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Libby Libby is the Vice President for Public Engagement at the New Israel Fund, where she leads all aspects of NIF’s public efforts in the United States – including communications, digital, programs, events, leadership, community partnerships and engagement, New Generations and our fellowships. Prior to joining NIF, Libby lived and worked in the Israeli non-profit field for almost a decade. There she worked as Director of International Relations at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and as a strategy consultant for human rights organizations like Yesh Din and Physicians for Human Rights, for documentary films including Budrus and The Law in These Parts, new media initiatives like +972 Magazine, and for progressive campaigns. She is a founding member of Zazim-Community Action and The Whistle. Libby is based in Brooklyn and travels to Israel-Pal
DAWN Replays

Drunk (and Possibly Stoned) History of Shavuot

As part Dawn, of Reboot’s all-night interpretation of the magical and mighty holiday of Shavuot, we offer a very not sober history of Shavuot as moderated by Alex Grossman with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC, comedian Heather Pasternak and writer/comedian Joel Stein. It is one of many highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

DAWN is Reboot’s all-night culture and arts festival celebrating the Jewish calendar’s best-kept secret – Shavuot. Reboot produced this year’s “choose-your-own” experiential adventure in partnership with the Jewish Emergent Network and LABA’s Into the Night Tikkun Layle Shavuot. DAWN provided something for everyone throughout the 12 hours of music, film, comedy, dance, food and teaching across multiple channels. Dawn provided the opportunity to gather apart for a tradition that Reboot began years ago in San Francisco irl and that will live beyond this pandemic.

This year, we are offering highlights from past two online DAWN festivals and a marquee performance, “Round Midnight Reconsidered” by Bay Area guitarist composer John Schott. Reboot presented DAWN 2021 in partnership with the Jewish Emergent Network and LABA’s Into the Night Tikkun Layle Shavuot and DAWN 2020 in partnership with the Jewish Emergent Network.

To facilitate conversation and study, we have created this discussion guide to accompany our 2022 DAWN Playlist.

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Episodes

DAWN in Tel Aviv

Sunrise in Israel featuring Nadav Lev on guitar. Video by Elinor Milchan Concept, photography, editing and production by Ronit Muszkatblit. It is one of the highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

The Music of DAWN

A Compilation of musical performances from previous DAWN festivals. Featuring The Milk Carton Kids, Ethan Daniel Davidson, Luther Dickinson and Lamar Williams Jr, The Witch Ones, The Ten Commandments Rescored, Jo Lampert, and Mikey Pauker. It is one of the highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

Thou Shalt: Shavuot Sketches

Avi Amon and Lynne Marie Rosenberg present a series of music, film, and stopmotion animation collaborations, exploring the themes, images, and sounds of Shavuot, as creatively synthesized through an antique piano and one and half Jews. It is one of the highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

I Am Not What I Am

From William DeMeritt, a short documentary of interviews with Jews of Color on poignant life stories of negotiating the complicated boundaries of identity when society often seeks to pit said identities against one another. Featuring: William DeMeritt, Nemuna Ceesay, Noah Keyishian, Juliana Aiden Martinez, and Connie Shi. It is one of the highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

Drunk (and Possibly Stoned) History of Shavuot

As part Dawn, of Reboot’s all-night interpretation of the magical and mighty holiday of Shavuot, we offer a very not sober history of Shavuot as moderated by Alex Grossman with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue in NYC, comedian Heather Pasternak and writer/comedian Joel Stein. It is one of many highlights of Reboot’s past DAWN celebrations with music, film, comedy, dance, food, teaching and more. Watch here.

Episode 6

The Blewish Dybuk Project

The Blewish Dybbuk Project is a four part adaptation of S. Ansky’s play “The Dybbuk” through a modern Black and Jewish lens by artist Rebecca S’manga Frank.

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Event Recap

Reboot Ideas Presents The Ten Commandments: A Film Rescored

Reboot released a modern-day score to Cecil B. Demille’s 1923 silent film The Ten Commandments featuring Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Steven Drozd (Flaming Lips) and Scott Amendola.They gathered together with Reboot CEO, David Katznelson, for a brilliant conversation facilitated by filmmaker Liz Nord.