Here are images of Jewish bodies in motion: Hasidic men dancing the “bottle dance”; kibbutzniks in the 1940s dancing in a celebration of Chag Ha’Bikkurim (Festival of the First Fruits); Kurdish elders ...
Ballet has long been associated with tutus and long-necked blondes—which is to say that it is not typically seen as a particularly Jewish form of dance. But for a brief spell in the unlikely location ...
It was an inauspicious debut, to be sure, when I finally allowed myself to be dragged onto the stage on a recent Saturday afternoon for the Father-Daughter number in my youngest daughter, Leah’s, ...
What will define the Jewish future is not antisemitism but how we respond to it. Embracing our Maccabean spirit would be a good start. As the publisher and co-founder of Random House, Bennett Cerf was ...
A memory of pure magic: I am eight years old, dressed in a special red fleece cap and cape, dashing to a stage door at the Denver Center for Performing Arts with snow falling around me. Backstage is ...
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 ...
Jewish-themed dance performances are featured during shows from May 12-14 in South Florida. For Program III of its season, Dance NOW! Miami has joined forces with the New York-based Limón Dance ...
Ballet Memphis is partnering with the Memphis Jewish Community Center to maintain an East Memphis presence after the organization moves to its new Midtown home in August. Beginning in conjunction with ...
The Sacramento Jewish Film Festival returns to the Crest Theater for three days of international and American film screenings, along with music, food, and discussions. Nine feature films, in multiple ...