Mark the start of Shavuot by stepping into the tradition of radical study circles through song. Join us in Prospect Park on May 21st at 7pm for an evening of learning, teaching, and collective singing with member-organizers of JFREJ’s Songbook Project. Light snacks will fill our bellies, both of the milky and vegan varieties.

The JFREJ songbook is being built as a living collection for our movement-moment. We’ve chosen songs to use in the streets, meeting rooms, and anywhere in between. 

We’ll share gems from ongoing organizing, including repertoire from Jewish diasporic roots in Yiddish, Ladino, Judeo-Arabic/Arabic, Hebrew, alongside movement songs that aren’t Jewish-specific but part of our shared toolkit, and “tradaptations” — singable re-interpretations that carry the spirit of older songs into the needs of this time and place. 

Come as you are to sit beneath the stars, sing with us, and leave with new songs, deeper context on their origins, and practical ways to bring them into your organizing. Teach them, sing them, reimagine them! 

Organized by members of the JFREJ Songbook Project. 

Bring your own blankets as chairs. 

Accessibility:

Site will be accessed along Prospect Park West. RSVP to receive an email day-of by 3pm confirming the final location. Limited chairs can be reserved.

For more info contact jenny@jfrej.org