Into the Night

Location: MNjcc Zoom Meeting

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Presented in partnership with LABA & Reboot

Shavuot is an ever-expanding vista on Jewish time and tradition - from that ancient mythic moment when the Israelites spent the evening in the wilderness in anticipation of Divine Revelation to the reception of the commandments that would alter their futures and the futures of all their descendants, forever. What happened at Sinai? What was revealed exactly? What woke them up in that ancient past? And what do we need to wake up today? Join multidisciplinary artist, Daniel Sarah Karasik, & LABA Rabbinic Fellow, Kendell Pinkney, as they play with text, tradition, and what this Shavuot might mean for us all.

 

LABA: A Global Laboratory for Jewish Culture is a non-religious house of study and premiere arts & culture incubator that uses classic Jewish texts to inspire the free-flowing creation of art, dialogue, and exploration. Founded in New York City’s 14th St. Y in 2008, LABA has expanded to Buenos Aires, East Bay and Berlin with plans to expand to Tel Aviv and Toronto in the coming year.

 

About Daniel Sarah and Kendell:

Daniel Sarah Karasik (they/them) is a writer, musician, & social movement worker in Toronto. They are a co-founder of the network Artists For Climate & Migrant Justice and Indigenous Sovereignty, and the author of five books of drama, poetry, and fiction, most recently Faithful and Other Stories (Guernica Editions). Their political journalism appears frequently in Briarpatch Magazine, and their writing for the stage has been produced across Canada, in the USA, and in translation in Germany. Honours include the CBC Short Story Prize and the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award.

 

Kendell Pinkney is a Brooklyn based theatre-maker, Jewish-life consultant, and (almost) rabbi. His collaborative works have been presented at various NY venues such as 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, and LABA @ the 14th St. Y, to name a few. In addition to his creative work, he is the rabbinic fellow for the Jewish arts and culture organizations Reboot and LABA, and serves on the Spiritual Direction team at Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy.

We are committed to accessibility. This event will have auto-captioning. Please be in touch by email at LaurenS@mnjcc.org or by phone at 416.924.6211 to let us know about your access needs as soon as possible.

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