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"I just read a fun book entitled Paradise
Park by Allegra Goodman.
The novel begins with the protagonist (Sharon) describing dancing with
her boyfriend/partner at the MIT Israeli Folk Dance club.
The story moves along and Israeli dance resurfaces about 150 pages later
when Sharon begins teaching an IFD class to a small group of women.
Her desire to translate the names of the dances leads her to begin studying
Hebrew, which leads her to further exploring her Judaism.
In the final chapter Sharon returns to the MIT Israeli Dance for Oldies
night.
I've
read other books by this author (Kaaterskill Falls)
but I had no idea that IFD would feature in this story!
I enjoy reading folk dance woven into novels, particularly Israeli.
If you do also, check out Family
Orchard by Nomi Eve for her description of dancing
in Israel.
Jane Hamilton in Map
of the World captures International Folk Dance at
the University of Chicago brilliantly.
If anyone has other sources where folk dance appears in literature,
please share!"
Penny Brichta from Chicago
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The
Seventh Telling, The Kabbalah of Moshe Katan by Mitchell Chefitz
has the heroine enjoying Israeli Folkdancing. Interesting book too.
From Connie Goldstein, USA
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"Family Orchard by Nomi Eve is
one of my favourite books.
It is a great book for anyone interested in the history of Israel regarding
the settlers and their family dynamics and social environment (Israeli
dancing is featured).
This multi layered story is set for a great deal of the novel in
the fruit orchard area around Netanya.
The reason I want people to read this book is to get a feel for this
part of Israeli history which is never selected - the concentration
is always on the military and political aspects - before it is too late
and all the orchards are bulldozed into the ground to make way for housing
estates.
I for one will miss those beautiful citrus blossoms in Spring."
Margaret
Brener, Sunflower Bookshop, Melbourne Australia
Israeli Dances.com was contacted by the family of the author Nomi
Eve.
Here are some more details about the book.
Family Orchard was first published in September 2000 in the U.S.
After Nomi completed the book, she sent it to an agent and within a
week
about 10 publishers had a bidding war on it.
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