Maya Shenfeld: Under the Sun

On being the only girl in an ensemble and the deepest marble quarries on earth

photo: Boaz Levin

On a grey February afternoon, Maya Shenfeld shows me around her neighborhood, pointing out used book and record stores.

At dusk, we sit down in a wine bar. She orders her drink in German.

The Rote Insel (‘red island’) is a triangular patch of land between several train tracks in Berlin-Schöneberg, home to many artists and the – traditio…