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Ora sits down for an interview with Rabbi Josh Rose, director of Co/Lab in Portland, OR. Ora is an alum of Art/Lab , a cohort of artists that explore the intersection of Judaism, creative expression and contemporary culture in order to inspire new works while redefining what Jewish art and culture can be.  Rabbi Josh writes: "In this week's episode, I talk with puppeteer and theater maker Ora Fruchter about what actually happens when an object comes alive on stage...she talks

Our second retreat took place in Brooklyn, NY. We wrote and devised at Temim's apartment under the careful direction of Kermit and Oscar (Temim's cats). Ora missed her power tools but this dollar store hacksaw made for a good guitar + saw duo. Saw and guitar duet Setting up a makeshift set to play with over the retreat. Rowan Magee (a friend and a brilliant puppeteer/creator) joined to devise with us for two of the days. We explored the evil eyes, the candlestick fisherman an

Ora has been doing design research and planning and has started her build. The goal is to have at least some version of the boy and the Fisherman and Fisherman's Wife puppets by the October retreat. The Boy character will be made out of wood and have a somewhat fishlike body. Eventually he will have one "prismatic eye." Wood blocks Ora wanted to create a somewhat flexible body so she modeled the body off of one of those bendy wooden snake toys. Quick paper and tape legs and a

Yoshie and Rabbi Deborah Deborah Sacks Mints debut ReynHartsik, the new yiddish language duo that will be performing the music of Boy of the Sea. They played some of the new music Yoshie has been developing for the past few months using existing Yiddish poetry and yiddish lyrics from writer Joe Dobkin. www.reynhartsik.com ReynHarsik Video Reel - Yidstock 2025

May 21, 2025 Our first weekend retreat! A few months ago Yoshie got a grant from the Peleh Residency Alumni foundation (A program of Asylum Arts at The Neighborhood ) to turn short Jewish/yiddish folklore inspired stories written by our sister Temim into a live performance including puppetry, original music and more. This trip was our first in person gathering and brainstorming session, and we’re both really excited about what’s to come! Working on the script and how the m