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Meeting Point on Top of the Hill

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The Wound Itself Bestows The Blessing

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“The machine is a god for making universes”

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March 22, 2018

Introduction to the Blogs

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From January of 2015 to December of 2017, I was the luckiest artist in America. I don’t think that’s hyperbole. Sure, for some people they’d...

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Mar 18

March 5, 2018

We Have a Team!

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They were in my living room. I was in Chicago. Or Pennsylvania? Maybe it was Atlanta. I travel too much. But that’s not the point....

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Mar 18

March 1, 2018

Thank God I Was at the 14th Street Y Gala!

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Turns out Rachel Pegram was the perfect person to kick off the 14th Street Y’s annual gala. She teaches at the school; she’s in the...

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Jan 18

January 15, 2018

War

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I’ve never been a soap opera fan. Melodrama isn’t really my speed. But over the past three and a half years, I’ve been immersed in...

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November 18, 2017

Drunk Debrief

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I slept through the whole thing. But even from my place in bed upstage center, with my eyes mostly closed, I could hear a world...

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Featured Fellows Travelling Visual Arts War & Peace

Meeting Point on Top of the Hill

Yael Sloma, artist and LABA fellow, travelled through illegal Israeli outposts in the Palestinian Territories. Here are a few of..

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Featured Fellows LABAlive Non-fiction Performance Theater War & Peace

The Wound Itself Bestows The Blessing

LABAlive is a unique celebration of art, theater, and Jewish texts. This Thursday, May 31st, at 7.30pm, playwright Amy Handelsman..

29 May
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Featured Fellows Fiction LABAlive Literature War & Peace

“The machine is a god for making universes”

This coming Thursday, May 31st, LABAlive II will present an evening of subversive art and teachings based on this year’s theme, WAR..

24 May
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Alumni Featured LABAlive Mother OTHER War & Peace

LABAlive IS BACK!

On Thursday, May 31st, LABALive Two will present an evening of subversive art and teachings on this year’s theme, WAR..

17 May
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Alumni Ancient Texts Featured

Making Holes in the Torah

2013-2014 LABA alumna Yael Kanarek is an Israeli-American artist. Kanarek spoke to 2016-2017 LABA alumnus Gordon Haber about her female-centric adaption..

16 May
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Featured Fellows LABAlive Multi Media Music War & Peace

Patterns of a Parachute Path

On Thursday, May 31st, LABALive Two will present an evening of subversive art and teachings on this year’s theme, WAR..

10 May
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ABOUT

LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture is a program of the 14th Street Y that uses classic Jewish texts to inspire the creation of art, dialogue and study.

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Join us for LABAlive, our series of live events which feature cutting edge artwork and performances combined with provocative teachings.

FELLOWS

Every year LABA selects a group of culture-makers to take part in our house of study. Learn more about this year’s fellows and our yearly theme WAR + PEACE.