The Rabbinic Arts Company presents The Oven of Aknai
June 1, 2024
How far are we willing to go to prove that we are right?
Rabbi/Cantor Bronwen Mullin (she/her) is the co-founder of The Rabbinic Arts Company. She serves as the cantor of Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Del., and as a national faculty member of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. She is the co-founder of Meta-Phys Ed with performance artist/director Jesse Freedman. She received rabbinic ordination and a master’s degree in midrash from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2017; and a bachelor’s degree in theater and religious studies from Sarah Lawrence College in 2006.
Selected works and works-in-progress include: “Chalom: A Dream Opera” (Hebrew/Aramaic, International Fringe Festival/FringeNYC 2012); “Bat Yiftach: A Tragic Punk Opera” (English/Hebrew, The Kreischer Mansion 2016), “Make Me Out of Clay” (composer, Cannonball Festival Philadelphia 2022, created and choreographed by Ella-Gabe Mason); and “Ca’asi Revaya: Nigunim for a Raging Heart” (will keep you posted). She was an inaugural fellow of the Hadar Rising Song Institute and the SVARA Teaching Kollel, and a recipient of the JTS Innovation and Myers Family Grants. Judaism is Rabbi Bronwen’s favorite art form, and she is honored to practice it.
How far are we willing to go to prove that we are right?
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