Her recent solo show at the Doug Adams Gallery in Berkeley, addressed issues of ecology and spirituality. And to have an artist rabbi at a LABA event?…” The act of passing through gives a new perspective, and, often, something to laugh about. His poetry collection, The Neighbor Out of Sound was published by the Sheep Meadow Press in 2018. By Emma W. 451. This special evening will feature LABA East Bay fellows choreographer Marika Brussel and poet Caroline Kessler with special guest teacher, the award-winning novelist and LABA New York Senior Faculty Ruby Namdar. has written for and taught on Korean television, reported on human rights in Burundi, and looked after orphan chimpanzees at the Jane Goodall Institute. LABA is a non-religious, Jewish house of study and culture laboratory which uses classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. They serve as raw material for her video work, in which she overlays and manipulates source material until it’s transformed and no longer identifiable. And sometimes, quite intentionally, we will not. Dym has shown or performed at spaces including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, SFMOMA (which collected her work), the Contemporary Jewish Museum, YBCA, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, PØST, and Pierogi. Every year, LABA selects a group of 8-10 artist fellows, a mix of visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and other culture-makers, to study classic Jewish texts in a non-religious, open-minded, and accessible setting. #labaeastbay lnk.bio/hflu Our outstanding programming includes evening arts & culture events, as well as musical performances and holiday celebrations. He is a recent winner of the prestigious “Travel Photographer of the Year” competition, was shortlisted for the “National Geographic Travel Photography” competition, and was named by Digital Photo Pro Magazine as one of three emerging professional photographers worldwide. The first LABAlive event,  DRUNK, was held on 11/23/2019. Avital Meshi is a New Media Artist. Our outstanding programming includes evening arts & culture events, as well as musical performances and holiday celebrations. Our outstanding programming includes evening arts & culture events, as well as musical performances and holiday celebrations. Jessica Kate Meyer, our LABA Teaching Fellow, serves as rabbi-hazzan at the Kitchen in San Francisco, and previously led as rabbi and music director at Romemu in Manhattan. Jake Marmer is a poet, performer, and educator. Doing the choosing ourselves can be equally fraught. Brussel, a 2020 arts fellow at LABA East Bay, an incubator for Jewish culture and a program of the JCC East Bay in Berkeley, has spent the past few months rehearsing a piece with dancers over Zoom, choreographing for a Facebook project, and teaching up … The works created by LABA East Bay fellows will be read, exhibited and performed at a handful of public JCC East Bay events combining culture with a text teaching, a nosh and wine. She has been part of Doug Varone's Devices, ODC's Pilot program, and was a 2019 Choreographic Fellow at UNCSA. LABA East Bay, a laboratory for Jewish culture at the JCC East Bay, can help you become a better one. She is also the author of the bestselling memoir Stir (Penguin Random House). “LABA is the best. Find something repetitive that can be a meditation for yourself. Felder currently teaches Theatre and English at San Francisco State University. The program began in New York City in 2007 at the 14th Street Y, and expanded to Buenos Aires in 2015. Much of the arts world may be shut down, but choreographer Marika Brussel isn’t feeling isolated. To get the prompts and discussion questions that were used in this event, email alystars@jcceastbay.org. She holds an MFA in Graphic Design and a BA in American Studies, both from Yale University. Berkeley Branch: 1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709. Jews, so it goes, are the “chosen people.”. , the neuroscience of empathy, world hunger, and the colliding mythologies of six different hells. Miriam Dym is a self-taught systems thinker with a practice rooted in performance and drawing. LABA East Bay is a laboratory for Jewish culture at the JCC East Bay. Grants include 2 Fleishhacker Opportunity Grants and a grant from the Classical Girl. He is also the author of Jazz Talmud (Sheep Meadow 2012), and his klez-jazz-poetry record Hermeneutic Stomp was released by the Blue Fringe Music. Where to Start: MLK Day Workshop Her large-scale images of seed pods and other overlooked natural objects give them a surprising agency, showing that even the most fragile elements in nature can take center stage and hold power in the campaign for the survival of life on the planet. Eventbrite - JCC East Bay presents LABA East Bay presents LABAzooms on Inappropriate Laughter! Her work has been commissioned by companies around the country, including ARC Dance, Columbia Repertory Ballet, and Emote Dance Theater. Dym’s live performances incorporate labor or micro-manufacturing (sorting trash, logo removal, diagramming human relationships) with tangible by-products such as schematics and plans; quasi-functional objects and tools; and unfinished ("raw") materials. Rebecca Roudman + Jason Eckl (aka SF Yiddish Combo). The notion that we, as individuals, have something special, and that special-ness needs to be shared with the world just doesn’t sit right. His poetry collection, was published by the Sheep Meadow Press in 2018. The author of, (Sutra Press, 2018), her work has appeared in. 19 Likes, 0 Comments - LABA East Bay (@labaeastbay) on Instagram: “Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer knows artists. The program began in New York City in 2007 at the 14th Street Y, and expanded to Buenos Aires in 2015. in music from Columbia University, and has completed master’s degrees and doctoral work in modern Jewish literature at Oxford and Harvard universities. FEATURING: - Storytelling and music from Rabbi/Chazan Jessica Kate Meyer - Create your own challah cover with local artist Ava Her 2020 show at the David