Courageous Conversations
Courageous Conversations fosters meaningful dialogue amongst community members, led by professional facilitators from within the Lab/Shul community and the Lab/Shul ritual team. Utilizing both large talking circles and small group formats, this program 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.
We will be holding an informational meeting about our first cohort of the the New year on Zoom in late October so watch our mailer for that! and please email melissa@labshul.org for more information .
NYC Jews Against Deportation
As part of the ICE-Watch NYC coalition, JFREJ is organizing #JewsAgainstDeportation to protect immigrant New Yorkers at court houses, shelters, and all over the city.
You can sign up at www.jfrej.org/courtwatch to join the Signal group that will assign weekly shifts & training for court watch. Training will be provided before each shift.
READ: Racial Equity And Action Delegation
Support the Lab/Shul community in continuing and deepening our work toward racial equity.
Consider joining an upcoming inter-communal cohort of DRIO, Dismantling Racism from the Inside Out, a program developed by The Kirva Institute. Interested in signing up? Click here to fill out a simple Google Form or email Ben Freeman at ben@labshul.org
We are grateful for our teachers, guides and partners in this work:
Hochberg/Zinbarg Kaddish Club
In life’s most difficult moments, lean on the woven fabric of community Lab/Shul’s Kaddish Club – Lab/Shul’s programs of support for those experiencing grief through all the phases of death, dying and mourning.
Lab/Shul hosts programming throughout the year to support the community in their times of grief and hopefully bring a sense of healing.
Our work is supported by a small circle of dedicated volunteers and staff time.
If you would like to help hold this circle of community, please reach out to naomi@labshul.org.
May compassionate hands and hearts continue to hold and help us heal.
Every Thursday @ 12:00pm EST members of the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and community facilitators lead a Mourner’s Kaddish zoom 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. All are welcome.
Lab/Shul’s Recollect/Yizkor gatherings offer grief support for those in active mourning, experiencing loss, observing a yahrzeit or remembering a loved one who passed years ago.
Hosted by the Kaddish Club, the group gathers each season to acknowledge feelings of loss, share memories and poetry, break bread together, and recite Kaddish for our loved ones – the ancient memorial prayer.
ReCollect/Yizkor gatherings are held in person and online. All are welcome.
We know that with loss, big questions can emerge, your needs may vary; we’re here to listen, to help remember your loved ones, and to do what we can to bring you comfort. For pastoral support, please reach out to Ritual Leader Naomi Less at naomi@labshul.org.
When experiencing a loss, your needs may vary; we’re here to listen, to help remember your loved ones, ritually support you and to do what we can to bring you comfort. Email Ritual Leader Naomi Less at naomi@labshul.org so we can help.
Partnerhood
Partnerhood works on the simple premise that each of us invests something of ourselves – emotionally, spiritually, and financially as you are able – in order to get a whole lot more from each other.
Ready to take your relationship with Lab/Shul to the next level? Welcome to Partnerhood.
How does Partnerhood work?
Simply put, Partnerhood is about becoming partners.
You become a Partner of Lab/Shul by giving your time and a financial contribution as you are able. In return, you get access to benefits that give you a real dollar return on your investment, a vote and a voice in the future of Lab/Shul, and a place to be loved and belong.
The various suggested contribution options enable you to give at a level that feels significant, while also ensuring Lab/Shul can thrive. Give more if you can, or less if you need to. A Shul/Shift is how we measure a time contribution; you can fulfill your Shul/Shift by volunteering at one of our events, serving on a committee, lending your expertise, and many more ways.
All contribution options receive the same membership benefits, with the exception of our Digital Partners and Visionary Partners. We welcome any and all contributions. Really.
Click here to select a Partnerhood option. Email stephen@labshul.org for more information.