A WOVEN WEEK OF INTERDEPENDENCE
May 10-16 2024 // Iyar 2-8 5784
Join the Lab/Shul community and our partners for peace, as we mark these complex days of commemoration, celebration, and commitment to healing and hope for all the people of Israel and Palestine.
This year, as the violence and pain continues to rupture lives and relationships in the Middle East and all over the world, we gather in NYC + online, weaving our different voices with respect and love, as we weave multiple strands and narratives into a single tapestry of trust, resilience, support, and solidarity. Our stories are intertwined and only together we can forge a kinder future.
Join us to stand together for a better future of interdependence, safety and justice for all.
INVITATIONS & EVENTS
Lab/Shul’s Sabbath Queen
May 10th @6pm EDT
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Yom Hazikaron: NYC Joint Memorial Satellite Ceremony with Congregation Beth Elohim & Ahinoam Nini
May 12th @1pm EDT
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Yom Hazikaron: Yom Hazikaron Across Brooklyn
May 12th @7pm EDT
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Yom Ha’atzmaut: Make a Wish – Marking Israel’s 76th Birthday (and Rabbi Amichai’s 55th)
May 13th @6:30pm EDT
For Lab/Shul Partners ONLY.
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Nakba: Joint Remembrance Ceremony with American Friends of Combatants for Peace
May 15th @1pm EDT
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Yom HaAtzmaut: 76 Minutes of Hope with Downtown Jewish Life
May 16th @7:30pm EDT
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Weaving a Talmudic tale with the weekly Torah portion of Kedoshim, Rabbi @amichailaulavie at Lab/Shul’s Sabbath Queen called on us to prepare for the week that marks both Israel’s birth and the Palestinian exile, as we stand together in solidarity, for peace, protest with passion and respect, and dare to love harder. It’s messy, and complicated, and it’s on us.
Visit our YouTube Channel (🔗link in bio) to WATCH the sermon in full.
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As part of our Woven Week of Interdependence (link in bio), we invite you to experience 76 minutes of transformation and renewal. A diverse group of international artists and community leaders will share eight stories of hope for these challenging times.
🗓️Thursday, May 16 | 7:30 PM | @14streety
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 our own Rabbi @amichailaulavie along with:
@gigilaub @nitzanmintz @dedebandaid @jwcodling @rbkartadvisory @netaweiner & Stav Marin
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“It’s on us to co-create the peace we want”…Rabbi @amichailaulavie closed last night’s ‘Make a Wish’ gathering to mark Israel’s birthday (and his) with new words for an old prayer, calling on all of us to be partners in peace, everywhere, for everyone.
Together with our ritual team leader @shirakline and with highlights from @imiari’s one/man show “In-Between” wrestling with his Israeli-Palestinian identity, produced by @dirtylaundrytheatre Dirty Laundry, it was a beautiful evening and a moving way to mark this moment, this transition, and this persistent hope for peace, shalom, salaam.
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As part of our Week of Woven Interdependence, we invite you to join us for a Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony to commemorate the pain and tragedy of the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic). @combatants4peace believes that peace and reconciliation involve a sincere and honest reckoning with this history that didn’t end in 1948 but continues until this day.
We must listen with empathy to each other’s stories and acknowledge injustice to achieve true liberation. This ceremony is intended to carry the audience—Israelis, Palestinians, and internationals—to past traumas and their lingering legacies, then to the present, in order to build a just, peaceful, and equitable future.”
Specifically this year, the ceremony will center around the theme of “liberation”:
How do we liberate ourselves from occupation, oppression, and violence?
What does liberation look like and how do we begin to heal from our past and present trauma?
🗓️Nakba Remembrance Ceremony: May 15th | 1:00pm EST
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Welcome May! It is time to mark your calendars for Lab/Shul gatherings, programs & events.
If you are in need of community, togetherness, support and ritual, Lab/Shul invites you to gather with us in May, including our special woven week of interdependence programs (5/10-5/16).
Lab/Shul welcomes people of all races, religions, beliefs, gender expressions, sexual orientations, countries of origin, ages, abilities, families, and flavors with open hearts.
🗓️ Please see link in bio for our full calendar of events.
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As part of our Woven Week of Interdependence (link in bio), Lab/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.
Led by our ritual team, this event features highlights from “In Between” – an award winning one-man show by @imiari , which explores the vibrant tapestry of his Jewish-Palestinian identity, produced by @dirtylaundrytheatre.
Join us to mark this nuanced moment together, celebrating R. @amichailaulavie ‘s birthday, and raising a glass to trust, justice and hope.
MON MAY 13 | 6:30PM EST | NYC
📍 location provided upon registration
This program is offered free of charge to Lab/Shul Partners
**SPACE IS LIMITED. WE ARE TAKING REGISTRATIONS ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.**
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“Words will help us name the hurt and hopes, and lead the way to our deeds and actions. This is how we build a better world even when our dreams are as tired as our wishes”…
Read the inspiring words in their entirety from our very own Rabbi @amichailaulavie about our Woven Week of Interdependence in his full HERE/NOW blog post (🔗link in bio).
🗓️ Our full Lab/Shul calendar and registration links can be found at the link in our bio.
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👑Tonight is our monthly Sabbath Queen ritual! 👑
If you are planning to join, Happy Hour’s wine toast is on us! Reminder to BYOB for the Community Feast — see Chef @lizalpern’s recs for this month!
@mamounsfalafel will be catering 🤤
🔗Link in Bio to register for Sabbath Queen🔗
The evening will be a combination of healing and celebration of two of Lab/Shul’s beloved staff members…
👑Join us at 6pm for Happy Hour with Open Bar (21+) followed by Live musical liturgy, poetry, and contemplative pause.
👑Then, at 8:30p, we invite you to bring your own bottle of wine for our Community Feast
👑 Then, at 10pm - special for this month - a Dance Party will begin, complete with the Horah by DJ Party Girl in honor of our beloved Executive Director’s - @sarahsokolic - birthday and the upcoming nuptials of our own Director of Community and Culture - Sam Hipschman - and Skye Nunke.
💃🕺🍹Get ready for a themed signature drink and delish dessert, and Dance Party with DJ Party Girl, sponsored by Sarah, Sam & Skye!🍹💃🕺
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