Apr
29
7:30 PM19:30
Young Professionals Pesach Putlock
Join us for community, music, meditations and teachings.
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May
1
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
May
2
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
May
8
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
May
9
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
May
10
7:00 PM19:00
Kumah Festival - EAST OF THE RIVER
In the Sixteenth century, a community of Jews violently displaced from Spain and Portugal found a warm home and a new musical style among their new neighbors under Muslim rule in the Ottoman Empire. East of the River Ensemble, led by New Shul Ritual Leader Daphna Mor with Nina Stern, will present us with the beautiful music of the Sephardic Jews of North Africa and the Ottoman lands.
The concert will take place at Gotham Moto Depot, featuring a menu of global Jewish cuisine designed and prepared by chef Sami Katz, and where Director of Operations Itamar Dotan Katz will display his recent photographs from Israel-Palestine of people and places affected by the current war.
May
12
1:00 PM13:00
Kumah Festival - REMEMBRANCE AND RENEWAL
This year, the world’s largest annual peace gathering on Israeli Memorial Day falls on May 12. For years The New Shul has been one of the many sponsors of the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony, an event that draws an audience of hundreds of thousands from around the world. The ceremony is produced by the Bereaved Parents Circle and Combatants for Peace, two of the most important Israeli-Palestinian partnerships in existence.
You can watch the festival at home on Zoom, or you can see it on a large screen at a viewing party hosted by Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope. There Rabbi Misha will join other rabbis, along with famed Israeli singer and peace activist Noa (Achinoam Nini), to frame the event with words and music.
After the ceremony we invite you to join Israelis for Peace at their protest in Union Square, where they make their call for the release of the hostages and a ceasefire.
May
15
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
May
16
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
May
16
7:00 PM19:00
Kumah Festival - HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES
Performance, followed by talkback.
In 2007 a mysterious photo album documenting Nazi soldiers enjoying their time off from Auschwitz arrived at the desk of a U.S. Holocaust Museum archivist. The ensuing revelations ignited debate and added dimension to the museum’s mission of Never Again. Based on real events, this latest work by the acclaimed Tectonic Theater Project tells the story of the photos, what they reveal about the perpetrators of the Holocaust, and what they say about universal human truths.
Private talkback to follow with HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES co-author, Amanda Gronich.
The performance will run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
Ticket price: $80 (non Kumah Festival tickets are $114). *Deadline to purchase tickets: Sunday, April 28th.
May
18
7:30 PM19:30
Kumah Festival - LAG B’OMER, LABA and KABBALAH
In the Second century, during a time of terrible oppression and great anxiety, a group of mystics from the Galilee retreated to the forest to realign the spiritual world and to bring healing to humanity. The Kabbalists of the tenth century in Spain reimagined this event through painting different aspects of the face of God through the language of poetry. Our culminating event will create its own version through the flowering poetic minds of contemporary Kabbalah teachers, along with this year’s fellows at LABA. LABA, the Laboratory for Jewish Culture, is an NYC-based fellowship program where an eclectic mix of culture-makers delve into Jewish texts in an effort to recreate these stories and spark new art, and to push the boundaries of what Jewish texts can teach.
*If a New Shul member, email itamar@newshul.org to get a promo code for this event.
May
22
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
May
29
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Jun
5
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Jun
11
7:30 PM19:30
Jun
12
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Jun
19
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Jun
26
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Apr
25
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Apr
24
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Apr
19
6:30 PM18:30
Apr
18
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Apr
17
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Apr
16
7:30 PM19:30
Kabbalah 101: From a Medieval Traditional View Through a Modern Humanistic Lens
On Zoom
Led by
Rabbi Abby Stein
About
This Chevrutah, in part a continuation of our Hasidic Through a Modern Lens class but stand alone in its own right, will explore the themes of Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism. From a basic brief introduction to what Kabbalah is all about, we will move from the theoretical teachings and practices of the 16th century, to its day-to-day and even populist applications in the 18th century Hasidic teachings. Finally, will explore the power and beauty it can offer us in our day-to-day lives today, as modern and progressive Jews (with a special focus on its queer parts!).
Kabbalah often sounds scary, and well, mystical, to so many of us. Yet, the Kabbalistic teachings have since the 16th century transformed Judaism across denominations and beyond. From the addition of Kabbalat Shabbat in all Jewish circles, to the guests we invite into our Sukkah, and a whole holiday nowadays celebrated by many secular Jews. At its core Kabbalah ask the same questions every person asks about the meanings of life - and together we can find answers: whether traditional or modern.
No prior knowledge of Kabbalah, or Jewish text, is required to fully participate in this class!
All Upcoming Dates
Apr
12
6:30 PM18:30
Apr
11
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Apr
10
7:30 PM19:30
Women of the Bible
Led by
Elana Ponet
About
This year, I plan to glimpse the lives and actions of Biblical, Talmudic women figures through the lens of improvisation. Improvisation as spontaneous acts, words, movements which emerge at turning points, moments of crisis, dissonance, despair, or destabilization. Some women who come to mind so far are: Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rachel, Leah, Rebecca, Chana, Esther, Yehudit(Judith), Tamar, the Daughters of Zelophchad, Bruriah a Talmudic scholar , who was married to Rabbi Meir. Together we will explore, appreciate and deepen our relationships; discover our own capacities, examples from our own lives as improvisational artists.
All Upcoming Dates
Apr
10
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Apr
6
9:30 AM09:30
SERVICE DAY
Join us for day of service — a day of community!
