Special Jewish Dance PublicationJewish Folklore & Ethnology Review This issue, edited by Judith Brin Ingber, features richly illustrated articles about Israeli folk dance and dance in Israel; the first Israeli folk dance tour to European Displaced Persons camps in 1947; contemporary choreography in Israel and the U.S.; Jewish dance in Renaissance Italy and under Stalin; dance rituals of the Hasidim, Yemenites and Ethiopian Jews. The authors are expert European, Israeli and American dance scholars. This publication has been listed in the top 20 best dance writings for 2001 and is being considered for the de la Torre Bueno Prize for the most distinguished original book of dance scholarship. This prize is the only adjudicated recognition in the field of dance publication. Price: $20. Foreign purchases add $5 per order. Checks should be payable to Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review. Mail to JFER, 4350 Fairfax Dr., Suite 640, Arlington, VA 22203. For information contact: Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Special Issue on Jewish Dance HistoryJewish Dancing-Masters and 'Jewish Dance' in Renaissance Italy
(Guglielmo Ebreo and Beyond) Cultural Formation in Eretz-Israel: The National Dance Competition of
1937 Israeli Folk DanceVilified or Glorified? Nazi and Zionist Views of the Jewish Body Beyond the Nation in Israeli Folk Dancing? Performing Community in New
York Under the Impact of Globalization Jewish Dance ArtistsFelix Fibich, Selections from an Oral History The Yemenite Dance Materials of Sara Levi-Tanai (with listing of
choreographic works) A Personal Testimony Dance in Jewish Communities and Religious GroupsEthiopian Dance in Israel and An Interview with Ruth Eshel Simcha Bais Hasha'eva in Crown Heights: Rehearsing for the Ultimate
Simcha Among the Lubavitcher Hasidim Do You Bow? Dancing to the Image of the Sabbath Queen Jewish Theater DanceJewish Culture and Identity in the Russian Ballet: The Case of Leonid
Jacobson Searching for Moving Metaphors: Jewishness in American Dance and
Postmodern Dance Name Calling: The Dichotomy Between Jewish and Israeli Dance Bibliography on Jewish SourcesIntroduction to Bibliography Bibliography of Jewish Dance Sources Bibliography on Jerome Robbins Jewish DanceIssue Editor General Editor Review Editors Corresponding Editors Associate Editors Editorial Advisory Committee The Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review is issued by the Jewish Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society and the Committee for the Anthropology of Jews and Judaism of the American Anthropological Association. ISSN 0890-9113 C 2000 Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Section of the American Folklore Society. |