YILAN, Taiwan (JTA) — It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The traditional flag parade on the occasion of Jerusalem Day in the city streets. (archive) Jerusalem Police are mulling the merits of changing the route of the traditional Flag Dance March that is ...

“I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I may not be able to avoid it,” choreographer Hadar Ahuvia said last fall at Brooklyn Studios for Dance, during a preview of her latest work, “Everything ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...