The New Shul returns to Trinity Lower East Side Lutheran Parish to put a new coat of paint on the church’s soup kitchen, install shelves, help stock the food pantry and chop vegetables for the following week’s meals, and other needed tasks.
Trinity’s Services and Food for the Homeless (SAFH) serves over 200 hot meals a day to those in need, and its food pantry provides groceries to hundreds of neighborhood families every week.
There are jobs for all ages – so come with the entire family! Bring your friends and come for an hour or stay the whole morning.
Donations to the food pantry (please bring them with you or drop them off on the morning of 4/6 even if you can’t stay to volunteer:
We are able to accept any and all dry pantry items, so things like, but not limited to:
Pastas
Rice or other grains
Cereals (cold or hot)
Peanut Butter
Canned Meats (like tuna, chicken, sardines, salmon, etc.)
Canned Beans (like black beans, pinto, garbanzo, etc.)
Canned Vegetables/Fruit (items like corn, carrots, green beans, peaches or pears in
water, etc.)
Spaghetti Sauce
We also collect personal care items like:
Tampons/pads
Hand lotion
Mini bars of soap
Toothbrushes/toothpaste
Deodorant
Apr
5
6:30 PM18:30
Apr
4
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Apr
3
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Mar
28
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Mar
27
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Mar
23
8:00 PM20:00
PURIM with PHARAOH
Join us for a very special Purim experience -- the world premiere of PHARAOH. Rabbi Misha's capstone project toward becoming a rabbi, PHARAOH tells the Passover story from Pharaoh's perspective. Presented by Theater for the New City, PHARAOH is voiced by Shulman, danced by South Indian Kathakali master, Kalamandalam John, and directed by Michael Posnick.
The production was inspired in 2008 when Shulman was in the village of Muzhikulam, Kerala to watch a fifteen-day play called the Asokavanikangam, or the Asoka Tree Garden, performed in the Kudiyatam, Sanskrit theater tradition. This Indian classic, taken from the Ramayana, the holy Hindu book, tells of how the arch-villian Ravana kidnaps the goddess Sita, taking her to his island of Lanka, and trying repeatedly to convince her to succumb to him. Longing to make a parallel play of his own, Shulman imagined a staging of the Exodus story in which Jews could watch a play about the inner life of Pharaoh, their greatest enemy, modeled on Ravana and reimagined for a western audience with Indian influences. The piece ultimately evolved into a two-man production: a dialogue between a Pharaoh character performed in physical theater by Kalamandalam John, founder and Director of Kalatharangini Kathakali School in South India, and Misha Shulman, clad in black, voicing all the characters of the story including Pharaoh, Moses (stuttering), Pharaoh's son, wife and father; an Egyptian priest and Death. They are accompanied musically by Galen Passen on sitar and Tripp Dudley on the drums. Kalamandalam John performs with the elaborate costume, colorful makeup, intricate gestures and expressive facial movements of Kudiyatam.
Following the 75 minute performance, stay for a New Shul Purim Celebration complete with hamentashen, spirits and soft drinks, and all the Megillah of this upside down holiday. Costumes optional.
PHARAOH will run at Theater for the New City from March 15 through March 31 (Thursdays - Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm) so if you can't join us on March 23, you can purchase tickets for another performance.
Mar
21
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Mar
20
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Mar
19
7:30 PM19:30
Kabbalah 101: From a Medieval Traditional View Through a Modern Humanistic Lens
On Zoom
Led by
Rabbi Abby Stein
About
This Chevrutah, in part a continuation of our Hasidic Through a Modern Lens class but stand alone in its own right, will explore the themes of Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism. From a basic brief introduction to what Kabbalah is all about, we will move from the theoretical teachings and practices of the 16th century, to its day-to-day and even populist applications in the 18th century Hasidic teachings. Finally, will explore the power and beauty it can offer us in our day-to-day lives today, as modern and progressive Jews (with a special focus on its queer parts!).
Kabbalah often sounds scary, and well, mystical, to so many of us. Yet, the Kabbalistic teachings have since the 16th century transformed Judaism across denominations and beyond. From the addition of Kabbalat Shabbat in all Jewish circles, to the guests we invite into our Sukkah, and a whole holiday nowadays celebrated by many secular Jews. At its core Kabbalah ask the same questions every person asks about the meanings of life - and together we can find answers: whether traditional or modern.
No prior knowledge of Kabbalah, or Jewish text, is required to fully participate in this class!
All Upcoming Dates
Mar
15
6:30 PM18:30
Mar
14
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Mar
13
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Mar
8
6:30 PM18:30
Mar
7
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Mar
6
7:30 PM19:30
Women of the Bible
Led by
Elana Ponet
About
This year, I plan to glimpse the lives and actions of Biblical, Talmudic women figures through the lens of improvisation. Improvisation as spontaneous acts, words, movements which emerge at turning points, moments of crisis, dissonance, despair, or destabilization. Some women who come to mind so far are: Eve, Sarah, Hagar, Rachel, Leah, Rebecca, Chana, Esther, Yehudit(Judith), Tamar, the Daughters of Zelophchad, Bruriah a Talmudic scholar , who was married to Rabbi Meir. Together we will explore, appreciate and deepen our relationships; discover our own capacities, examples from our own lives as improvisational artists.
All Upcoming Dates
Mar
6
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom
Email Michael to Join.
Mar
1
7:00 PM19:00
Feb
29
12:00 PM12:00
Torah Byte
Led by
Rabbi Misha Shulman
About
A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. I'd love to learn with you! Rabbi Misha.
Feb
28
8:45 AM08:45
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by
Michael Posnick
About
Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
Dates
Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 am on zoom