11/30/2023 Top Pick Edit Thankful for Our New Community Creative Fellows Our fourth cohort has expanded to include four Boston-area creatives who will each be paired with an organization to engage community. By Jewish Arts Collaborative
4/11/2023 Edit Finding Peace Within Music As I continue my work as a JArts Community Creative Fellow, I pause to reflect on the connection between music, movement, and peace. By Ira KleinFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
2/21/2023 Edit The Artist as a Physician of Time How might music restore lost stories? A reflection on the intersection between Jewish time and art. By Ira KleinFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
1/25/2023 Top Pick Edit Taking Holocaust Education Outside of the Jewish Community In choreographer Rachel Linsky’s hands, you gain kinesthetic and emotional access to the worlds of those who lived the Holocaust. By Thea SingerFor The Arts Fuse
11/10/2022 Top Pick Edit Two Local Artists Selected for Creative Fellowship Ira Klein and Rachel Linsky will bring new work to life with a focus on connecting and inspiring communities through the process. By Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)
10/12/2022 Top Pick Edit New Album “Fragments” Highlights Boston Voices Moments of connection with the Jews of Color, Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews of our community were generative and healing. By Yoni BattatFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
9/7/2022 Top Pick Edit Iraqi Jewish Musician Explores His Identity Multi-instrumentalist and CJP grantee Yoni Avi Battat discusses his new album and finding sensory connections to his Mizrahi ancestry. By Evelyn FrickFor Hey Alma
4/28/2022 Edit Behind the Scenes of “The Seltzer Factory” Short Film Some behind-the-scenes photos of filming “The Seltzer Factory,” a short film written and directed by Paloma Valenzuela. By Paloma ValenzuelaFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
4/25/2022 Edit Call For One-Minute True Stories & Family Histories I’m currently in production for my short film, “The Seltzer Factory,” about my family’s history, and am looking to include your stories as well. By Paloma ValenzuelaFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
2/24/2022 Edit Passover and Creativity or Aren’t We All Storytellers? When you think about it, Jewish ceremonies, or the Passover seder for instance, are, in all senses, theatrical events. By Rotem GoldenbergFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
1/7/2022 Edit Sitting Down to Write This After two years of a sort of creative hiatus, I am ready to dive into my imagination again and ready to keep telling my stories. By Paloma ValenzuelaFor Jewish Arts Collaborative
1/4/2022 Edit Art, Home and the Pandemic The magic of the theater is in the live encounter between people. Does the heart of theatrical encounter still beat when you watch it from your home computer? By Rotem GoldenbergFor Jewish Arts Collaborative