Wisdom Class with Gili Getz

The Forbidden Conversation was created at LABA – Laboratory for Jewish culture – an award-winning fellowship in New York where Jewish artists from different disciplines study Talmud (and other Jewish text) while developing new work. The play premiered in New York at the Center For Jewish History in the spring of 2016 and has been performed in Jewish spaces across the country since. The performance will be followed by an open discussion about the challenging conversations we have with family, friends and our community concerning the future of Israel, the American Jewish community and ways to process fundamental differences and disagreements. All opinions are welcome.

Gili Getz is an Israeli-American actor, photojournalist and activist. He served as a military photographer for the IDF and as a news editor for Ynet. His work in recent years has been focusing on American Jewish politics and he is published regularly in Jewish and Israeli press, and by Princeton University in the book “Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel” by Professor Dov Waxman.  Since graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Gili has performed across the country in numerous theatrical productions and was the recipient of the Kirk Douglas scholarship.