Laura Paull has been writing since childhood and has yet to run out of subjects for her stories. A New Yorker by birth and San Franciscan by choice, she enjoys working on stories that illuminate human values and reveal the secret workings of our connectedness. She seeks balance in yoga, tango dancing and mosaic art.
Laura studied literature and creative writing at Vassar College, then Latin American Studies at Stanford, where she experimented with bilingual stories and researched the Dirty War in Argentina. Her first screen writing credit was for the animated Canadian hit, “A Cosmic Christmas.” She went on to make the award-winning documentary film ‘Havana Nagila: The Jews in Cuba.” Coincidentally, the first short video she made for 3200Stories was “A Gift from Guantanamo,” a variation on the theme of Cuban Jews.
World View March 27, 2015
How can you take in the complexity that is modern Israel in a 12-day tour? You can’t. But, say alumni and organizers of the annual trip designed for staff of the Jewish Community Centers of San Francisco and the Peninsula -- it’s worth the attempt. &ldquo... Read more
Food March 25, 2015
When it comes to the exodus of the Israelites from ancient Egypt, the central narrative of the Jewish observance of Passover: maybe it happened, maybe it didn’t happen exactly the way it is written in Torah. What we can imagine is that there was a great deal... Read more
Mind/Body March 10, 2015
Every human decision should consider the potential impact on the next seven generations of mankind. This concept is foundational to Native American tradition. The Iyengar tradition of yoga also takes the long view. Without numbering the generations, it contemplates a continuously evolving practice that will continue to benefit mankind for... Read more