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BACKGROUND
Information: A country.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west respectively, and Egypt to the southwest.
The Jewish Agency declared the independence of the State of Israel and the 1948 Arab–Israeli War saw Israel's establishment over most of the former Mandate territory, while the West Bank and Gaza were held by neighboring Arab states.
In its Basic Laws, Israel defines itself as a Jewish and democratic state. Israel is a representative democracy with a parliamentary system, proportional representation, and universal suffrage.
Immigration to Israel was aided by the Israeli Immigration Department and the non-government sponsored Mossad LeAliyah Bet ("Institution for Illegal Immigration"). Both groups facilitated regular immigration logistics like arranging transportation, but the latter also engaged in clandestine operations in countries, particularly in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, where the lives of Jews were believed to be in danger and exit from those places was difficult.
National Dance: Hora
Location: Middle East
Language: Predominantly Hebrew
Religion: Predominantly Jewish
EARLY DANCE CRONOLOGY
- Hora – early 1920s, from Romania
- Patch Tanz
- Sherele
- Cherkessia and Cherkessia Kfula, brought by Circassian refugees from the Tsar
- Alexandrova
- Scotch
- Krakoviak
- Dalia Festival, 1944, 5,000 attended.
- Goren – first deliberately created dance, by Rivka Sturman
- Second Dalia Festival, 1947, 30,000 attended.
- Third Dalia Festival, 1951, 50,000 attended.
- Im Hoopalnu
- Debka Gilboa
- Vayiven Uziyahu
- Ashira L'adonai (Dance of Miriam)
- Ki Tavo El Haaretz
- Beer Basadeh, 1957
- Shir Toda
- Hava Netze B'machol
- Zemer Lach
- Kuma Echa
- Dodi Li
- Iti Milvanon
REFERENCE
- The Modern Dance in Germany. Levinson, Andre. Theatre Arts Monthly, 13:143-53 (February 1929).
GAME
DOCUMENTS
- Ari-Ara, a dance.
- Asia, a region.
- B'erev Shabat, a song.
- Beware of Gift Giving Customs in Foreign Lands, a list.
- Beware of Your Behavior in Foreign Lands, a list.
- Bible in Israeli Folk Dances, an article.
- Bible Verse Used in Jewish and Israeli Dance, a list.
- Bo Dodi, a dance.
- Bona Habanot, a dance.
- Corinne Chochem, an article.
- Dvora Lapson, an article.
- Folkraft Record Company, a list.
- Fred Berk, an article.
- Grace Newman, an article.
- Gurit Kadman, an article.
- Ha'amonah Badarachi, a song.
- Hava Nagila, a dance.
- Is that Dance Israeli?, an article.
- Israeli Culture Reflected in "Noa at 17", a review.
- Israeli Culture Reflected in Chizbat, an article.
- Israeli Steps, an article.
- Jewish and Israeli Dance Sources, a list.
- Jews, a culture.
- Katya Delakova, an article.
- Kol Ma Shekadam, a dance.
- Ma Na'avu, a dance.
- Mi Yivneh Bayit, a song.
- Middle East, a region.
- Middle Eastern Drums, an article.
- Palestine, a region.
- Palestine Dances, a book.
- Ruth Gundelfinger, an article.
- Shabat Shel Menucha, a song.
- Shir al Etz, a song.
- Tni Li, a song.
- Todah, a song.
- Tsivay Hadegel Hayisraeli, a song.
- Ze'ev Chavatzelet, an article.
- Zemer Atik, a dance.
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