Lab/Shul Spring Gala

Brooklyn Bowl
61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn NY

6:30PM: Cocktails + Buffet Dinner
8:00PM: Celebration Rituals
9:30PM: After Party with DJ Party Girl + Bowling Tournament

Join us on June 18, 2025 for Lab/Shul’s Annual Spring Gala – a night of celebration, transformation, and communal connection.

We’re gathering to honor Marnie Berk & Jon Silvan, and Karen Hershey & Larry Green – extraordinary leaders who have shaped our spiritual home and walk the talk of Jewish values, civic responsibility and human hope. We will also present Aiki (Karen) Kelley and Jesi Kelley with the Jodi Cohen & L Michael Graver Legacy Award, recognizing their multigenerational legacy of renewing Jewish life for their family and community.

This year’s theme, “BE.”, invites us all to show up as our fullest selves and inspires us to become the change we wish to see. In this spirit, we will unveil bold plans for Lab/Shul’s next chapter – because we’re BEcoming, too.

Congratulations and Mazal tov to Nathaniel and Summer!

Join Shira with one of her favorite homes of study, SVARA: A traditionally radical Yeshiva.

Wednesday, June 4th at 7:30pm EST / 4:30pm PST, SVARA will host Shaping Tradition, our third-annual community fundraiser and celebration.

Whether you’ve been learning with us for years or this is your first SVARA gathering, we hope you’ll join us for an opportunity to clap up our beautiful community and honor amazing folks supporting our work towards a just and liberatory future.nbaum and the Teshuva-Writing Collective!

FAMILYLAB: Say Cheese

Our springtime Jewish holiday, Shavuot, celebrates seasonal harvest, rainbow revelations, and most importantly – Cheese! Jump into the kitchen with us to make traditional blintzes (like a crepe!) filled with your own homemade farmer’s cheese.

Spiritual Leader Shira Kline along with teaching artist Emet (Ari L. Monts), Stephanie Kane, and Steve Guedalia gather us around for the tastes, sounds, and feels of Shavuot. Whether you grew up at the 2nd Avenue Deli or it’ll be your first blintz, all families are 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.

With 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. 

This program will sell out. Register early!

Questions? Email Stephanie@labshul.org

+ 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!

4:00pm Welcome
4:30pm FamilyLab Start Time

*Brooklyn Address provided upon RSVP

Cost:
Up to 2 people: $50 per family/ $36 for Lab/Shul Partners
Up to 4 people: $70 per family/ $60 for Lab/Shul Partners
5+ people: $85 per family/ $72 for Lab/Shul Partners

Shira officiates Raising the Bar: B Mitzvah

Today our Raising the Bar families and ritual leaders gather to celebrate and honor a special one of our students who has embarked on their individual, re-imagined ancient journey. Mazal Tov!

This is a private event. For more information, check out: Raising the Bar or email Stephanie@labshul.org. 

NYC’s Third Street Music School Settlement, the nation’s longest running community music school celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month with this special one-of-kind program.

Shira Kline delivers a dynamic, interactive concert embracing a diversity of Jewish Music. Featuring the talents of multi-instrumentalists and composers Alicia Jo Rabins and Eleonore Weill.

Join Shira for Courageous Conversations Talking About Israel/Palestine

May 17, 2025
6:00pm-9:00pm EDT
*Exact location provided upon registration

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 circle 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.

This program will begin with a meaningful Havdalah ritual – led by Shira Kline – to set the stage for learning and conversation. 

Light pescatarian nosh and beverages will be served.

This program is offered with a suggested donation of $25. We invite you to contribute in a way that aligns with your financial capacity—whether that means giving more to support others or less if needed. Your participation is what matters most.

Shira co-officiates this B Mitzvah day! Today our Raising the Bar families and ritual leaders gather to celebrate and honor a special one of our students who has embarked on their individual, re-imagined ancient journey. Mazal Tov!

This is a private event. For more information, check out: Raising the Bar or email Stephanie@labshul.org. 

Lab/Shul and the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care invite you to our seasonal Zen Shabbat gatherings, in person and online. This ritual is a shared experience of sacred space and time, harmonizing the Jewish Sabbath slowdown with traditional Zazen meditation practice.

Schedule

6:30pm – Doors Open, Welcome to the space. Sit, Exhale…

(6:45pm Zoom Opens)

7:00pm – 8:30pm of Zen Shabbat: Ritual music, meditation, and spiritual teachings led by Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison and Spiritual Leaders, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Spiritual Leader Shira Kline.

Location & Capacity

We are thrilled to hold Zen Shabbat in person in NYC and on Zoom! In-person capacity is limited to fifty people.

*Location and Zoom shared upon registration.

Accessibility

The Zendo is on the 4th floor. There is an elevator. There are floor cushions and chairs available for your sitting comfort. 

Join us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation. Led by the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and beloved collaborators, artists, teachers, healers, and musicians, our season of 2024-25 / 5785 Sabbath Queens will take place in person in the West Village and in Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, as well as 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.

Schedule:
6:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour with Wine/beer Open Bar 21+
7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy, poetry, and contemplative pause
8:30pm + Community Feast

Join us for Community Feast!
After our Sabbath Queen ritual, join us for a special night of feasting, drinking, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat Community Feast.
+ Generous spread of appetizers, salads, main course, and dessert.
+ Gluten free options available.

We 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.

