Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy invites you to experience the power of one man’s story through his art at our upcoming Women’s Speaker Series event. Leora Raikin, Historian; Holocaust Educator; and Founder & Executive Producer of The David Labkovski Project, presents Bearing Witness to the Past: The Life and Art of David Labkovski.

This event is open to all of the women in your life. El Cab membership is not required.

Seating is limited — RSVP by Friday, August 16th.

For more information, please contact Sylvia Crump at (323) 761-8225 or SCrump@JewishLA.org.

Online registration is closed.

South African-born and Los Angeles-based, Leora Raikin is an international speaker who captivates audiences around the world. As Founder of the David Labkovski Project, educator, artist, and author, she co-developed a project-based multi-disciplinary educational program to teach students about Jewish life in Eastern Europe — before, during, and after the Holocaust — through the art of Lithuanian-Israeli artist David Labkovski (1906-1991) that has been successfully scaled and implemented in middle schools, high schools, and colleges in the United States, Lithuania, and Mexico. Leora was honored by the Los Angeles City Council on June 7, 2019, for her commitment to educate and engage audiences with Labkovski’s art that shares lesson of life, survival, tolerance, acceptance, and the importance of bearing witness to Jewish history.

Leora is passionate about using art as a tool to educate. She lectures on a wide range of topics throughout the United States, including The Diaspora Jews of South Africa, The Life and Art of David Labkovski: Documenting History Through Art, and Tribal Arts Through African Folklore Embroidery. Raikin also serves on the Council for Judaic Arts and on the teaching faculty at American Jewish University and Camp Ramah.

Leora has a degree in business science and a master’s in research from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Leora served as Vice President of NATO (North American Testing Organization) from 1999-2004, and prior to that, as Senior Research Consultant at Robert Charles Lesser & Co. While living in South Africa, Leora was Marketing Director for Broll Property Group and founded Strategic Property Research.

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