About Us

Israeli dancing in Israel has become one of the most popular hobbies and leisure time activity. Ever since the first settlement in Israel, thousands of dancers all over Israel and the world have adopted this hobby. Israeli dancing is able to combine the new with the old in different nationalities and in all age groups. Over the years this activity has taken off in leaps and bounds and if at the beginning the markidim (instructors) were doing this voluntarily for a minimal price it has now become much more commercialized and has turned into the main money earner of these markidim. Together with this increase in popularity of Israeli dancing several new issues have arisen which disturb the dancing community. However these issues have stayed within the community without any real solution. In the middle of 2007 a group of dancers decided to establish The Israeli Dancers Association, which will voluntarily attempt to improve the various issues which up till this time are not being dealt with in the right manner. The organization was established as an Association according to law and consists of 14 founding members, tens of activists and has a wide circle of general supporters which is increasing rapidly all the time. The Dancers Association has as its target, in collaboration with the Markidim's association, to resolve all the issues, which are problematic between them and the Markidim's association. Within the Dancers Association work groups have been established. Each group will deal with a specific issue and at the end of the discussion process the subject will be brought up to a vote by the members of the workgroup where a decision will be reached in a democratic manner. The regular meeting place is the Museum of Libyan Jewry, which hosts us with warmth and love, and for this we thank them. Thank you also, from the bottom of our hearts, all the active supportive members who have volunteered their services to this aim. If you wish to support the Dancers Association please write to info@harokdim.org

The Dancers Association is a non-profit organization organized by volunteers.