tribal visions for a judaism beyond zionism

​September 22th - June 15th, Monthly on Thursdays​, 6-7pm PST

Draw on the stories of the 12 tribes in pre-zionist torah, midrash and kabbalah to access wisdom in a non-colonial context. Create teshuvah for the harmful aspects of torah's tribal visions. Tribal Visions for Judaism Beyond Zionism grows out of Lynn's work in solidarity with Indigenous Land Back Movements, including Palestinian & Native American land back movements, Black Reparations movements and Jewish anti-colonial communities of practice. Tribal Visions is part of Lynn's new book: Way of the Mishkan: A Ceremonial Guide to Indigenous Land Back and Reparations Teshuvah. Fee includes 18% for reparations and land back movements. ​

Dates: 10 classes (once a month) on Thursdays, 6 P - 7 P PST, 9 - 10 PM EST, Sept 22, Oct 20, Nov 17, Dec 15, Jan 19, Feb 16, March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15.

To register: Click the button below to go to Rabbi Lynn's Patreon and sign up for the "Tribal Visions" level. 

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ROSH HASHANAH WITH BACKYARD MISHKAN

September 25th, ceremony 4:30-5:15pm PST followed by potluck oneg

Story-telling, music, dance, shofar blowing, big puppets & shared visions for the coming year.  This event inaugurates BackYard Mishkan’s monthly Shabbat in 5783. All ages welcome. Multi-faith & multi-heritage families welcome.
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To register: sign up on Patreon under the Monthly Shabbat Tier. 
For more info contact: rabbilynng@gmail.com  

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JUBILEE SHABBATON & MAGIDAH PERFORMANCE, TEWA LAND, NEW MEXICO

September 30th - October 1st, ​performance to follow

Shabbaton will be focused on Indigenous Landback Teshuvah for the new year, 5783. All events will be outdoors. Email me to learn more!

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magidah: master class in jewish storytelling​

October 31st - December 19th, Weekly on Mondays, 5 - 6:30pm PST

Learn Jewish storytelling techniques and stories with Master Storyteller, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, in a collaborative and joyous setting. Read below for more information.

Date: Mondays, 5 - 6:30 PST,  Oct 31 - Dec 19 (8 sessions)    

Who can apply?  Self-identified Jewish performance artists and artists from all traditions who want to be in a space devoted to the art of Jewish storytelling: welcome.  Storytellers, magidim, puppeteers, poets, musicians, dancers, clowns, circus and theater folk, badchaniot, tanyaderas, balladeers, folk singers, comedians and professional schmoozers: welcome!  Speakers of Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew, Arabic, sign language and otherJewish diaspora languages: welcome.  

This class is a shomeret shalom space.  Shomeret Shalom practices are performed in steadfast solidarity with communities owed reparations in the spirit of teshuvah for systemic and ongoing harms associated with white supremacy, patriarchy and colonial settlerism.  Sacred tales cannot be used for the further entrenchment of systemic harms.
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Curriculum: Classes include Jewish storytelling resources, break out into small collaboration groups, and storytelling with R. Lynn and guests. 

• Session 1: Introduction to the Art of Jewish Storytelling and Each Other ( bring ‘an opening’ to a story  to share with the class in performance - or a way you might envision announcing a story) 
• Session 2: Biblical performance legacies: oracle givers, prophets, seers and voices of lament (bring a percussive instrument, or the instrument of your choice)
• Session 3: M’targaman: The art of simultaneous translation of sacred text into living story: key words and themes, and the transformation of living text.   Bring a single line of Torah you want to translate in your performance style.  
• Session 4: Flipping the Script: Techniques in Jewish storytelling that deconstruct conventional narratives for the sake of liberation.  Bring a line ofJewish story whose script you wish to flip. 
• Session 5: Start with a Joke: Clever wit traditions, riddles & proverbial discourse. (Talmudic passover mouse in the house story)  Were proverbs spoken in your house? Bring family or community proverbs and/or jokes that were/are part of your personal legacy. 
• Session 6: Pageantry and the art of collective storytelling in Jewish life.   Bring/make a puppet that represents something from one of the seven days of creation that fits your zoom screen. You can use cardboard, paint or any materials that inspire your creation.    
• Session 7: At the Gathering of Nations:  Jewish Performance art in multi-heritage ritual settings on the front lines of solidarity. Bring a story and blessings for an indigenous land back ceremony, or other occasion which aligns with your activism.  
• Session 8: Telling the story - collaborative or individual tellings of a 3 minute Jewish tale; closing ceremony.  

To Register: Email rabbilynng@gmail.com and send $150 via PayPal. Email Rabbi Lynn with any questions. 

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PAST EVENTS

• Teshuvah & Reparations: a Vision for this Time (Virtual event with Dr. David Ragland and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb)
• Four Faces of the Jewish Goddess (Workshop series)
• Way of the Mishkan (Workshop series)
• Ger: Guest Laws & Land Back (Workshop series with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and Ian Schiffer)
• Harnessing Inter-communal Resilience in the Age of COVID19 (with the Truth Telling Project)
• and many more!