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. 2009 - Present American Friends of the Hebrew University Scholarship, Jerusalem, Israel
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
June 2009 - Present Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies MA Program, Rothberg School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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
October 2009 Play "Prelude to Gaza" produced by Kathie Rasmussen Theatre, Smart Women's Project, Madison, WI
http://www.madwomenstage.org/smart_show.html
October 2009 Play "The Colour Purple" produced in Spontaneous Combustion, Center Stage Theater, Jerusalem
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254861902388&pagename=JPArticle/ShowFull
The Mercaz
July 2007 - Dec. 2008 Script Reader, Abingdon Theatre Company, New York, NY
July 2007 - May 2009 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
March 2009 "Jews, Gender Theory, Bisexuality and Polyamory."
NUJLS Conference 2009, University of Pennsylvania
March 2009 "Gender-Bending and The Avant-Garde in Yiddish Film"
Yiddish Break 2009, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY
Feb. 2008 "Finding our Place:
Images of Men, Women, and Fluidity in Jewish texts and film"
Co-Led with Justin Rosen, NUJLS Conference 2008, Columbia University
Mar. – Apr. 2006 “Jewish Gender Theory,” & “Jews and Bisexuality”
National Union of Jewish LGBT Students (NUJLS) Conference 2006, Wesleyan, CT
http://www.wesleyanargus.com/article.php?article_id=3291
Writing Classes & Groups Attended
Oct. 2009 - Present Poetry Seminar with Lisa Katz, Poetry Place, Jerusalem, Israel
October 2009 Spontaneous Combustion, Center Stage Theater, Jerusalem, Israel
May 2009 - Oct. 2009 Workshops for "The Smart Women's Project, Kathie Rasmussen Women's Theatre, Madison, WI
Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008 Times Square Playwrights, New York, NY http://www.timessquareplaywrights.org/
Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008 NYC Screenwriters Meetup, New York, NY
Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2007 The Rude Monkey Theatre Group, Brooklyn, 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
Fall 2008 Featured Poet at Miriam Books, http://miriambooks.org/Featured_Artist.html
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
Oct. 2009 Played "Actress" in "The Colour Purple," Spontaneous Combustion, Center Stage Theater, Jerusalem
Sept. 2007 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