Patricia Eszter Margit, Founder and Director
Patricia Eszter Margit is a cultural manager, writer, journalist, PR expert and community organizer originally from Hungary. She is currently working at the 92Y. Her writings have appeared at JTA, Jerusalem Report, Nepszabadsag (Hungarian daily), Szombat, EJewishPhilantrophy, Marie Claire, ELLE magazines and edited the Budapest Times. She worked for the national radio as well as a pirate station, sang in a feminist punk rock band and a classical choir, advised women's NGOs on media advocacy and is a founding board member of the Hungarian National Committee for UN Women. She played leadership roles at outstanding social justice and spiritual organizations, such as the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Romemu. Eszter is an Advisory Board member of Jewish Art Salon.
Eszter acquired her Jewish studies background in pluralistic institutions such as Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo and the Conservative Yeshiva as a Legacy Heritage Fellow. Recently she has worked with Storahtelling, Jewish Art Now, and the Carlebach Shul as advisor. She has an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and had been a Woolrich fellow at Columbia University's Writing Department.
Her first novel, The Jewish Bride, was published in 2009 in Budapest in Hungarian and sold out in three months. It was well received at the Hungarian National Book Fair and got significant attention in the Hungarian media, it was widely recommended in the Jewish community, but other publications also felt that it spoke to their readers. She is in contract with Libri, the largest Hungarian book publisher and working on the continuation of her novel.
SEASONAL RESIDENCY STAFF - 2016
Jesse Freedman, Actor/Director is a New York City based theater artist who collaborates as a director, designer, performer, puppeteer and dramaturge. Jesse is the co-founcer of Meta-Phys. Ed. and collaborates with Target Margin, The Anthropologists, New Yiddish Rep., Black Box Studios, The Living Theater, Jewish Plays Project, Eschatological Theater, Jewish Theater Workshop, Lang Arts, Sanguine Theater Company and Spicy Witches. He has trained with the SITI Company and holds an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College. Jesse is also an Advisory Board Member of Art Kibbutz.
SEASONAL RESIDENCY STAFF - 2015
Nigel Savage - volunteer advisor (England – New York) founded Hazon in 2000. Hazon plays a unique role in renewing American Jewish life and creating a healthier and more sustainable world for all. He was a founder of Limmud NY, serves on the board of Romemu, and on the Advisory Board of Art Kibbutz. Nigel executive produced the British independent movies Solitaire For 2 and Stiff Upper Lips and had an acclaimed cameo appearance in the cult Anglo-Jewish comic movie, Leon The Pig Farmer. He will teach about Shmita and lead staff the Shmita Office at Art Kibbutz this summer. More
Bronwen Mullin (New York) is Art Kibbutz’s Artistic Director. She is a playwright, composer, educator and rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She earned her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College in Theater and Religious Studies and was an Arts Fellow from 2008-2011 in Musical Theater Composition at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Bronwen is the co-founder of MetaPhys-Ed, a gymnasium for the multi-media exegesis of Jewish texts with performance artist/director Jesse Freedman. Her “Chalom: A Dream Opera” hybridized sacred text and contemporary forms and got significant attention at New York International Fringe Festival. She previously worked at Romemu and currently is the Rabbinic Intern at Town & Village Synagogue in Manhattan. More
Sarah Zell Young (New York) is a passionate Jewish educator and artist, combining traditional text study of biblical and Talmudic sources with contemporary history of the Jewish body, with an emphasis on social justice. She is passionate about reimagining Jewish ritual and empowering people to integrate creativity and ownership into their personal practices. Young has an MFA from Hunter College with course work in psychology and education, and she is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture and gender studies. In addition to having been an arts fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and participating in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Young has exhibited work, lectured on ideas, and taught both nationally and internationally. She was an artist-in-residence in 2012 at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and is currently an AJWS global justice fellow and has worked for the past year on the streets of New York, providing services to the homeless and teaching ritual object–making classes. She has just received a grant from Asylum Arts to study the disposal of holy texts (shaimos) in Israel, and this summer working for Art Kibbutz. More
Noaj Sauer, Artistic Director
Jessica Deutch, Artistic Director
Arielle Stein, Artistic Director,
Miriam Gonczarska, Artistic Director
Rafi Rice, film
Judah Goldberg, intern
Zoi Klemencz, intern
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Eszter acquired her Jewish studies background in pluralistic institutions such as Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo and the Conservative Yeshiva as a Legacy Heritage Fellow. Recently she has worked with Storahtelling, Jewish Art Now, and the Carlebach Shul as advisor. She has an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and had been a Woolrich fellow at Columbia University's Writing Department.
