Brazil is not usually considered to be one of the worldwide centers of cultural Jewish life. But the country recently hosted what is believed to be the largest Jewish dance festival outside Israel.

As promised in my previous column, I am trying to undertake a new Jewish experience for every month of 2019. My first bucket list item, for January, was Israeli folk dancing with Orly Star at the ...

Every night for two weeks this summer, thousands of eager Poles almost stormed the doors of the Silesian Dance Theatre, home of the 10th summer dance festival in the small town of Bytom, stepsister to ...

What makes a dance Jewish? To answer this question, you have to identify the similarities between the ecstatic, joyful round dances of the Hasidim and the politically-inspired, modernist choreography ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tanowitz and the composer David Lang talk about how their new work is informed by biblical poetry, Israeli folk dance and their Jewish heritage. By ...

The dance workshop was in full swing, but catastrophe was afoot: Nobody understood how to make a four-pointed star. I’m referring to a folk dance pattern that, as one of the less competent dancers in ...

Upshtat Zingerai play Jewish simhah dance music for a wedding at the South Shore Cultural Center. From left to right: Emma Blau, Jonah Lazarus, Qi Yang, Hannah Mira Friedland, and Ethan Aronson Credit ...

It’s one day that only happens every two years. It’s seven hours of continuous Jewish music and dance on four stages, linked by rows upon rows of Jewish paintings and crafts, Jewish organizations and ...

Oscar Julius Quartet; unidentified balalaika orchestra; various performers. Table of contents Medley of traditional songs and dances -- The butcher : from The witch / Goldfadden -- Russian sher -- ...

FRANKLIN -- The I.L. Peretz Community Jewish School, the secular-humanistic choice in central New Jersey, will host an open house on Sunday, Sept. 13, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Rutgers Prep, 1345 Easton ...

Mayim, mayim, mayim, mayim. Brazil is not usually considered to be one of the worldwide centers of cultural Jewish life. But the country recently hosted what is believed to be the largest Jewish dance ...