Life + Death

Editor’s note: Below, LABA fellow Marques Hollie discusses his project Go Down, Moshe, which explores the Passover story in light..

Marques Hollie is an operatic tenor and facilitator of creative Jewish ritual with a focus on Jews of color. His..

By Mariano Wainsztein Born in Argentina and raised in Israel, LABA fellow Mariano Wainsztein is now a New York-based composer...

By Amy Handelsman Suchowola Who honors the spaces left by the dead? This question is the guiding principle and raison..

“I walk around New York City with my guitar,” says Yonatan Gutfeld. “That’s how I spend my days. I teach..

Juris Jurjevics in Viet Nam. When I started the LABA fellowship in September, I had no idea how intensely personal..

The first LABAlive of 2019 was a resounding success. The house was packed, the performances outstanding — an evening demonstrating..

Ari Brand is an actor, musician, and lifelong New Yorker. He has performed on Broadway, off Broadway, and across the country. Brand spoke to us..

By Amy Handelsman The New Yiddish Rep’s Waiting for Godot—in Yiddish with English supertitles—runs through January 27th at the the..

By Alex Weiser When Julie Naschauer, the wife of Theodor Herzl—father of modern political Zionism—died in 1907 at the young..