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Celebrate Sukkot through Israeli Song and Dance
Or Emet presents choreographer Shira Schwartz's program on Israeli dance to celebrate Sukkot: 10 AM., Oct 12, at Talmud Torah of St. Paul.
Celebrating Sukkot through Israeli Song and Dance. On Sunday, October 12, 2014 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, Congregation Or Emet will host long-time Twin Cities choreographer and music educator Shira Schwartz who will engage us in learning about Sukkot through song and dance.
The program is FREE and open to the public.
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Sunday adult programs and the Jewish Cultural School are now located in the Marjorie Smith Hofman Educational Building of the St. Paul Talmud Torah, 768 Hamline Avenue South, St. Paul. (http://www.ttsp.org/directions/)
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Shira Schwartz is the director/choreographer of the Twin Cities ORIM Israeli Dance Troupe and for 30 years was the music educator at the St. Paul Talmud Torah. She has been the recipient of several grants and has performed and taught Israeli music and dance locally and nationally.
See this link for an intro to Shira and her work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viXgrB9ifqk
Shira’s passion is leading children and adults in singing, dancing and acting and in finding creative ways to enjoy music in life. At the heart of her teaching is her love for Israel and her desire to transmit the richness of Israeli song, dance and language to youth. She will teach us about the roots of Israeli dance and bring us into its expressive world with a warm-up session called “SABABA.” A multi-generational program to celebrate the Sukkot harvest and ancient water festival will follow, highlighting this holiday experience through traditional dancing, singing, historical drama, agricultural appreciation and rabbinic text.
Sukkot is one of the three pilgrimage festivals (Sukkot, Pesach, and Shavuot) when ancient Jews brought the bounty of their harvest to the Temple in Jerusalem. Great festivities ensued, and on Sukkot special thanks were given for good rainfall and an abundant harvest. Giving thanks for our many gifts and sharing our bounty with those in need have always been an important ethic in Jewish culture.