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LABA East Bay is Live and BROKEN

September 20, 2022September 7, 2022 by Elissa

LABAlive is BROKEN ART. MUSIC. THEATER. PERFORMANCE. ANCIENT TEXTS. Join LABA East Bay: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture at the JCC East Bay for a two-part series of art, performance, ancient Jewish text teachings, wine and schmoozing. The works featured in LABAlive come from the 2022 LABA East Bay artist fellows, and are inspired by

LABA East Bay Gets TIPSY

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by Elissa

LABA East Bay holds its annual wine+text+performance tasting

Deena Aranoff teaches about joy as a mandate, and Zoe Morgan talks about a Covenant Chardonnay

Everyone studying Talmud and drinking wine in the courtyard

LABA EB Fellow Lauren Ari on right, with a friend

LABA EB fellow Michael David Lukas reads from an upcoming novel, a dystopian take on the Book of Esther

LABA EB fellow Sari Gilman discusses her film “King’s Point”

LABA EB fellow David Israel Katz performs an electronic piece of music about gratitude…and murder

LABA EB fellow Jeff Raz performs his own comedic Purim story

Sam Shonkoff teachers about disorientation and masks. “We are all God in drag.”

LABA EB fellow Ken Rosenthal films everyone watching one of his films, on their phones

LABA EB fellow Jennifer Ellis plays “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen on her harp

LABA EB fellow Risa Jaroslow leads everyone in a gestures of joy

On Sunday, March 20 LABA EAST BAY hosted TIPSY, a wine, text, art and performance tasting outdoors at the JCC East Bay.

Our Doors Were Finally Opened

January 21, 2022January 5, 2022 by Elissa

On November 7, 2021 the JCC East Bay opened its doors to the public for the first time since Covid came into our lives. The reason was to welcome everyone to our first-ever LABAlive, during which we showcased the work of our CHOSEN fellows. Here’s a rundown of the work: Naomie Kremer TREE OF LIFE