Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is the founder and spiritual leader of Lab/Shul in Manhattan.
Amichai Lau-Lavie
By Amichai Lau-Lavie
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Community Prepent Day 9: A Love Letter to the Gay Jews of London
Monday 9/12/16 Elul 9 5776 Dear Gay Jews of London (25 of you, anyway), Hey guys, thank you for such a warm welcome and for joining me this past Saturday night for a moving conversation about what’s wrong in our lives as gay men despite so many privileges and what we can do to make…
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Community Prepent Day 8: Honoring the Dead
Sunday 9/11/16 Elul 8 5776 Dear Deceased, Today includes a pilgrimage to the burial place of my maternal ancestors on the outskirts of London. Three generations, spanning a century, welcome us in silence. I was here exactly a year ago with my mother, placing stones on the graves of her parents and grandparents, siblings and…
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Community Prepent Day 6+7: Honoring My Queens
Friday 9/9/16 Elul 6 5776 Today, we are publishing a double love letter for your double super Sabbath souls. Wishing you a restful, peaceful, and love-ful Sabbath. Be back on Sunday! Dear Mother, It’s early morning here in Sussex, I’m sitting at the window seat of this sweet little cottage, looking at the lush lawns…
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Community Prepent Day 5: The Pastor who Risked His Life for Love
Thursday 9/8/16 Elul 5 5776 Dear Rev. Jide Rebirth Macaulay, My brother – have I told you yet you are my hero? When we first met in a room full of LGBTIQ faith leaders at a global interfaith conference exploring our common cause and concern for more human rights and dignity, I didn’t quite know…
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Community Prepent Day 4: My Unsung Airport Hero
Wednesday 9/7/16 Elul 4 5776 Dear Mr. Baggage Handler, I left for the airport today with a driver named Tom. The Delta crew welcomed me at check-in: Diana and Rachel and Louis, each with a first name on their tag, just like the TSA folks and the flight attendants, and Captain Darcy, welcoming passengers on…
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Community Prepent Day 3: Remembering Rabbi Kook
Tuesday 9/6/16 Elul 3 5776 Dear Rabbi Kook, On this day in 1935 your soul departed. Like other saintly sages and memorable teachers whose births and deaths become part of our calendar, this date remains one of gratitude and honor for the rich and complex legacy you left behind. Like other visionary leaders, your legacy…
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Community Prepent Day 2: You Had Me at Nice
Monday 9/5/16 Elul 2 5776 Dear Ms. Mayefsky, One of the online security questions that sometimes pops up asks me for the ‘name of a favorite teacher.’ I usually name you but I don’t think I’ve ever really thanked you for your gift of reverence for words. Back in 10th grade, at the Yeshiva University…
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Community Prepent Day 1: Let’s Fly
Sunday 9/4/16 Elul 1 5776 Dear me, age 22 Remember that Saturday night in NYC, Labor Day Weekend 1991, alone on the Hudson, on the edge of some pier downtown, staring into the dark water? The only time you ever paused for more than a second to consider jumping in and ending the pain already….
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