Klezmer has enjoyed a significant revival in the past few decades, but for a variety of reasons, the Yiddish dance tradition has been largely ignored. An upcoming symposium, Defining Yiddish Dance: ...

The last time Dr. Sonia Gollance saw her great-great-uncle, who had raised her grandmother and was like a great-grandfather to her, he told her: Learn Yiddish. At the University of Chicago, she got a ...

Syracuse University Press, 224 pages, $34.95. Pesach “Pesach’ke” Burstein, the popular Yiddish song-and-dance man, set out to tell his own personal story. On that level, “What a Life! The ...

PALO ALTO–Hardly anyone spoke Yiddish at the Yiddish Culture Festival, but the spirit and identity of a people cannot be reduced simply to language. There was Yiddish music, dance, food and other ...

Grab your instrument and join us in HIGH PARK for Rad Yiddish & Marching Disorder's inaugural OUTDOOR Klezmer Jam & Yiddish Dance! --We'll start with Martin teaching a tune, then play through the rest ...

Come learn the dance steps that go with klezmer music! Yiddish dance is a social folk dance danced in circles, squares, and lines. In this workshop, Emily will teach us to dance freylekhs, zhoks, ...

Nothing’s like a Yiddish dance party. Dozens of dancers take the floor in a series of moves both celebratory and easy to learn, all while a klezmer band pounds out notes on accordion, violin and other ...

Temple Beth El will present a Yiddish dance weekend featuring Bruce Bierman, celebrated dance instructor and teacher at the Stagebridge Theater Company in Oakland, Sept. 9 and 10. At 6 p.m. Sept. 9, ...

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