http://www.mimaamakim.org Organization for the Jewish Arts Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:33:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The spring is teasing and budding and so much is happening on the gig front! Firstly, I recorded a Passover Jazz Poetry special for the Forward - two videos and some ramblings - check out http://www.forward.com/articles/126922/. This Sunday April 4th at 11 AM (!) I'll be making a guest appearance at the jazz-klez gig of ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=462 On Wed. March 24 at 6 pm, Chana Kronfeld and Chana Bloch will be reading from Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch at Columbia/JTS (3080 Broadway). For more information, check the flier below. dahlia-ravikovitch http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=455 Thanks for coming out and making the first two open mics of our series, Notes From the [Synagogue] Underground, so successful. Due to reports of snow, the next open mic has been postponed one week until Thursday Mar. 4 @ 7:30. It's still going to be at the Stanton St. Synagogue (180 Stanton ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=452 Hila Ratzabi sees God everywhere, but seems a little afraid to talk about it. A frequent contributor to the Mima’amakim journal, Hila’s new chapbook The Apparatus of Visible Things deals with finding the invisible inside the things you see and seeing the invisible as the frame of the visible (there ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=436 Mima'amakim is going into 'the depths.'  Please join us for a series of three Open Mics held in synagogue basements throughout NYC.  Come to one or come to all three!  Bring out your talent or just a supportive ear.  Sign up is in person and it's "first come, first up", ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=423 When I mention my involvement in Mima’amakim to people they often remark, “I didn’t know you wrote poetry!” To this I am always forced to reply that no, I don’t really write poetry, and we’re probably all better off for it. However, I’ve always been drawn ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=328 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Menachem Wecker"][/caption] Menachem Wecker stands at the nexus of art and religion. Through his countless articles, reviews and interviews in publications religious and secular, his ongoing art column in The Jewish Press, and his groundbreaking blog Iconia, Menachem doggedly explores the relationship between creative and religious expression. ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=296 Announcing two great Mima'amakim events on two different continents: NYC Event: Poetry as Protest Please join Uri l’Tzedek and Mima’amakim on THIS Wednesday night July 22nd from 7:30-9:30pm at the Drisha Institute (65th and Broadway) as we spend an evening exploring the relationship between poetry and social justice. We will look at ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=260 In connection with this past week's Torah portion of Pinchas, and in keeping with the generally dour atmosphere during these three weeks of Jewish mourning, we present Richard McBee's A Jewish Woman's Lament. Richard, an artist, poet and critic, wrote this poem as a complement to his 2008 painting Pinchas (Jack Ruby). A ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=253 AJWS-AVODAH NY City Team Presents Reel Talk: A Film Screening and Conversation on Storytelling and Social Justice On Sunday, July 12th, join film enthusiasts, story tellers, and fellow Jewish activists, to experience “Youth Producing Change” - a series of short films created by youth from across the globe that premiered at ... http://www.mimaamakim.org/?p=246