Brower Center, Hazel Wolf Gallery, featured the work of four Bay Area artists, examining the importance of connecting people to wilderness as a vehicle for them to appreciate, understand, and ultimately protect the natural environment. LABA East Bay’s goal is to present Judaism’s rich literary and intellectual tradition in a free and creative setting, so that these stories and ideas spark new thought and art. Jake is the poetry critic for Tablet Magazine and works as the Education and Programming Director of the Bronfman Fellowship. Her practice investigates the relationship between design and culture through self-initiated creative projects; writing on contemporary culture, design, and education; and freelance work with non-profit and mission-driven organizations. In her work she examines Artificial-Intelligence Technology through the perspective of Performance Art. And how do we know whether it is our time to do one or the other? or "how does an irregular pattern behave?". Join LABA East Bay for a look at the potency and power of a laugh through ancient text and contemporary art. She uses strategies from design, engineering, and business to run years’- long systems experiments which address something that bedevils her, such as "why do we make so much trash?" LABA has received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and was  named one of the most. She is co-founder of Open Windows Cooperative, Jewish Arts Coordinator for Congregation Emanuel’s Youth and Family Education program, and Community Liaison for Artspan’s Art-in-Neighborhoods program. LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. • Cultural arts and civic engagement programs, such as LABA East Bay • Senior programs, including a twice-weekly lunch • Community-wide holiday celebrations. Hagit holds an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she taught fine art photography for years. She was born and raised in Israel and currently lives and works in San Jose, California. Each LABAlive will combine culture with text teachings, along with a nosh and some wine, and will be open to the whole community. Hagit lives in Berkeley, CA. (Pete Rosos) The texts were well chosen by Ladon, who is the West Coast director of education for the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. He is the author, among other things, of the play, , and a forthcoming memoir about fatherhood and science fiction. She has been part of Doug Varone's Devices, ODC's Pilot program, and was a 2019 Choreographic Fellow at UNCSA. Kyle Adler is a photographer specializing in travel, performing arts, and culture based on the San Francisco Peninsula. Read about LABA East Bay in the J.Weekly. His work is unified by a passion for capturing the unique spirit of a place and its people. Got family in another town? Previously, Rachel worked at SYPartners in San Francisco and at Pentagram Design in New York. Felder’s topics include Yiddish culture (Shtik!,) Abraham Lincoln’s depression (Melancholy, A Comedy,) the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (Out of Sight,) grief (A Queer Divine Dissatisfaction,) and a traditional Jewish lesbian wedding (June Bride). is a designer in Oakland, and associate professor and chair of Graphic Design at California College of the Arts. This year at LABA East Bay we will explore the power of choice from all angles. Copyright © 2021 LABA EAST BAY - All Rights Reserved. He is the author of three poetry collections: Cosmic Diaspora (2020), The Neighbor Out of Sound (2018) and Jazz Talmud (2012). Learn more about LABA East Bay on the program's website: www.labaeastbay.org. Painting and video are Naomie Kremer’s primary mediums and while the two practices are distinct, they are also complementary and permeable. Nevertheless, here we are, trying to shape hearts and change minds through our creative endeavors. LABA is a Jewish house of study and culture laboratory which uses classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. She was a 2019 Choreographic Fellow at UNCSA and is a current LABA East Bay Fellow. Ava sings and plays bass with Galore, whose debut album was released on the Rocks in Your Head label in June 2020. Rabbi Joshua Ladon, LABA’s lead teacher, introduces a Hasidic text at LABA’s DRUNK event at the East Bay JCC in Berkeley, Nov. 23, 2019. This work, some finished, some in-process, will be read, exhibited, and performed as part of the LABAlive series. IMAGE CREDIT: 2021 CHOSE-N theme by Shoshana Torn, LABA EAST BAY IS A PROGRAM OF THE JCC EAST BAY. is a contemporary ballet choreographer based in San Francisco. is a poet, performer, and educator. A virtual, interactive program & performance with LABA East Bay by our Rabbi Jessica, plus an option for a delicious, Shabbat meal. Most importantly, we’ll have a great time talking, eating, drinking, learning, and laughing in the lush, fertile, free-flowing, romantic, super-serious, and endlessly playful environment of LABA East Bay: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture. The yearly curriculum is centered around a theme, and previous ones include Beauty, Paradise, Eat, Mother, and Time. The yearly curriculum is centered around a theme, and previous ones include Beauty, Paradise, Eat, Mother, and Time. Join LABA East Bay for an evening exploring the humor in absurdity through art and ancient Jewish text. Apache/2.4.38 (Debian) Server at www.eastbayexpress.com Port 443 They will share their work, and pass along some tips so … Obscure stories of rabbis and winds but also important and beautiful arguments about the huge tenets of truth and humor and faith. has taught creative writing at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State, served as writer-in-residence at the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and co-curated the exhibition “Beyond Belief: 100 years of the Spiritual in Modern Art” for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Jake Marmer is a poet, performer, and educator. Jake Marmer (LABA East Bay Faculty) is a poet, performer, and educator. New York; Buenos Aires; East Bay; Incubated Projects; Calendar. first