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 ...

(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 that doubled as a ...

This is no bar mitzvah party. Dorice Horenstein's Israeli Folk Dancing for Teens class at the Multnomah Arts Center teaches everything but the hora, including Latin-, Arab-, Turkish- and even square ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...