Joel Tauber
@joeltauber.bsky.social
Activist. Artist. Filmmaker. Wake Forest University Professor. Descendent of rabbis. Ethics. Environment. Discourse. Also: baseball - Red Sox, basketball - Celtics, nature - birds & trees. https://joeltauber.com/
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Joel Tauber
@joeltauber.bsky.social
· Sep 19
Watch Sick Amour: A Love Story | Prime Video
A celebration of the forlorn and lonely Tree that Joel Tauber adopts in the middle of a giant parking lot. Filmed over the course of 18 years, the movie paints a multi-faceted portrait of the Tree via a series of interviews with experts in different fields; while it chronicles Tauber's efforts to improve the Tree's life.
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My first feature film, Sick-Amour: A Love Story, is streaming on Amazon and Vimeo OTT. And I would love it if you watched the movie.
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
It’s day 34 of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca. And I’m amazed by how community is forming via their presence. Here’s an update from the project, Seeking Pasture, which will become a movie and art installation: seekingpasture.net/2025/11/26/d...
#seekingpasture #community
#seekingpasture #community
November 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It’s day 34 of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca. And I’m amazed by how community is forming via their presence. Here’s an update from the project, Seeking Pasture, which will become a movie and art installation: seekingpasture.net/2025/11/26/d...
#seekingpasture #community
#seekingpasture #community
Thank you so much to the Winston-Salem Journal, Lisa O’Donnell, and Allison Lee Isley for this wonderful feature story about Seeking Pasture. Here’s the link to the digital version of the story (the print version is coming soon):
journalnow.com/life-enterta...
#seekingpasture #community
journalnow.com/life-enterta...
#seekingpasture #community
Urban shepherd brings joy to Winston-Salem neighborhood with his sheep
The sheep are the stars of Wake Forest Professor Joel Tauber's latest project, "Seeking Pasture."
journalnow.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thank you so much to the Winston-Salem Journal, Lisa O’Donnell, and Allison Lee Isley for this wonderful feature story about Seeking Pasture. Here’s the link to the digital version of the story (the print version is coming soon):
journalnow.com/life-enterta...
#seekingpasture #community
journalnow.com/life-enterta...
#seekingpasture #community
It’s day 21 of my journey as an urban shepherd, and I’m growing very attached to Sarah and Rebecca. Here’s an update from the project, Seeking Pasture, which will become a movie and art installation: seekingpasture.net/2025/11/13/d...
#seekingpasture
#seekingpasture
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s day 21 of my journey as an urban shepherd, and I’m growing very attached to Sarah and Rebecca. Here’s an update from the project, Seeking Pasture, which will become a movie and art installation: seekingpasture.net/2025/11/13/d...
#seekingpasture
#seekingpasture
It’s day 14 of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca.
The project will become a movie and art installation called Seeking Pasture about our relationships to our yards, our ecosystems, and the species who live here with us:
seekingpasture.net/2025/11/04/d...
#seekingpasture
The project will become a movie and art installation called Seeking Pasture about our relationships to our yards, our ecosystems, and the species who live here with us:
seekingpasture.net/2025/11/04/d...
#seekingpasture
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It’s day 14 of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca.
The project will become a movie and art installation called Seeking Pasture about our relationships to our yards, our ecosystems, and the species who live here with us:
seekingpasture.net/2025/11/04/d...
#seekingpasture
The project will become a movie and art installation called Seeking Pasture about our relationships to our yards, our ecosystems, and the species who live here with us:
seekingpasture.net/2025/11/04/d...
#seekingpasture
My film, Razor-Sharp: When Arguing Is A Good Thing, is screening tomorrow (Nov 7) at 12:45 pm at the Yathakatha International Film & Literature Festival at SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mumbai
The movie is nominated for Best Experimental Film
www.yathakatha.com
The movie is nominated for Best Experimental Film
www.yathakatha.com
Yatha Katha International Film & Literature Festival is a celebration of cinema & literature – 2021 | Yatha Katha International Film & Literature Festival is a celebration of cinema & literature -2021
www.yathakatha.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My film, Razor-Sharp: When Arguing Is A Good Thing, is screening tomorrow (Nov 7) at 12:45 pm at the Yathakatha International Film & Literature Festival at SVKM’s Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mumbai
The movie is nominated for Best Experimental Film
www.yathakatha.com
The movie is nominated for Best Experimental Film
www.yathakatha.com
It's day twelve of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca. It's been an intense and beautiful process so far! Sarah and Rebecca are seemingly always hungry. They want to eat for 5-6 hours a day, at least!
