Re: Israeli Folk Music - Need Info!!

[H. Kaufman(MGnrmFAC) <hkaufman...>]

If you want to learn the dance to "Donkey Debka" -- Debka Hachamor--and 
many other classic Israeli folk dances to the traditional folk music of 
Israel, you may be interested in the following:

                        Invitation to
A Weekend of Learning & Doing the Classic Israeli Dances with Great Teachers  
                & Fantastic All-Night Parties at

                        The 4th Annual
           Shorashim -- Roots of Israeli Folkdance

             Labor Day Weekend   Sept.  1-4, 1995
        Conference Center at Sprout Lake, Verbank, NY 
                   (near Poughkeepsie, NY)

Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of our people's liberation in Europe with
                        workshops on
                DANCES OF LIBERATION & DEFIANCE


         All the Dances You've Ever Wanted to Request
           Very Large Dance Space with Wooden Floor
             Easy to Reach Location Near New York
               Swimming Pool & Sports Facilities
                   Kosher & Vegetarian Meals
                          Great People 
                           Live Music
                            LOW COST


                           Featuring

                         YANKELE LEVY
        One of Israel's Most Popular Choreographers 
           of Classic & Contemporary Folk Dance

                     AYALAH GOREN-KADMAN
                  Folk & Ethnic Dance Expert
                from Jerusalem's Rubin Academy

                    HADASSAH BADOCH-KRUGER
                Noted Yemenite Dance & Yoga Teacher 
        Former Soloist of Inbal & Batsheva Dance Companies

                        DANNY POLLOCK
                  Popular & Skilled Teacher
         of Beginner Repertoire & Teen Dance Programs

                          KEN AVNER
                The Wizard of Israeli Dance DJ's
           Providing All-Request Evening Dance Parties

For more info email hkaufman (at) photon(dot)poly(dot)edu(dot) or call 
(212)620-0535.
Leave a phone number and a fax or snail mail address.  


On 25 Jun 1995, Bodacia wrote:

> Hey everyone-
> 
> When I was growing up, my parents had a record of Israeli folk
> music called "Donkey Debka."  The recording was by two Israeli folk
> singers:  Ron and Nama (Menachem Aliran and Nechama Hendel).
> 
> Donkey Debka was released on the Elektra label, I believe, sometime
> in the 1960s, and I understand it is now out-of-print.  I'm
> wondering, however:
> 
> <> if the recording was ever released in CD format
> 
> <> if a near-mint condition of the LP exists (and where)
> 
> <> if Ron and/or Nama made any other similar recordings that are
> still available
> 
> <> if anyone out there could recommend other recordings of Israeli
> folk songs similar in sound and quality to Donkey Debka.
> 
> Please feel free to e-mail me directly with the information.  Thank
> you so much.
> 
> -Bonnie
>