“Libi Davai”: A Communal Gathering to Mourn Those Lost to COVID-19

Lab/Shul is honored to join T’ruah, JFREJ, and other partners in faith and justice for a ritual gathering of song, liturgy, and community in Central Park’s East Meadow on the evening of the 9th of Av, August 7th, so that we may ease our hearts together.

Two and a half-years into a global pandemic, we see a deep need for a moment of communal acknowledgement of the vast loss experienced by our communities and our city. As the Jewish calendar urges us to reflect on historic pain and destruction, we gather together to name and integrate our sense of loss, mourning those whose lives have been taken by the pandemic, and the pain caused by the exposure of the fatal gaps in societal webs of support for the most marginalized. 

Join Shira Kline and Rabbi Amichai, along with leaders, artists and activist from other communities and organizations, in person and online, to mark and end this fast, together. 

On the afternoon of Tisha B’Av, we seek not only to name and metabolize our collective grief, but also to move forward– not to return to what has passed, but to build ahead in mutual support and consolation.