and global communal care. \nWant to receive updates\, special resources\, and reminders? Please email naomi@labshul.org to join the Lab/Shul Kaddish Club Google Group. \nHow It Works:\nLed by members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community leaders of the Kaddish Club\, we gather on a free conference call to share our names and reason for reciting kaddish\, read a poem and learn a brief sacred teaching together\, and then recite the Kaddish together. 20-30 minutes or so\, depending on how many of us are on the call. \nOnline PDF of the Mourner’s Kaddish with transliteration and translation.\nHow To Call:\n \nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nOne tap mobile\n+16465588656\,\,87428222970# US (New York)\n+16469313860\,\,87428222970# US \nOR\nClick the Zoom Meeting link\, and keep your video on or off. \n\nIf none of the above numbers work\, you can use the following location-specific numbers to call in.\nDial by your location\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\nMeeting ID: 874 2822 2970\nFind your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbBHLWacV1
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/virtual-mourners-kaddish-call/2024-04-11/
CATEGORIES:Kaddish Club
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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:20240412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T203000
DTSTAMP:20240313T124621Z
CREATED:20230911T200432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T124621Z
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SUMMARY:Sabbath Queen 5784
DESCRIPTION:Sabbath Queen\nJoin us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy\, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation.\nLed by the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and beloved collaborators\, artists\, teachers\, healers\, and musicians\, our season of 5784 Sabbath Queens will take place in person in the West Village and in Carrol Gardens Brooklyn\, as well as online. \nEach ritual opens with Happy Hour and ends with a catered Community Feast. Come for the Sabbath Queen\, stay for the Sabbath glow. \nRegister here >\nSchedule:\n6:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour with Open Bar 21+\n7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy\, poetry\, and contemplative pause\n8:30pm + Community Feast \nJoin us for dinner!\nAfter our Sabbath Queen ritual\, join us for a special night of feasting\, drinking\, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat dinner!\nGenerous spread of appetizers\, salads\, main course\, and dessert.\nGluten free options available.\nWe invite you to BYOB! \nWe are committed to making the Sabbath Queen Community Feast accessible. To support this commitment\, we have devised a sliding scale reflective of the cost of ingredients and labor. \n$35 – Angel assisted pricing for artists\, educators\, seniors and those who really need it\n$45 – Covers the cost of one Shabbat dinner\n$55 – Helps to subsidize a Shabbat dinner for someone else \n5784 Dates; \nNov 17 – Brooklyn\nDec 8 – CT @Lab/Shul Hanukkah retreat\nJan 12 – Manhattan\nFeb 9 – Manhattan\nMar 8 – Brooklyn\nApril 12 – Manhattan\nMay 10 – Manhattan\nJune 21 – Manhattan
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/sabbath-queen-5784-3-2024-04-12/
LOCATION:Manhattan
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Shabbat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240414T160000
DTSTAMP:20240410T155650Z
CREATED:20240327T180633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T155650Z
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SUMMARY:Family Lab / Passover: Lotsa Matza!
DESCRIPTION:FAMILYLAB PASSOVER: LOTSA MATZA! (Full)\nSunday\, April 14th 20244:00pmBoerum Hill\, Brooklyn*\nWait List Available\nWelcome to FamilyLab: An everybody-friendly grassroots gathering for families with young children\, ages 2-7 (siblings welcome). FamilyLab is centered around the family table: delicious dinner\, sing along\, stories\, and animated interactive learning to celebrate holidays and delve into life-long Jewish values. \nDirector of Family Education Shira Kline\, a.k.a. ShirLaLa along with teaching artist Emet (Ari L. Monts) and Stephanie Kane gather on this Sunday afternoon to celebrate the tastes\, smells\, and feels of Passover by rolling up our sleeves and rolling out some homemade crunchy matza. Your Passover story will never be the same again! \nWith Lab/Shul’s unique God-optional approach to tradition\, text\, and story\, FamilyLab is open to those who identify as Jewish\, Jew-ish\, and everything in between. \nThis event is currently at capacity. Join the wait list here >\nQuestions? Email Stephanie Kane\, Program Manager\, at stephanie@labshul.org. \n+ Fees include dinner and programming for up to 5 people.+ If the suggested price is beyond your means – just let us know and we’ll make it work.+ Space is limited so invite your friends today! \nSchedule:4:00pm Welcome4:30pm Program Start Time \n*Brooklyn Address provided upon RSVPCost:Up to 2 people: $50 per family/ $36 for Lab/Shul Partners Up to 4 people: $70 per family/ $60 for Lab/Shul Partners5+ people: $85 per family/ $72 for Lab/Shul PartnersNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/family-lab-passover-lotsa-matza/
LOCATION:Brooklyn
CATEGORIES:FamilyLab,Homepage,Passover 5784
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T203000
DTSTAMP:20240329T201748Z
CREATED:20240205T182308Z
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab: Contemplative Practice for the Soul
DESCRIPTION:Learning Lab:\nContemplative Practice for the Soul\nTuesday\, April 16th\n6:30-8:30pm ET\nSpring Cleaning for the Soul\, just in time for Passover. Explore contemplative teachings and practices for embodied presence\, connection and creativity. Here we will have three opportunities to sit\, warming up with a 10 min practice\, then 20\, and 30. Around these times of Quiet\, we will explore various texts to help us shift from Survive to Thrive. \nLed by Luis Burgos\, Operations Manager & Resident Artist. \nCost: $20/$15 for Partners\nNot a partner yet? Learn how to join here. \nRegister here >\nThis session is being offered as part of  Lab/Shul’s Learning Lab – a fresh fusion of spirituality\, art\, and personal growth. Each session\, crafted and led by members of the Lab/Shul ritual team and staff\, is an artist-driven adventure\, designed to awaken your senses\, nourish your soul\, and deepen your spiritual practice.  Check out more offerings here.
URL:https://www.labshul.org/event/learning-lab-contemplative-practice-for-the-soul/
CATEGORIES:Homepage,Learning Lab
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