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's day twelve of my journey as an urban shepherd with Sarah and Rebecca. It's been an intense and beautiful process so far! Sarah and Rebecca are seemingly always hungry. They want to eat for 5-6 hours a day, at least!
My new sheep companions, Sarah and Rebecca, are seeking pasture. And they would love to graze on the grass in your yards and to nibble on other yummy tiny green plants that they find there—plants that we too easily dismiss as weeds.
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My new sheep companions, Sarah and Rebecca, are seeking pasture. And they would love to graze on the grass in your yards and to nibble on other yummy tiny green plants that they find there—plants that we too easily dismiss as weeds.
My film, Razor-Sharp: When Arguing Is A Good Thing, is screening at the 2025 Alibag Short Film Festival. The festival is happening on October 5, from 8 am to 5 pm, at Sandy’s Hotel in Alibag, India.
Here’s the trailer: vimeo.com/joeltauber/r...
Here’s the trailer: vimeo.com/joeltauber/r...
Razor-Sharp: When Arguing Is A Good Thing. Trailer.
An exploration of the ancient Jewish practice of chavruta (heated discourse and constructive debate) and a portrait of one of its great practitioners: the Gaon (genius)…
vimeo.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
My film, Razor-Sharp: When Arguing Is A Good Thing, is screening at the 2025 Alibag Short Film Festival. The festival is happening on October 5, from 8 am to 5 pm, at Sandy’s Hotel in Alibag, India.
Here’s the trailer: vimeo.com/joeltauber/r...
Here’s the trailer: vimeo.com/joeltauber/r...
My first feature film, Sick-Amour: A Love Story, is streaming on Amazon and Vimeo OTT. And I would love it if you watched the movie.
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
Watch Sick Amour: A Love Story | Prime Video
A celebration of the forlorn and lonely Tree that Joel Tauber adopts in the middle of a giant parking lot. Filmed over the course of 18 years, the movie paints a multi-faceted portrait of the Tree via a series of interviews with experts in different fields; while it chronicles Tauber's efforts to improve the Tree's life.
www.amazon.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My first feature film, Sick-Amour: A Love Story, is streaming on Amazon and Vimeo OTT. And I would love it if you watched the movie.
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
It’s a documentary and love story that celebrates the forlorn and lonely Tree that I adopted in the middle of a giant parking lot.
www.amazon.com/Sick-Amour-S...
A really important article. Empathy is foundational to leading an ethical life. If we continue to destruct whatever empathic and ethical tendencies and structures that we have, then we are collectively doomed. We have to build a society built on ethics, and we have a long way to go.
“The toxic-empathy rhetorical framework, built for producing peace of mind for conservative debaters, threatens to render Christians insensitive to moral demands of Christianity that run contrary to conservative preferences,” Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
The Conservative Attack on Empathy
Sometimes emotions are the voice of one’s conscience, and shouldn’t be ignored.
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A really important article. Empathy is foundational to leading an ethical life. If we continue to destruct whatever empathic and ethical tendencies and structures that we have, then we are collectively doomed. We have to build a society built on ethics, and we have a long way to go.
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Many California officials have condemned President Trump’s move to send National Guard members to Los Angeles.
California Officials Criticize Trump’s National Guard Deployment to LA Protests
State and local officials warned that the National Guard’s presence could escalate protests, while Republican lawmakers blamed state leadership for the clashes.
trib.al
June 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Many California officials have condemned President Trump’s move to send National Guard members to Los Angeles.
I've been thinking a lot about how we can engage in real conversation in our time of deep division. So, I've made a project about it. It's a film and art installation focused on the ancient Jewish practice of chavruta: heated discourse and constructive debate.
(Part 1/4)
(Part 1/4)
May 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I've been thinking a lot about how we can engage in real conversation in our time of deep division. So, I've made a project about it. It's a film and art installation focused on the ancient Jewish practice of chavruta: heated discourse and constructive debate.
(Part 1/4)
(Part 1/4)
3 art project highlights from my visit to NYC yesterday:
• Steve McQueen at Dia Chelsea
• Thomas Demand at Mathew Marks Gallery
• Max Neuhaus’ Times Square sound installation (1977)
www.diaart.org/exhibition/e...
matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/...
www.diaart.org/visit/visit-...
