Asya Zlatina-Russian dancer

May 23, 2017By Gail Prensky No Comments

We have posted a new story about Russian modern dancer and teacher Asya Zlatina who left her country when she was four years old with her mother a year after the fall of the Soviet Union.  Asya’s compelling story brings a perspective and understanding of the complex world inside Russia’s repressive society that was responsible … Read More

Jared Mezzocchi wins 2017 Obie Award

May 23, 2017By Gail Prensky No Comments

The Jüdische Kulturbund Project congratulates Jared Mezzocchi for winning two major off-broadway awards—an Obie and the Lucille Lortel Award—for projection design in the off-broadway play VIETGONE.  In June, Jared heads up to New Hampshire to work on the script and projection design plans for our project’s play PLAYING FOR LIFE: ART UNDER TYRANNY at the prestigious McDowell Colony.  During … Read More

“Connecting Classroom” Launch

May 17, 2017By Gail Prensky No Comments

  May 21, 2017 in the US, Sweden, and Rwanda The Jüdische Kulturbund Project is launching “Connecting Classrooms”, a pilot education workshop that connects students using Skype technology, grades 7-12, in Fairfax, Virginia (US); Hagfors (Sweden); and Kigali (Rwanda) on May 21, 2017 at 10 am in the US and 4pm in Sweden and Rwanda. … Read More