Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie
Rabbi at Lab/Shul and Reboot Faculty
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is the Founding Spiritual Leader of Lab/Shul NYC and the creator of Storahtelling, Inc. In 2016 The Forward named him one of the thirty-two “Most Inspiring Rabbis” in America, and in 2017 he was top five on “The Forward 50,” their annual list of the most influential and accomplished Jews in America.
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Ukraine. The heart hurts. Prayers? Patience? Pause to hope.
As Russia attacks Ukraine, Jews across the world are sharing stories of their connections to the area and fears for the safety of the country and the people there.
Reboot faculty member Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie posted on Instagram, sharing his own family story intersecting with Ukraine and offering a poem as solace and hope. Read his thoughts and the poem here.
We at Reboot join Amichai in wishing for peace and safety for the people of and in Ukraine.
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Death
Is there something peculiar to Judaism that makes us think about death differently? With no proscription for a definitive heaven or afterlife, how does that affect how we live our lives and think about death? Are Jewish rituals an effective way of dealing with grief? Are there better ways to think and talk about death with friends and family? In our final episode from season 2 we address these questions with British comedian David Baddiel (who you might remember from this season’s atheism episode), Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie from NYC’s Lab/Shul, founder of Death Over Dinner and DoD Jewish Edition Michael Hebb and Dan Crane’s 97-year-old nana.
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Atheism II, with Amichai Lau-Lavie
Can Jews be atheists and still be Jews? Hosts Dan Crane and Jessica Chaffin host the second episode on this question, featuring a conversation with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie of New York City’s Lab/Shul.