The New Shul rings in the holiday of Shavuot on June 1st with the fifth annual edition of The Kumah: Rise Up Festival with a marathon evening of faith, politics, art, activism and live music at Theater For The New City (155 First Ave, Manhattan).
The Kumah: Rise Up Festival celebrates the holiday of Shavuot, which marks receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, and includes a Kabbalistic tradition of staying up all night studying Torah. The New Shul adapts this tradition into making music and art late into the night - primarily Jewish and other spiritual music - while inspiring work toward peace and resistance.