When Dana March, a freshman at Colorado College, comes home to Menlo Park on her breaks, she plans her social schedule very carefully. "My friends all know, no matter how little time I have, I won't ...
Danny Pollock's interest in Israeli folk dance blossomed in childhood. At age 10, he would sit patiently as his mother took lessons, observing her movements. Then one day as he sat watching, the ...
RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Like all other mass gatherings now, Israel’s Karmiel dance festival, one of the largest of its kind in the world, was postponed. The annual fest, which takes place at the end ...
Some Israeli folk dances are based on musical traditions from all over the world that are centuries old, but the dances also continue to evolve as today’s participants keep adding new music and new ...
For Haim Milshtein, running folk-dancing programs is a passion—and a comfort. Photo credit: Hillel Kuttler. Haim Milshtein stepped around the table hosting his laptop, side-stepping the wires running ...
A complex 20th-century history allowed for few outside influences, but Israeli folk dances left a lasting impact. For many of these locals, the dances are familiar, almost second nature. All over the ...
The Oklahoma City International Folkdancers will learn Israeli dances, as the University of Oklahoma Professor Avraham (Avi) Scherman takes to the floor. Dr. Scherman teaches Israeli folk dances at ...
The songs of prayer and worship that Eyal Reuveni remembers as a toddler living in Israel seemed like muted background music from a distant time and place. But these days, the Irvine teen has found a ...
On Thursday evening, Sept. 28, the Oak Ridge Folk Dancers are sponsoring a workshop at the Claxton Community Center, 1150 Edgemoor Road, with Roberto Bagnoli, of Rome, Italy, teaching folk dances from ...
The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston presents Tirkedu Houston! Israeli Dance Workshop. This fun-filled weekend of enthusiastic Israeli dancing begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24 ...