wed his versatile theater skills (acting, dance, playwriting and directing) with his own cultural tradition when he adapted the short story, , into a klezmer musical for his senior thesis at U.C. The author of Ritual In Blue (Sutra Press, 2018), her work has appeared in The McNeese Review, Sundog Lit, The Susquehanna Review, and elsewhere. He is also the author of, (Sheep Meadow 2012), and his klez-jazz-poetry record, was released by the Blue Fringe Music. When not singing lullabies to her children, Sarah is the JCC East Bay’s Director of Public Programs. From the orchestral world to the hip hop world, Rebecca and Jason are all about an eclectic mishmash of musicianship. The book, a finalist for the 38th Northern California Book Award in fiction, is a family story about addiction and mental illness that brings together experimental dance theater, Jewish history, Abu Ghraib, Dante’s Inferno, the neuroscience of empathy, world hunger, and the colliding mythologies of six different hells. Ava Sayaka Rosen, our LABA Kids Fellow, is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, musician and educator living in Oakland on unceded Lisjan Ohlone land. 2020 was supposed to be a banner year for poet Jake Marmer, another LABA East Bay fellow. The ability to make these decisions is a gift and privilege, but also, sometimes a burden. In 2014, LABA was named one of the most innovative Jewish organizations in North America by the Slingshot Guide, and also received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. Sarah Wolfman-Robichaud (Program Director) comes with an extensive background in theater and music performance, as well as lecturing/leading workshops on arts education and arts forsocial justice in academic, educational, and community settings. LABA is a Jewish house of study and culture laboratory which uses classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. Etched Aquatint. // . She is one. The goal is to present Judaism’s rich literary and intellectual tradition in a free and creative setting, where they can spark new thought and culture. Neither theological nor academic, LABA welcomes fellows with a wide variety of approaches to Jewish life and tradition. LABAlive 2: LIFE + DEATH; LABA Second Stage; Tikkun; DRUNK; The LABA Theme for 2020-2021 is CHOSE-N; 2021 LABA FELLOWS; Recently, LABA NY received a CANVAS grant, one of only a handful of organizations invited to apply. The fusion of video and painting occurs most concretely in her “hybrid paintings” in which a video is projected directly on the painting. Every year, LABA selects a group of 8-10 artist fellows, a mix of visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and more, to study classic Jewish texts in an open-minded and accessible setting. She teaches for Stanford CS and is the author or co-author of three books, including her new novel Hungry Ghost Theater. 6 talking about this. Her first play, Book of Hours, was developed by the Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep in 2019, was a finalist for the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and will be workshopped at the Great Plains Theatre Conference in 2021. She is the co-creator of Index/Fist, a zine-making collective, and holds an MFA in poetry from Washington University in St. Louis. We use classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. We've got a lot in store for you, but do need to wait for when it's safe for us to leave our homes. How could we? Marika Brussel is a contemporary ballet choreographer based in San Francisco. He is a celebrated Jewish dance master throughout California and served as the dance dramaturg for two productions of Paula Vogal's 'Indecent' at the Arena Stage and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. HOME; ABOUT. People of all ages, faiths and backgrounds are invited to join us as we build community, meet new friends, learn and celebrate together. We use classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. ), Create your own challah cover with local artist, Learn about instruments and dance along to music from, Every year, LABA selects a group of 8-10 artist fellows, a mix of visual artists, writers, dancers, musicians, actors, and other culture-makers, to study classic Jewish texts in a non-religious, open-minded, and accessible setting. Meshi holds an MFA from the Digital Arts and New-Media Program at UC Santa Cruz and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Jake is the poetry critic for Tablet Magazine and works as the Education and Programming Director of the Bronfman Fellowship. He is a celebrated Jewish dance master throughout California and served as the dance dramaturg for two productions of Paula Vogal's 'Indecent' at the Arena Stage and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. A former columnist for both New York Jewish Week and the J, he is the winner of the 2016 Wilner Award for Short Fiction from San Francisco State University. Bruce Bierman first wed his versatile theater skills (acting, dance, playwriting and directing) with his own cultural tradition when he adapted the short story, Gimpel the Fool, into a klezmer musical for his senior thesis at U.C. LABA East Bay fellows Dan Schifrin and Rachel Berger led a creative conversation about maps and our capacities to make a difference, with a guided map-making exercise. LABA East Bay As the central address for Jewish thought leadership, SHI NA has been engaged as the key content provider for LABA East Bay: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture housed at the JCC of the East Bay. My Neighborhood. This work, some finished, some in-process, will be read, exhibited, and performed as part of the LABAlive series. LABA East Bay LABA East Bay is a lab for Jewish culture at @jcceastbay using classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue, and study. Santa Cruz. The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay.The region has grown to include inland communities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

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