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The Genesis: Conversations About Jewish Arts and CultureAuthor: Joshua Rose
We are right at the beginning of what some have called "The 21st Century Jewish Cultural Renaissance," and The Genesis is the podcast 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. Our main focus in on the artists from Art/Lab: Innovating Jewish Arts and Culture, and Jewish artists in the Pacific Northwest. Rabbi Josh also engages national leaders (Rabbi Shai Held of Hadar, Seth Pinksy of New York's 92nd Street Y) about the broader world of Jewish culture. So, if you're interested in 21st century Jewish life, Jewish ideas, Jewish arts or just good conversation, you're in the right place. *The Genesis was originally a podcast of Co/Lab, founded by Rabbi Josh. Today the Genesis is a production of Art/Lab where Rabbi Josh continues to shape its unfolding. Language: en-us Genres: Religion, Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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S3E37 Jewish Artist Daniela Naomi Molnar Reads Her Own Work
Episode 37
Thursday, 12 March, 2026
We're starting something new here at the podcast. Periodically, we're going to Jewish invite artists to share their work directly with you. So today we bring you Daniela Naomi Molnar reading three of her poems. Daniela is an Art/Lab alum. I interviewed her for this podcast, so you might be familiar with her work. I interviewed her back in season number one and last season she and I hosted a conversation at Annie Bloom Books. You may also know Daniella from her published work. Daniella's debut book Chorus won the 2024 Oregon Book Award for poetry and her work Protocols: An Erasure, which is an extended erasure poem was published in 2025. That extended work is composed from the foundational antisemitic forgery Protocols of the Elders of Zion, along with prose meditations on the subject. It is a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. In addition, Daniella's work has been published and shown widely in public and in private collections here and internationally as well. In this episode, Daniela reads three poems from her forthcoming Memory of a Larger Mind (Link is below): "The World is Full # 145," "Memory of a Larger Mind #2," and "Kaddish #3." It will be published in October 2026 from Omnidawn. Thank you to Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry for allowing us to use the audio (here) and video (on our Youtube channel, @thegenesisjewishpodcast) from Daniela's appearance with them. Yetzirah's original video, which includes other artists as well, can be found here: https://vimeo.com/1140200036?fl=pl&fe=sh The Genesis: Conversations About Jewish Arts and Culture is conceived of and created by Rabbi Josh Rose, and is a program of Art/Lab: Jewish Arts and Culture. Theme music by Rabbi Josh Rose. Links Art/Lab: Innovating Jewish Arts and Culture: artlabpdx.org Daniela Naomi Molnar: danielamolnar.com Daniela's Memory of a Larger Mind: https://www.danielamolnar.com/memoryofalargermind Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry: yetzirahpoets.org
