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

by Joshua Rose

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 what it means to be Jewish. So, if you're interested in 21st century Jewish life, Jewish ideas, Jewish arts or just good conversation, you're in the right place. (This podcast was previously known as "The Genesis: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture")

Latest episodes

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S4E10 Are We All Works of Art? (w/ Fred Harwin)

 Rosh Hashanah is traditionally called the Birthday of the World. I've been thinking about the difference between two ways of talking about the world's beginning. The sci

Sep 24
50 min

S4E9 Best of: When the Stories We Tell Ourselves Stop Working (w/ Tom Haviv)

Anyone who takes Jewish sacred texts seriously  has to care about how we interpret these stories, which means how these storeis and myths are re-told, invested with new d

Sep 10
1 h 00 min

S4E8 "Best of": How do We Face Competing Narratives of the Past? (w/ Rebecca Clarren)

My guest today is journalist Rebecca Clarren. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, High Country News, The Nation, and Indian Country Today. For her reporting, she's won

Sep 3
44 min

S4E7 "Best of": Is Judaism Fundamentally an Artistic Tradition?

A Reflection by Rabbi Josh

Aug 27
8 min

S4E6 Why One Artist Is Turning to Tradition to Innovate

In this episode, I sit down with multi-instrumentalist David Rosman — guitarist, violinist, and klezmer devotee — to talk about how he found his way into klezmer music no

Aug 20
44 min

S4E5 Best-Of Episode: Israeli Master Musician Yair Dalal

This is a re-release of Season 3 Episode 43.     Welcome to The Genesis. If you heard my episode with Eric Stern, then you already know that today's guest will be per

Aug 13
48 min

S4E4 Can Dance Teach Jewish Ideas? (re-release of S3E13 w/ Jen Gwirtz)

In this episode, Rabbi Josh sits down with Portland-based dancer, choreographer, and Jewish educator Jen Gwirtz to explore the meeting place of Judaism, language, and the

Aug 7
52 min

S4E3 When the Stories We Tell Ourselves Stop Working (w/ Tom Haviv) (re-release)

S3E11 Tom Haviv Anyone who takes Jewish sacred texts seriously  has to care about how we interpret these stories, which means how these storeis and myths are re-told, i

Jul 29
1 h 00 min

S4E2 Why a Jewish Arts & Culture Program Now? (Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem) (re-release)

Summer schedule update: Art Lab is slowing down for the summer — fewer new episodes (about one a month), plus some re-released favorites. Behind the scenes, we're preppin

Jul 23
57 min

S4E1 Forgetting and Jewish Creativity (with Rachel Attias)

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

Jul 19
50 min

S3E53 Jewish Art & Memory in a Time of Change (with Judy Margles)

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 t

Jul 2
46 min

S3E52 Language, Music and Resistance: Yiddish Folk Music in the 21st Century (with the band Brivele)

I think about language a lot. Understanding and translating Hebrew is a core part of what keeps me busy and engaged, and in my study of Kabbalah I often confront the limi

Jun 24
56 min

S3E51 What Questions Are Jewish Artists Asking in the 21st Century? (David Winitsky)

Jewish artists have always found themselves in relationship with the world around them. Sometimes that relationship is generative. Sometimes it is uneasy. Often it requir

Jun 18
40 min

S3E50 A Jewish Artist on Making Work that 'Disturbs' (w/ Bronte Grimm)

Hi friends, and welcome to the Art Lab podcast. I'm Rabbi Josh. My guest this week is Brontë Grimm, an Art Lab alum and multimedia artist whose work wrestles with diffi

Jun 10
44 min

S349 How Can Jewish Culture Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century (Lou Cove)

This is a Greatest Hits episode - a re-release of the second part of my conversation with Lou Cove, from Season 2 Episode 21 (the interview spanned episdoes 20 & 21). 

Jun 5
39 min

S3E48 Can Americana Music Be Jewish? (Mark Rubin)

Welcome to The Art/Lab Podcast: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture (previously The Genesis). Mark Rubin is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, bassist,

May 27
38 min

S3E47 Can Creativity Overcome Darkness? A Story for Shavuot

Here's one of my favorite stories from the Talmud. I hope you find some inspiration in it.  Please note that starting next week the podcast will have a new name: The Ar

May 21
7 min

S3E46 How Jewish Mysticism - and Pain - Inform One Artist's Work (Re-Release)

We are re-releasing this episode recorded back in February because our guest is coming to Portland for a residency starting May 18th.  But even if you're not here in the

May 14
53 min

S3E45 How Jewish Music is Creating a Space for Unity in Israel - and Right Here (with Zamru)

Rabbi Josh hosts Amitai Man and Talia Erdal of Jerusalem's Zamru Ensemble, a Fuchsberg Center project, ahead of Zamru's June 8–10 Portland residency presented with ArtLab

May 8
50 min

S3E44 What is the Source of Jewish Musical Creativity? (with Yankl Falk)

Welcome to The Genesis. I'm Rabbi Josh. My guest this week is Yankl Falk. We've been on a bit of a tear interviewing musicians—Michelle Alany, Yair Dalal, and now Yankl

Apr 29
44 min

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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.

Jew&ARTIST · Jul 2026

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.

"Made in America" - "Whiteness · May 2026

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.

ATrumpet · Sep 2025

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.

yroffeiriad · May 2025

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