5785 First Friday Sabbath Queen Dates:

Nov 1 – Brooklyn
Dec 6 – Manhattan
Jan 3 – Manhattan
Feb 7 – Manhattan
Mar 7 – Manhattan
April 4 – Manhattan
May 2 – Manhattan

Taos Center for the Arts Sabbath Queen screening at Taos Center for the Arts, 4pm, followed by Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski and Lab/Shul Co-Founder and Spiritual Leader Shira Kline, Jewish ritual and performance artist.

Sabbath Queen Friday Night Ritual: Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy, poetic and contemplative offerings with Shira Kline - Lab/Shul Co-Founder and Spiritual Leader, Jewish ritual and performance artist.

New Mexico Sneak Preview of Sabbath Queen presented by Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival at the Violet Crown. Q&A to follow the screening with Sabbath Queen director Sandi DuBowski and Lab/Shul Co-Founder and Spiritual Leader Shira Kline. Week-long theatrical release launches April 18.

FAMILYLAB: Lotsa Matza!

Whether you’re a seasoned seder story-teller, or a first-time Passover player everyone is invited to roll up your sleeves and roll out some homemade crunchy matza. Your Passover celebration will never be the same again!

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.

Spiritual Leader Shira Kline along with teaching artist Emet (Ari L. Monts), Stephanie Kane, and Steve Guedalia gather us for the tastes, sounds, and feels of Passover.

With 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. + Fees include dinner and programming for up to 5 people.

This program will sell out. Register early!

Questions? Email Stephanie@labshul.org.

Presented in partnership with The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life. The Neighborhood: An Urban Center for Jewish Life is a hub for Jewish community and culture in Brooklyn. We strive to embody the diversity and creativity of Jewish life, locally and from around the world. The Neighborhood produces programs that uplift underrepresented perspectives and welcome the thousands of Brooklynites that are looking for a Jewish home.

+ 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!

4:00pm Welcome
4:30pm FamilyLab Start Time

*Brooklyn Address provided upon RSVP

Cost:
Up to 2 people: $50 per family/ $36 for Lab/Shul Partners
Up to 4 people: $70 per family/ $60 for Lab/Shul Partners
5+ people: $85 per family/ $72 for Lab/Shul Partners

Join us for our monthly ritual Sabbath circle of live musical liturgy, poetic and contemplative offerings along with great conversation. Led by the Lab/Shul Ritual Team and beloved collaborators, artists, teachers, healers, and musicians, our season of 2024-25 / 5785 Sabbath Queens will take place in person in the West Village and in Carroll Gardens Brooklyn, as well as 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.

Schedule:
6:00pm – 7:00pm Happy Hour with Wine/beer Open Bar 21+
7:00pm – 8:30pm Live musical liturgy, poetry, and contemplative pause
8:30pm + Community Feast

Join us for Community Feast!
After our Sabbath Queen ritual, join us for a special night of feasting, drinking, and connecting at this mouthwatering catered vegetarian Shabbat Community Feast.
+ Generous spread of appetizers, salads, main course, and dessert.
+ Gluten free options available.

We 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.

5785 First Friday Sabbath Queen Dates:

Nov 1 – Brooklyn
Dec 6 – Manhattan
Jan 3 – Manhattan
Feb 7 – Manhattan
Mar 7 – Manhattan
April 4 – Manhattan
May 2 – Manhattan

How to Lead+Prep the Perfect Passover Seder in 2025
DIY Workshop led by Lab/Shul’s Leaders

Seder Stressed at this time of political polarization? Lab/Shul’s got you.

Join Rabbi Amichai, Shira Kline + guest teachers and our ritual team leaders for a Seder-Leading workshop, guiding you through our 2025 update of SAYDER- our everybody-friendly Seder kit, fit for all ages. SAYDER is about reading less and saying more, focusing on four new questions that respond to this complex moment, hear each other’s truths, engage in honest conversations, raise our cups to life, peace, and collective liberation, together. Whether you are a veteran Seder leader or it will be your first time attending this Passover ritual, join us to get ready for what is a night different from all other nights of the year. SAYDER, esp. at times of tension, helps us to reclaim our  Seder tables as sacred spaces for safely sharing stories, songs and questions, honoring all voices, starting to heal tensions and traumas, invoking visions for repair.

Join us for the live online workshop or watch it later, to learn how to use the SAYDER kit and liven up your Seder.

Please note, both sessions will be the SAME! Register for the date that is best for you.

*Link will be provided upon registration

Jewish Star and the Sylvan Adams YM-YWHA are bringing internationally renowned leadership training to Montreal! Montreal Jewish Stars will receive skills-training, mentorship, and job placement opportunities designed to take their leadership abilities to the next level and have a profound impact on Montreal’s Jewish community and institutions today and into the future.

The SLBC Day of Leadership features dynamic courses that explore a holistic approach to powerful and effective leadership in the Jewish world. The SLBC experience is soaked in inspirational Jewish music and communal singing. Participants do not need to sing or play an instrument to fully experience ALL that SLBC has to offer. Music is just one of many vehicles for connection and inspiration that is explored at SLBC conferences.

Engage in intensive, super-charged learning with nationally respected Jewish educators, thought-leaders and music artists

• Become a more effective and engaging presenter and public speaker

• Create meaningful connections from the bima, in synagogue hallways, at camp, and in all aspects of synagogue life

• Collaborate with a community of like-minded Jewish professionals

• Utilize music as a powerful, educational and inspirational vehicle. You don’t need to be a musician!

• Learn dynamic and relevant ways to reach specific age demographics

• Acquire new and exciting repertoire