Her first novel, The Jewish Bride, was published in 2009 in Budapest in Hungarian and sold out in three months. It was well received at the Hungarian National Book Fair and got significant attention in the Hungarian media, it was widely recommended in the Jewish community, but other publications also felt that it spoke to their readers. She is in contract with Libri, the largest Hungarian book publisher and working on the continuation of her novel.
SEASONAL RESIDENCY STAFF - 2016
Jesse Freedman, Actor/Director is a New York City based theater artist who collaborates as a director, designer, performer, puppeteer and dramaturge. Jesse is the co-founcer of Meta-Phys. Ed. and collaborates with Target Margin, The Anthropologists, New Yiddish Rep., Black Box Studios, The Living Theater, Jewish Plays Project, Eschatological Theater, Jewish Theater Workshop, Lang Arts, Sanguine Theater Company and Spicy Witches. He has trained with the SITI Company and holds an MFA in Theater from Sarah Lawrence College. Jesse is also an Advisory Board Member of Art Kibbutz.
SEASONAL RESIDENCY STAFF - 2015
Nigel Savage - volunteer advisor (England – New York) founded Hazon in 2000. Hazon plays a unique role in renewing American Jewish life and creating a healthier and more sustainable world for all. He was a founder of Limmud NY, serves on the board of Romemu, and on the Advisory Board of Art Kibbutz. Nigel executive produced the British independent movies Solitaire For 2 and Stiff Upper Lips and had an acclaimed cameo appearance in the cult Anglo-Jewish comic movie, Leon The Pig Farmer. He will teach about Shmita and lead staff the Shmita Office at Art Kibbutz this summer. More
Bronwen Mullin (New York) is Art Kibbutz’s Artistic Director. She is a playwright, composer, educator and rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She earned her B.A. at Sarah Lawrence College in Theater and Religious Studies and was an Arts Fellow from 2008-2011 in Musical Theater Composition at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. Bronwen is the co-founder of MetaPhys-Ed, a gymnasium for the multi-media exegesis of Jewish texts with performance artist/director Jesse Freedman. Her “Chalom: A Dream Opera” hybridized sacred text and contemporary forms and got significant attention at New York International Fringe Festival. She previously worked at Romemu and currently is the Rabbinic Intern at Town & Village Synagogue in Manhattan. More
Sarah Zell Young (New York) is a passionate Jewish educator and artist, combining traditional text study of biblical and Talmudic sources with contemporary history of the Jewish body, with an emphasis on social justice. She is passionate about reimagining Jewish ritual and empowering people to integrate creativity and ownership into their personal practices. Young has an MFA from Hunter College with course work in psychology and education, and she is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture and gender studies. In addition to having been an arts fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and participating in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Young has exhibited work, lectured on ideas, and taught both nationally and internationally. She was an artist-in-residence in 2012 at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and is currently an AJWS global justice fellow and has worked for the past year on the streets of New York, providing services to the homeless and teaching ritual object–making classes. She has just received a grant from Asylum Arts to study the disposal of holy texts (shaimos) in Israel, and this summer working for Art Kibbutz. More
Noaj Sauer, Artistic Director
Jessica Deutch, Artistic Director
Arielle Stein, Artistic Director,
Miriam Gonczarska, Artistic Director
Rafi Rice, film
Judah Goldberg, intern
Zoi Klemencz, intern
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