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 thought struck him: "I could do that." Now, with 25 years of ...

About 30 people meet weekly on Monday nights for the Israeli dance group at the Starlight Ballroom Dance Studio in Metairie. This is a picture from their Halloween celebration. (Courtesy of Elliott Raisen) Angela Maone's eyes sparkled as she moved in ...

If you haven't thought about Israeli dance since the last time you stumbled through a hora at a Jewish wedding, it's time to take another look. In the Washington area, you can find folk dance -- which Israelis call rikudei am, or "dance of the people ...

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 choreography.“The average age [of dancers] is getting ...

Israel Independence Day, known in Hebrew as Yom Ha’atzmaut, honors the establishment of the Jewish State in 1948. On midnight of May 14 of that year, the country's founders read aloud and signed the country's Declaration of Independence. In Jewish ...

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 festival outside Israel. The 22nd annual Carmel ...

Yael Nativ’s application to return as a dance professor was rejected after the department chair told her ‘things are very hot’ at the university since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Gaza war