EPISODE · Apr 21, 2025 · 1H 8M
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie – From Rebellion to Rabbinate
from Detours & Destinations · host Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie, Rabbi David Ingber
In the premiere episode of Detours and Destinations, Rabbi David Ingber talks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, the visionary spiritual leader and founder of LabShul, and the subject of the documentary Sabbath Queen about the journey from a lineage of a 38-generation esteemed rabbinic dynasty, to becoming a drag performer, radical storyteller, and groundbreaking rabbi. Amichai’s life has been a bold negotiation between tradition and transformation. His journey is one of self-discovery, rebellion, and ultimately, reinvention. Lab/Shul - https://www.labshul.org/ Sabbath Queen: The Documentary - https://www.labshul.org/sabbath-queen-the-documentary/ The Sha-Book - https://shop.ayinpress.org/products/shabook-zine?srsltid=AfmBOoqlC7XKhMzto2uePDWnCiYV6T2vPsujQ0jqqzKYKnXOG2uWuaq- Amichai's Website -- https://amichai.me/ Rabbi Ingber on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rabbiingber 92NY Bronfman Center events -https://www.92ny.org/whats-on/events/jewish-life-adults?hierarchicalMenu%5BEventMenu.lvl0%5D%5B0%5D=Jewish%20Interest&refinementList%5B10b_dd_AgeYears%5D%5B0%5D=adults Producer: Efrat Bigger Content Editor: Maya Gayer Video Editor: Sean Kennedy Music By: Shimon Smith Special Thanks: Eden Sidney Foster.
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In the premiere episode of Detours and Destinations, Rabbi David Ingber talks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, the visionary spiritual leader and founder of LabShul, and the subject of the documentary Sabbath Queen about the journey from a lineage of a 38-generation esteemed rabbinic dynasty, to becoming a drag performer, radical storyteller, and groundbreaking rabbi. Amichai’s life has been a bold negotiation between tradition and transformation. His journey is one of self-discovery, rebellion, and ultimately, reinvention. Through humor and heartbreak, Amichai reflects on the detours that shaped him and the power of storytelling as spiritual activism, humanism and empathy in times of crisis, and reimagining tradition.
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