LF gatherings
From 2016 - 2022, we gathered queer Jews from across the diaspora on the land we tended in Millerton, NY. Below are many of our past public offerings, along with descriptions from our event publicity at that time. Stay tuned for more documentation of past gatherings through our archive at YIVO.
2022
Praise, Potluck & Party: Celebrating 7 Years of LF at the Close of Shmita // August 28th, 2022
Join us for a day of celebration to mark the close of Linke Fligl after 7 years of serving our queer Jewish community. Our time together will include a queer-led traditional Hallel service honoring the new month of Elul, followed by a community potluck feast, a chance to offer gratitude to Linke Fligl and the land that has held us, ending with a gay-ass afterparty at our local quarry. Look out for a cute floaty parade ;)
Cry Out into the Night: Tisha B’av Under the Stars // August 6th, 2022
Tisha B'av, the 9th of Av, marks the destruction of the two temples in Jerusalem and holds space for collective Jewish genocide and loss of home across thousands of years. This potent time of marking loss in community creates a container in which we can witness one another in our collective grief around land and culture loss. Where better to honor this day but at a Jewish land project in its closing year! Join us Saturday, August 6th 9pm - 12am in a queer led reading of Eicha, the traditional text read on Tisha B'av, soulful singing, and space for communal grief tending.
Living into Olam Haba: A 5-Day Gathering at LF // July 6 - 10th 2022
Throughout this 5-day immersive gathering, we will explore and uncover the magic that is unleashed when diasporic queer Jews come together on land. Come learn with and from queer and trans Jewish cultural workers, the land and our transcestors as we dance toward connection with the divine and each other.
2021
Hallel & Harvest: LF Sukkot Festival Day // September 26, 2021
We will daven Hallel, spend time in the garden harvesting the last of the year's produce, beat willows, break bread, rest, play and be together in community to mark this big moment in Jewish time and in LF's last year.
Build & Brine: Sukkahbuild & Pickle Soup Theatrical Extravaganza // September 19, 2021
Join us for a day on the land to welcome Sukkot! We will gather together for ritual, to build and decorate the sukkah, and to experience the theatrical extravaganza of Pickle Soup, a performance for children of all ages by eccentric hostess Jenny Romaine and Jewish time wheel technician Elana June Margolis and friends.
2020
As pandemic hit, we pivoted to Virtual Offerings to connect with and nourish our community despite the physical isolation of 2020.
2019
Sukkot at LF // October 13 - 16th, 2019
Join us for our fourth annual Sukkot festival! On Sukkot, we sit sing pray eat sleep eat learn discuss dream love - in shaky structures. We celebrate the harvest of the land and the of the work we have done personally and collectively throughout the weeks prior. We give thanks for the gifts the earth has given us this season and pray for rain for the coming crop. We live in a structure without walls and with holes in the roof, and we celebrate our arrival home. It is a reminder that our true safety is not in buildings or institutions, but in our interconnectedness to each other and spirit.
Simchat Beit Hashoeva: Concert & Celebration // October 15th, 2019
Live music, bonfire & dancing as we celebrate Simchat Beit Hashoeva, a party of boundless joy and revelry from temple times!
Rosh Chodesh Community Work Days: A Day of Prayer, Land & Learning // monthly throughout the farm season
We invite you to join us for Rosh Chodesh to celebrate the renewal of another cycle by tending seeds, soil and soul. Come in your favorite work clothes and muck boots, ready to get dirty. All are welcome! Jewish or not Jewish, queer or not queer, young, old, everyone in between. There is no childcare provided, but we welcome families and young children.
2018
Linke Fligl Sukkot Magic 5779 // September 27 - 30th, 2018
Join our celebration of folks camping on the land to celebrate Sukkot, the harvest and the coming season. This gathering is structured around meals in the sukkah, the Jewish tradition of praying three times per day and rituals to mark the holiday. Outside of that structure, we use emergent processes to design our time together based on the groups needs and dreams. This is a co-created space. We want to invite folks who are newer to leading to step into ritual leadership moments!
2017
Linke Fligl Sukkot // October 4 - 8th, 2017
LF’s second Sukkot gathering! We welcome you to come by anytime throughout the duration of the gathering. Meals will be roughly at 9am, 12:30pm and 8pm - we ask that if you come for a meal that you bring a dish or make a donation to cover costs. Friends, family and children welcome! kavanah (intention): On Sukkot we sit sing pray eat sleep conjure eat learn discuss dream love - in shaky structures. We also celebrate the harvest, give thanks for the gifts the earth has given us this season and pray for rain for the coming crop. It is a reminder that our true safety is not in buildings or institutions, but the interconnectedness of the community and elements that gather inside and our connection to earth and spirit. keva (structure): a queer, collaborative celebration of sukkot in a magical valley under the sun moon and stars; a place where food has grown this year and bellies were fed; a sacred space filled with song, prayer, ritual, ruach & hope; a living moment into our visions for the future.
2016
Linke Fligl Sukkot on the Farm // October 16 - 19th, 2016
kavanah: On Sukkot we sit sing pray eat sleep conjure eat make out learn discuss dream love - in shaky structures. It is a reminder that our true safety is not in buildings or institutions, but the interconnectedness of the community that gathers inside and our connection to earth and spirit. keva: a queer, collaborative celebration of sukkot in a magical valley under the sun moon and stars; a sacred space full of song, prayer, ritual, ruach & hope; a living into the future of our dreams.
