Artist, Educator, and Activist Avital Geva Presents a ‘Living Sukkah’ at the JCC in Manhattan

THE JEWISH WEEK
By Yossi Klein Halevi

A rendering of Ein Shemer Ecological Sukkah, to be constructed as part of a new exhibit at the JCC.

NEW YORK---Avital Geva — artist, educator, activist — saw no reason to leave his kibbutz and travel to Manhattan, just to exhibit something of his life’s work. And on Sukkot yet, his favorite holiday on the kibbutz. Who needs the hopes and disappointments and ego roller-coaster of trying to make an impression in the big city? Anyone in New York who wanted to see the Ecological Greenhouse, Avital’s world-renowned educational center, was welcome to come visit in Kibbutz Ein Shemer. And so the JCC is now hosting (Oct. 11-16) an exhibit about the ecological greenhouse, whose centerpiece will be a sukkah constructed from plastic bottles filled with bubbling algae.  [link]