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As part of the LABA Europe Exchange Program, LABA Barcelona welcomes you to the closing event of LABA NY alumna Danielle Alhassid’s residency in Barcelona.
During her residency, Alhassid has developed a research-based artistic project in collaboration with local archives, cultural institutions, and the LABA Barcelona community. The project explores questions of language, diaspora, and women’s cultural history through an ongoing dialogue between research and artistic practice.

This closing event marks the culmination of the residency, bringing together Danielle Alhassid and visiting LABA artists from Berlin and Paris – Zero Pilnik, Julie Rebecca Poulain, and Sharon Alfassi – in exchange with LABA Barcelona artists and alumni.

The evening takes the form of creative encounters and live performative as Casa Adret comes alive, exploring how stories, gestures, and memories move across generations and space.

As part of the LABA Europe Exchange Program, LABA Barcelona hosted the closing event of LABA NY alumni Danielle Alhassid’s residency in Barcelona. During her residency, Alhassid developed a research-based artistic project in collaboration with local archives, cultural institutions, and the LABA Barcelona community. The project explores questions of language, diaspora, and women’s cultural history through an ongoing dialogue between research and artistic practice. This closing event marked the culmination of the residency, bringing together Danielle Alhassid and visiting LABA artists from Berlin and Paris – Zero Pilnik, Julie Rebecca Poulain, and Sharon Alfassi – in exchange with LABA Barcelona artists and alumni. The evening took the form of creative encounters and live performative as Casa Adret comes alive, exploring how stories, gestures, and memories move across generations and space.

On Earth Day, April 22, the Institute of Jewish Studies of Barcelona (EJB), together with ARCO Forum and Casa Turca Barcelona, organized this interreligious and intercultural gathering in Barcelona, dedicated to addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time: the environmental crisis. At a time when the relationship between humanity and the natural world is under unprecedented pressure, we turn to religious traditions not as relics of the past, but as living sources of ethical reflection, responsibility, and action. Ze’ev Maor – Institute of Jewish Studies of Barcelona Temirjón Naziri – Arco Forum, Madrid María del Carmen Llasat Botija – Professor of Atmospheric Physics, University of Barcelona (Collaborator at Cristianisme i Justícia) Together, they explored: What can Judaism, Christianity, and Islam offer in response to today’s ecological challenges? How do these traditions understand the relationship between human beings, nature, and creation? What values, approaches, and spiritual or practical tools can they contribute to building a more responsible and sustainable future? This open gathering invited dialogue, attentive listening, and shared reflection, seeking to weave together tradition, moral responsibility, and contemporary action. The event also featured live music by Georgi Dimitrov (kanun).

The 2025 Tikkun Shavuot LABA event was organized as part of the project "ReActMem: Rescue Memory - Activism, Arts and Public Remembrance", which is being implemented by LABA, together with twelve European partners, thanks to funding from the European Union under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) program.