The New Jewish Theater Residency is an initiative of LABA, New York’s National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture. Centered at the 14th Street Y, the program is featuring five plays as part of its residency series, which will be performed starting this weekend through July 1. Jspace recently caught up with a few of the selected playwrights, whose work ranges from firsthand reflections of the Israeli Defense Forces to dealing with metaphorical, and literal, ghosts from the Holocaust. Zohar Tirosh-Polk, …More

The LABA Festival is an annual tradition in Manhattan, bringing the work of Jewish artists into the mainstream. The LABA initiative is close to the heart of New York’s 14th Street Y, where the House of Study project fosters a different panel of select fellows each year. At the end of a 12-month period, the fellows present their work to the community, in a colorful, innovative festival of art. This year’s LABA event, taking place over the weekend, centers around the theme “Blueprint,” with …More