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Life is a Dance: “The Dancer” by Yehudit Hendel
Life is a Dance: “The Dancer” by Yehudit Hendel
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Dec 6, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
In Yehudit Hendel's story "The Dancer", the narrator talks about life, death, and God with a barefoot man dancing in a park. Hendel was born in Warsaw in 1926 to a Hasidic family. In 1930, her family immigrated to Israel, and her first stories were published in 1942. She emerged as one of the first female voices in Hebrew literature after Israel's independence in 1948. Text: “The Dancer” by Yehudit Hendel, translated by Miriam Schlusselberg
Released:
Dec 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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