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Pass/Age Weekend Retreat
What does it look like to embody Jewish identity on your own terms? How might you marshal the tools of Jewish text, ritual, and practice to make authentic meaning in your life now? Join us for an immersive weekend retreat in NYC in community with other Seekers in their 20s and 30s.
Lab/Shul’s Sabbath Queen 5785 Monthly Ritual
Manhattan + OnlineJoin us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation. Each month, our Spiritual and Ritual Leadership Team will be joined by beloved collaborators, teachers, healers, and musicians in NYC and online. As always, the Sabbath Queen ritual opens with Happy Hour and ends with a catered Community Feast. Come for the Sabbath Queen, stay for the Sabbath glow.
FamilyLab: Lotsa Matza!
BrooklynCelebrate 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!
Alef/Bet 5785
Join Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie for Alef/Bet, an online series of interactive study sessions exploring the big ideas, core concepts, tough questions, essential values and best practices of Jewish life, from an inclusive, evolving and justice-driven perspective, reimagined for right now.
Below the Bible Belt Open Conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Join Co-Founder and Senior Spiritual Leader Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie online for an open conversation about the latest from Below the Bible Belt, Rabbi Amichai’s 3+ years interactive online quest to question, queer + re-read between the lines of the entire Hebrew Bible, daily.
Sabbath Queen Documentary: NYC Screening
Manhattan & OnlineA shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing Jewish and Zen traditions in the celebration of Sabbath spirit.
Alef/Bet 5785
Join Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie for Alef/Bet, an online series of interactive study sessions exploring the big ideas, core concepts, tough questions, essential values and best practices of Jewish life, from an inclusive, evolving and justice-driven perspective, reimagined for right now.
Recollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering
OnlineReCollect/Yizkor is a seasonal gathering to remember our loved ones, share stories, lift memory, and say Kaddish, the ancient memorial prayer, together. Whether experiencing a recent loss, remembering a loved one who passed away long ago, or showing up in support of community, we gather to acknowledge feelings of loss that can be particularly painful as we anticipate an empty chair at our tables.
Becoming Israel – 2025
NYCJoin 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. Revised 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.
Below the Bible Belt Open Conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Join Co-Founder and Senior Spiritual Leader Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie online for an open conversation about the latest from Below the Bible Belt, Rabbi Amichai’s 3+ years interactive online quest to question, queer + re-read between the lines of the entire Hebrew Bible, daily.