• Steve McQueen at Dia Chelsea
• Thomas Demand at Mathew Marks Gallery
• Max Neuhaus’ Times Square sound installation (1977)
www.diaart.org/exhibition/e...
matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/...
www.diaart.org/visit/visit-...
Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation is a contemporary arts organization with locations in Beacon, New York, and the American West.
www.diaart.org
May 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
3 art project highlights from my visit to NYC yesterday:
• Steve McQueen at Dia Chelsea
• Thomas Demand at Mathew Marks Gallery
• Max Neuhaus’ Times Square sound installation (1977)
www.diaart.org/exhibition/e...
matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/...
www.diaart.org/visit/visit-...
• Steve McQueen at Dia Chelsea
• Thomas Demand at Mathew Marks Gallery
• Max Neuhaus’ Times Square sound installation (1977)
www.diaart.org/exhibition/e...
matthewmarks.com/exhibitions/...
www.diaart.org/visit/visit-...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
Big turnout for the #handsoff rally in Winston-Salem, NC yesterday. It was so encouraging to see so many people there. Yes, our democracy is under assault. Yes, there’s big trouble on many fronts. But there’s also hope. We can turn things around. #democracynotoligarchy #resist
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Big turnout for the #handsoff rally in Winston-Salem, NC yesterday. It was so encouraging to see so many people there. Yes, our democracy is under assault. Yes, there’s big trouble on many fronts. But there’s also hope. We can turn things around. #democracynotoligarchy #resist
Rally tomorrow in Winston-Salem from 2-4 pm. #democracynotoligarchy
#resist
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
#resist
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
Hands Off! Winston-Salem, NC Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** We are fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and da...
www.mobilize.us
April 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Rally tomorrow in Winston-Salem from 2-4 pm. #democracynotoligarchy
#resist
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
#resist
www.mobilize.us/handsoff/eve...
Rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Monday at 4:30. Event organized by the Forsyth County Democratic Party. On the Green Street pedestrian bridge overlooking the Interstate 40 highway:
www.mobilize.us/forsythcount...
www.mobilize.us/forsythcount...
Demonstration on Green Street Pedestrian Bridge · Forsyth County Democratic Party
Banners have been made to hold up on the Green Street pedestrian bridge. Bring your own signs if you want (make them big enough to be seen by cars on Salem Parkway), wave at commuters to remind them ...
www.mobilize.us
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Monday at 4:30. Event organized by the Forsyth County Democratic Party. On the Green Street pedestrian bridge overlooking the Interstate 40 highway:
www.mobilize.us/forsythcount...
www.mobilize.us/forsythcount...
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.
March 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Musk staffers are joking about how upcoming Social Security changes will restrict access by requiring in-person visits while simultaneously shutting down offices. They are touting the cost savings from limiting access.
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This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
March 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is disgraceful and un-American. The Trump administration defended its removal of articles highlighting the achievements of minority service members, including Navajo code talkers, Marines at Iwo Jima, and famed Black baseball player Jackie Robinson.
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The tragedy of people dying alone during the early pandemic has been ignored, Sunita Puri writes: theatln.tc/B9YxNL0s
Too Many People Died Alone During COVID
An enduring trauma of the pandemic has been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address.
theatln.tc
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The tragedy of people dying alone during the early pandemic has been ignored, Sunita Puri writes: theatln.tc/B9YxNL0s
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We are fighting like hell to stop Musk’s staffers. They come into our buildings, forcibly removing us with the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and police. This coup must be stopped.
March 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We are fighting like hell to stop Musk’s staffers. They come into our buildings, forcibly removing us with the FBI, U.S. Marshals, and police. This coup must be stopped.
Fascism is no joke. This is terrifying stuff.
This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
March 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Fascism is no joke. This is terrifying stuff.
I keep thinking about the Nazis burning books. Education and free thought are essential. We cannot let them be taken away.
"What we are witnessing is not just an attack on academia or a set of fiscal reforms or a painful political rebalancing. It is an attack on the conditions that allow free thought to exist," writes Meghan O’Rourke, the editor of the Yale Review.
Opinion | The View Inside Trump’s Assault on Universities
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities will lead to the permanent diminishment of vital American institutions.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I keep thinking about the Nazis burning books. Education and free thought are essential. We cannot let them be taken away.