Transcript and Video Clips

A transcript of the entire panel discussion is available here (PDF, 180 KB). To view video clips of highlights from the discussion, click on the still images below.

Naomi Scheman

Art can allow for expression without sense-making in the world of privileged marginality.

Rebbetzin Hadassah Gross

Nonsense is nonsense but the history of nonsense is scholarship.

Rachel Havrelock

“Tell the story” is the earliest commandment of Torah, and hiphop playwriting tells the story to the masses.

Faith Jones

Politically difficult topics present unique challenges in the publication of the journal Bridges.

Irena Klepfisz

Jewish artists and a shonda fur di goyim – on the perceived danger of Jewish art and poetry.

Alisa Solomon

Confronting the status quo without hostility can be done through a queer sensibility.