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ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Fall/Winter 2006,  Issue 1 


2006-2007, Volume 2

  “Call For Return: Fielding Questions On Lebanon,” PresenTense, http://www.presentensemagazine.org/pdfs/issues/PT102306.pdf
 
 “What Must Not Be Aired: Israeli Civil Unrest and the Invasion of Lebanon,”   Mayim Rabim,  NYU Israel Journal, New York, NY.           

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Mar. 2007



Nov. 2006



Oct. 2006




Feb. 2006



May 2005


May 2004

 “Shuvi, Shuvi haShulamit: Jerusalem Archaeologies in Kadosh and Bayit,” 
Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Conference, Chicago, IL –            http://www.cmstudies.org/documents/SCMS2007INTFPforweb.pdf

“Shoah, Kedma and Walk On Water: Touch in Holocaust Film”
Film & History 2006, Dallas, TX –        http://www.h-net.org/~filmhis/conference_events/2006_Conference_Program_Template.pdf

“Student Networking,” Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), Anchorage, AK -  http://www.amiaconference.com/2006/index.html

“International Volunteering: Israel,” AMIA 2006, Anchorage, AK

 “Weimar Gender Roles”
Cinema Studies Student Conference 2006, NYU, NY
http://www.cinematologists.com/2006/topics.html#f430

“Gender in Weimar Films Schuhpalast Pinkus and Hamlet,”
German Film Seminar, UC Berkeley, CA

“Jewish / Yiddish Film Weddings” Film Studies Seminar, UC Berkeley, CA

•  Also attended:                                

March 2006          Orphans Film Symposium, University of South Carolina, SC.
July 2006              Jerusalem International Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel.
July 2006              Jerusalem Conference of Audiovisual Archivists, Jerusalem, 2006.

AWARDS

Aug. – Dec. 2005-6               NYU Graduate Fellowship, Various
June – Aug. 2006                  NYU Dorot Summer Travel Grant Recipient
May 2002                                Emily Chamberlain Cook Prize in Poetry, UC Berkeley, CA
May 2002                                Fabilli-HofferLaconicEssay Prize Honorable Mention, UC Berkeley, CA
July 1998                                Israel at Fifty Scholarship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
July 1998                                Dorot Summer Research Grant, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
May 1995                                National Merit Scholarship
May 1995                                University of California Regents' Scholarship
May 1995                                AP Scholar with Distinction  

EDUCATION

Aug.–Dec. 2005-6         Moving Image Archiving & Preservation (MIAP) MA Coursework, NYU, NY
Aug. - May 2005-6         Served as first year student representative to MIAP Committee
May 2002                         Graduated with Distinction in General Scholarship,
                                 BA in Comparative Literature (Hebrew, Russian, English),
                                 University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), CA

Theater & Publications Experience

July 2007 - Present          Script Reader, Abingdon Theatre Company, New York, NY  
July 2007 - Present          Usher, 2nd Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Co., NYTW, New York, NY
Aug. - May 2002-3            Editorial & Marketing Assistant, Creative Arts Books, Berkeley, CA
Aug. - Oct. 2002                Telephone Sales Agent, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Sept. – Feb. 1999-2000     Editorial Staff, The Occasional Bagel, UC Berkeley Hillel, CA
Aug. – May. 1998-1999    Editorial Staff, Asteroid, University of California at Berkeley, CA

Teaching & Tutoring

Sept. – May 2004-5            Hebrew Teacher, 3rd Grade, Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, CA
Sept. – May 2004-5            Writing Coach - High School English Students, Berkeley, CA
                                    http://www.writercoachconnection.com/
June – Aug. 2003               Hebrew Tutor, Private Lessons, Berkeley, CA
Feb. - June 2000                 Teacher of English for Russian Speakers, Arad, Israel

Workshops Led

Feb. 2008                    "Finding our Place: 
                                    Images of Men, Women, and Fluidity in Jewish texts and film"
                                   Co-Led with Justin Rosen, NUJLS Conference, Columbia University

Mar. – Apr. 2006               “Jewish Gender Theory,” & “Jews and Bisexuality”
                                  National Union of Jewish LGBT Students (NUJLS), Wesleyan, CT
                                    http://www.wesleyanargus.com/article.php?article_id=3291

Writing Classes & Groups Attended

Sept. 2007 - Present           Times Square Playwrights, New York, NY     
                                               http://www.timessquareplaywrights.org/
Sept. 2007 - Present            NYC Screenwriters Meetup, New York, NY
Sept. 2007 - Present             The Rude Monkey Theatre Group, Brooklyn, NY
Aug. 2007 - Present             Collaborative Theater Workshop, New York, NY
June - Sept. 2007                 Facilitator, Park Slope Summer Writing Group, Brooklyn, NY
Sept. - Dec. 1999                  Black Fire on White Fire, Lehrhaus Judaica, Berkeley, CA
Sept. - Dec. 1998                 Poetry in the Dark, (student group) UC Berkeley, CA
Aug.- Dec. 1996                  Creative Writing, Laney College, Oakland, CA
Sept. - Dec. 1993                 Memoir Writing Class, Vista Community College, Berkeley, CA

Published Work

FORTHCOMING -    Poetry in PresenTense Magazine www.presentensemagazine.org

Jan. 2002 Edition                     “Tel Aviv Melody” in Big City Lit, www.nycBigCityLit.com
Feb. 2001, Vol. 1                      “She,” “Enormity,” in Sapphic Litorus, UC Berkeley, CA
Mar. 2000, Vol. 1                      “Irinka” in The Occasional Bagel, UC Berkeley, CA
Apr. 1999, Vol. 2                      “Tea House,” “Isle” in Cal Literary Arts Magazine, UC Berkeley, CA
Mar. 1999, Vol. 5                      “Out of Jaffa” in The Body Inside, Evanston, IL
Jan. 1999, Issue 27                   “Letter Knife” in Sparks, www.eserver.org/sparks/sparks.html
Nov. 1998                                  “Sickle,” “Birth” in Asteroid, UC Berkeley, CA
Aug. 1998, Issue 4                    “Salt Pillar,” “To Seek,” “Tocsin” in Road of Shadows,                                                         www.longshadows.com/road4/poet5.html
June 1998 Edition                      “Collage,” “Night Life,” “Crusin’ Shangri-LA,” “Tempest,” “Escape,”                                                        Poetry Magazine,    
                                                        www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/1998/june/lys.htm
Jan. 1998, Issue 3                       “Rising,” “Looking Glass,” “Expectations,” Road of Shadows,                                                                 www.longshadows.com/road3/poet5.html
Jan 1998 Edition                         “Sublimate,”” “Philosopher,” Poetry Magazine,                                                                                            www.poetrymagazine.com/archives/1998/jan/lys.html
 (older websites may need to be viewed via the Wayback Machine: www.waybackmachine.org )

Readings

Sept. 2007 - Present        Various readings, Valentine's Performance, Times Square Playwrights, NY
May 2002                          Reading of 2001-2 Writing Prize Winners, Faculty Club, UC Berkeley, CA
April 2002                         Lunch Time Poetry Series, Morrison Library, UC Berkeley, CA
Feb. 2001                           Readings from Sapphic Litorus, at Mama Bear’s, Berkeley, CA
Feb. 2001                           Release Party for Sapphic Litorus, in the Tilden Room, UC Berkeley, CA