(Painting
by David Labkovski)
The
Durban Holocaust Centre is hosting the Celebration
of Life Exhibition – the life and journey of artist David Labkovski.
The
exhibition was opened on August 16 by Leora Raikin, founder of the David
Labkovski Project. South African born and living in Los Angles for the past two
decades, lecturer and speaker, Raikin is an educator, artist and author. As
Founder and Executive Director of the David Labkovski Project (DLP), she
co-developed an educational program to teach students about Eastern European
life before, during and after the Holocaust through the art of
Lithuanian-Israeli artist David Labkovski (1906-1991).
She
served as the keynote speaker for Chapman University’s Holocaust Remembrance
Evening. Past speakers have included Elie Wiesel and Professor Judea Pearl. She
also served as keynote speaker for the Jewish American Holocaust and Literature
Conference.
Raikin
lectures throughout the United States, addressing a wide variety of topics
including the Diaspora Jews of South
Africa, The Life and Art of David Labkovski, Using Art as a Tool to Document
and Educate, and Tribal Arts through
African Folklore Embroidery. She also serves on the Council for Judaic Arts
and on the teaching faculty at American Jewish University and Camp Ramah.
As the
founder of African Folklore Embroidery, she focuses on educating both teachers
and students about tribal art. Raikin served as artist in residence at Temple
Aliyah in 2016, and has spoken at Skirball Cultural Center, Ford Amphitheater,
Merage Jewish Community Center (Irvine), LAMOTH, Temple Eitz Chayim, Chabad
West Hills and Pomegranate conferences. She was featured artist for the city of
Temecula in 2015.
She has
a Business Science and a Masters in
Research from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She served at Vice
President of NATO (North American Testing Organization- 1999-2004) and prior to
that as Senior Research Consultant at Robert Charles Lesser & Co. While
living in South Africa, She was Marketing Director for Broll Property Group and
founded Strategic Property Research.
The Durban
Holocaust Centre is situated at the Durban Jewish Centre, corner K E Masinga
and Playfair Roads.
For more
information on the exhibition, contact Mike Caminsky on 031 572 2828 or 082 447
6670 or email mike@ahoypr.co.za
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