Current LABA Fellow Rokhl Kafrissen recalls a late winter shabes memory of a dinner that never happened and a tradition..
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Current LABA Fellow Liba Vaynberg writes about Christmas trees and assimilation–and other features of growing up Russian and Jewish in..
LABA Fellow Willie Zabar writes about fire safety surrounding Hanukkah. We as Jews are defined by our traditions. My favorite..
Former LABA Fellow Alex Weiser writes about Zionist leader Theodor Herzl’s legacy–and about using this legacy as the basis for..
Current LABA fellow Mark Katz describes his time working on Michael Dukakis’s 1988 presidential campaign. Election Day. November 1, 1988. A..
Current LABA fellow Jared Hoffman discusses which club he’d want to be a member of. This summer, I heard a..
Dear Friends, Welcome to a new year of LABA. A new year of ancient questions. A new year of investigating..
Two Midwestern Jews walk into LABA. One for an interview in June 2019. The other for a LABA study session..
LABA Buenos Aires, or LABA BA, was the first LABA satellite program to emerge outside of the NY mothership. Sharing Jewish text..
Three times a year—on the Feast of Unleavened Bread, on the Feast of Weeks, and on the Feast of Booths—all..