THEME The LABA theme for 2017 -2018 is WAR and PEACE. Conflict is part of who we are, it is not an external force that we can aspire to exorcise and be permanently free of. Conflict defines the individual, the social and the cultural self. It is not accidental that our civilization’s foundation myth, the
On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Gordon Haber, Hadar Ahuvia, and Abigail Katz, who will present her theater-work-in-progress, Route One. Here, Katz introduces her work and
On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Abigail Katz, Gordon Haber, and Hadar Ahuvia, who will present her dance-work-in-progress, Everything you have is yours?. Here, Ahuvia
On Thursday, March 16th, LABAlive Two: Others will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Hadar Ahuvia, Abigail Katz, and Gordon Haber, who will present his work-in-progress, a story collection titled Uggs for Gaza. Here, Haber introduces his
LABAlive TWO: OTHERS THURS March 16 // 7:30PM At LABAlive OTHER: ONE you saw the work of Gil Sperling, Michael Gac Levin, and Keren Moscovitch, and now Fellows Gordon Haber, Abigail Katz and Hadar Ahuvia take the stage in LABAlive TWO: OTHERS for an evening of dance, literature and theater inspired by this year’s theme
On Thursday, February 9th, LABAlive will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Gil Sperling , Michael Gac Levin, and Keren Moscovitch, who will present her work in progress, One More Way Files. Here, Moscovitch talks about her project and
A Word From the Divine Ruby Namdar and Hanan Elstein for the LABA Journal A few weeks past LABA’s session on the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), LABA Scholar Ruby Namdar and LABA Journal Editor Hanan Elstein, both still in awe of this remarkably condensed yet multilayered biblical short story, sat down over some fine
On Thursday, February 9th, LABAlive will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Keren Moscovitch, Michael Gac Levin, and Gil Sperling, who would present his work in progress, A Yiddishe Wagner. Here, Sperling talks about his project with LABA Journal Editor,
“THE NEXT FOUR YEARS” by Joshua Max Feldman Joshua Max Feldman, a New York-based author, is a 2015-2016 LABA alumnus. His new novel, If I Knew the Way, will be available in fall, 2017, from William Morrow. His novel The Book of Jonah is currently available in paperback. Here, on the eve of the 58th
On Thursday, February 9th, LABAlive will present an evening of art works and subversive teachings exploring our annual theme, OTHER. The evening will feature teachings by Ruby Namdar and works by fellows Gil Sperling, Keren Moscovitch, and Michael Gac Levin, who would present his work in progress, Law & Order: Express. Here, Gac Levin talks