About BAMAH
BAMAH is a cultural dialogue and exchange organization that works with artists from Israel to create transformative experiences that spark connection across cultures.
We believe in the capacity of the arts to transcend division and remind us of our shared humanity.
As stereotypes and assumptions about Israel and Jewish identity abound, we create spaces for cultural exchange that pollinates rather than polarizes.
Our work centers on strategic, trust-based partnerships. We bring artists from Israel into meaningful connection with students, faculty, and communities across the U.S., with a special focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Guided by a deep commitment to pluralism, we work with artists spanning diverse backgrounds, identities, and perspectives.
An independent nonprofit, BAMAH is funded by private individuals and foundations and does not accept foreign government support.
Our Story
BAMAH puts cultural collaboration center stage.
We’re a dynamic team of creatives and changemakers who believe in the capacity of the arts to transform hearts, minds, and communities.
Founded by Flo Low, a seasoned cultural leader whose experience spans the Yale School of Drama, La Jolla Playhouse, and the Israel Institute, BAMAH builds on her decades of expertise designing transformative programs at the intersection of culture, education, and social change.
In a fractured world, we harness the arts to make space for new ways of connecting across difference.
When politics divide,
culture connects.
Together with our partners, we co-create cultural experiences that spark deep conversations, understanding, and empathy.
Flo Low is the Founding Executive Director of BAMAH
Flo Low is a creative producer, non-profit manager, and entrepreneurial leader with a proven record of developing innovative arts initiatives with social impact. As founding Executive Director of BAMAH, and formerly as Associate Director – Arts Programs at the Israel Institute, she works with leading Israeli artists in film/tv, theater, dance, music, literature, and visual arts, and is an expert at guiding successful cultural exchange programs that bring the depth and vibrance of Israeli creativity to North American audiences. Flo conceived and produced “Four Minutes From the Frontlines,” a series of animated documentary shorts amplifying the stories of first responders on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis, and a reading tour of COME MY BELOVED, a new play about the shared history and future of Black and Jewish communities in the United States. A graduate of the MFA program in Theater Management at the Yale School of Drama, Flo served as Associate General Manager of the La Jolla Playhouse, a Tony Award-winning professional non-profit theatre, and as Associate Managing Director of the Yale School of Drama, she was responsible for 15 productions as well as the international presenting series. Under her leadership, Yale Repertory Theatre hosted the Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company from Israel. In Israel, Flo worked in the Director General’s office of the Education Department of the Jewish Agency; managed strategic projects in the Former Soviet Union Department of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), and serves as a Captain (res.) in the Israel Defense Forces. She completed her service after graduating magna cum laude from both Barnard College and the Jewish Theological Seminary. Flo believes passionately in the power of the arts to move hearts and change minds, and is dedicated to arts initiatives that advance equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Flo Low
CEO
Our Team
Flo Low
CEO
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Dr. Whitney Weathers
CPSO
Our Board
Dov Wilker
President of the Board
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Shai Korman
Board Member
Nate Looney
Board Member