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The Art/Lab Podcast: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture

Joshua Rose
Judaism
Jewish Culture
Portland
Jewish Identity
Torah
Portland, United States
Art Lab
Jewish Studio Project
92nd Street Y
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center For Holocaust Education
Creativity
Bob Dylan
Yair Dalal
Holocaust
Art
King David
Klezmer
Yiddish
The Berlin Diaries
Mierle Laderman Ukeles

We are right at the beginning of what some have called "The 21st Century Jewish Cultural Renaissance," and the Art/Lab podcast is watching it unfold, in real time and up close. Each week Rabbi Josh Rose has a conversation with a different Jewish artist or cultural figure to explore questions of artistic creativity, individual Jewish identity, Jewish expression and how Jewish arts are reshaping wha... more

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One of our recent guests, David Winitsky, was asked to recommend a work of art he loves — he chose Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. I found myself returning to its insomnia plague scene: a plague that causes forgetting so total... more

One of our recent guests, David Winitsky, was asked to recommend a work of art he loves — he chose Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. I found myself returning to its insomnia plague scene: a plague that causes forgetting so total... more

Judy Margles, longtime director of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, joins me to talk about the institution she spent a career building — and the tensions built into its dual mission of Jewish cultural memory and Holocaust ... more

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Recent Guests

Rachel Attias
Fabulous writer, Art Lab alumna and workshop instructor
Art Lab
Episode: S4E1 Forgetting and Jewish Creativity (with Rachel Attias)
Judy Margles
Former Director, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Episode: S3E53 Jewish Art & Memory in a Time of Change (with Judy Margles)
Maia Brivele
Member of Brivele, Seattle-based Jewish duo
Brivele
Episode: S3E52 Language, Music and Resistance: Yiddish Folk Music in the 21st Century (with the band Brivele)
Stef Brivele
Member of Brivele, Seattle-based Jewish duo
Brivele
Episode: S3E52 Language, Music and Resistance: Yiddish Folk Music in the 21st Century (with the band Brivele)
David Winitsky
Founder and executive artistic director of the Jewish Plays Project
Jewish Plays Project
Episode: S3E51 What Questions Are Jewish Artists Asking in the 21st Century? (David Winitsky)
Brontë Grimm
Multimedia artist and Art Lab alum
Independent artist
Episode: S3E50 A Jewish Artist on Making Work that 'Disturbs' (w/ Bronte Grimm)
Lou Cove
Director of Canvas; author and fundraiser; former executive director of Reboot
Canvas; Reboot
Episode: S349 How Can Jewish Culture Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century (Lou Cove)
Mark Rubin
Musician known for Bad Livers and Jewish music projects, including Jew from Oklahoma
Self-employed musician
Episode: S3E48 Can Americana Music Be Jewish? (Mark Rubin)
Amitai Mann
Jerusalem-based clarinetist, singer, composer, Zamru founding member
Zamru Ensemble, Fuchsberg Center
Episode: S3E45 How Jewish Music is Creating a Space for Unity in Israel - and Right Here (with Zamru)

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Rabbi Josh Rose
Host of The Art/Lab Podcast: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture; guides discussions on Jewish arts, identity, and culture.
Josh Rose
Host of the show; provides conversation framing and topic guidance.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 13 ratings
  • Contemporary Jewish artist

    Love love love this podcast. It’s the only podcast out there conversing and thinking about Jewish arts and culture. I listen to and share every episode with everyone I know! Thank you, Art/Lab.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jew&ARTIST
    United States23 days ago
  • Local, Personal, Universal. . . and Fun!

    The Art/Lab podcast guests represent a wide range of talent. I enjoy how Rabbi Josh Rose insightfully addresses each guest’s personal history and artistic journey. Conversations are dynamic and enlightening. And they’re fun.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    "Made in America" - "Whiteness
    United States2 months ago
  • My favorite podcast hands-down

    Rabbi Josh has generated a real innovation in Jewish arts and culture through this podcast. I especially like this episode because I’m a musician and support social justice through music. At once funny and penetratingly insightful, this episode really rocks.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ATrumpet
    United Statesa year ago
  • Modern Judaism

    Engaging conversations with a wide range of interesting guests that delve into being Jewish today and how that’s reflected and expressed in identity, culture, thought, and practice.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    yroffeiriad
    United Statesa year ago
  • Thoughtful insightful conversations

    I am always introduced to fascinating new people and ideas in each episode. I’ve especially enjoyed the episodes with artists, and discovering more about their practice and how identity plays a role. Rabbi Josh is an excellent interviewer, and the conversations are lively and dynamic.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    sonyapdx
    United Statesa year ago

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Broad range of guests keeps conversations fresh and relevant.
Elegant, insightful interviews that weave music, art, and Jewish identity.
Listeners praise the host's thoughtful, engaging interviewing style.
Feels like a rare space for nuanced Jewish arts discourse.

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S4E1 Forgetting and Jewish Creativity (with Rachel Attias)
Q: Whose work do you carry with you and who has shaped you?
Attias discusses Grace Paley, Saul Bellow, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Stephen Milhauser as influences, noting how their voices, language, and dialogue shape her own writing.
SE43 Special Edition on Jewish Music: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal
Q: What is one album you'd recommend to listeners?
He suggests an album with songs, noting that his other work, The Perfume Road, is instrumental and he highlights My Old Love as a blues-related project with deep personal connections to collaborations with blues artists.
SE43 Special Edition on Jewish Music: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal
Q: How did you learn and recover this music—through formal study or through immersion with Bedouin communities?
Dalal describes immersive, long-term learning—living with Bedouin musicians, participating in deserts performances, learning language, and absorbing the culture beyond formal lessons.
SE43 Special Edition on Jewish Music: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal
Q: Was the decision to go back to your roots a conscious political decision or simply love of the sound?
He clarifies it as a musical heritage decision rather than political; it's about preserving a diaspora's heritage and ensuring it isn't lost, rather than a political statement.
SE43 Special Edition on Jewish Music: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal
Q: It seems to me that you see a real healing power in music.
Dalal agrees and explains that music can increase the good in a person's soul and that reforming one's inner state can help heal communities, even if not solving political conflicts outright.

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A weekly humanities-focused interview series exploring how Jewish arts and identity intersect across disciplines. Conversations center on contemporary Jewish culture, creativity, and community-building through music, visual art, theater, poetry, and documentary filmmaking. Guests range from klezmer and liturgical musicians to painters, poets, and filmmakers, all probing what it means to be Jewish in the 21st century through practice, ritual, and collaboration. The show often highlights how art can catalyze dialogue, cross-cultural exchange, and social impact within Jewish life and broader communities, making it a distinctive hub for listeners who seek thoughtful, art-forward perspectives on Jewish culture.

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2. Judy Margles
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7. Lou Cove
8. Mark Rubin

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