The Dan Hotels
are pleased to announce
the June 15th, 1996
opening of the
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DAN PEARL
HOTEL
JERUSALEM
Ideally located in the center of Jerusalem
near Jaffa Gate and the old city
• BEAUTIFUL ROOMS
• FAMILY sums (4 BEDS AND A KITCHENETTE)
• LUXURIOUS DELUXE & PRESIDENTIAL SUITES
• INDOOR SWIMMING POOL
• HEALTH CLUB WITH SAUNA & JACUZZI
• ELEGANT LOBBY - LOUNGE
• RESTAURANT & COFFEE SHOP
• MIKVA & SYNAGOGUE
Meeting Rooms for Conferences & Simchas
Accommodating up to 500 people
OUR INAUGURAL OFFER
1 NIGHT FREE
INCLUDING BREAKFAST FOR GUESTS
STAYING AT LEAST 5 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS (4 + 1)
LIM11ED PERIOD UNTIL JULY 25TH ONLY!
RESERVE NOW!
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Israel Hotel Representatives
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State Toll Free: 800-223-7773/4
or FAX: (212) 759-7495
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EL-AL
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810-FLY EL-AL
Israeli Belly Dancing
Puts Fun Into Fitness
GABRIEL LEVENSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
B
angles, baubles, beads dance as well: "I've seen them
and belly-dancing are the performing in Turkey."
happy prospect for partic-
American-born Ms. Kafri her-
ipants in an unusual tour self will teach a beginners'
of Turkey and Israel.
group. She has toured ex-
Shadiah is a
Open both to novices
tensively in Israel, Europe
and experts in the tradi- dancer at the and the United States, as
Bouzouki
tional dance of the Mid-
a member of Lehakat
Lounge in
dle East, the trip starts
Harmon,
the Israeli na-
Greektown.
with a day and evening
tional folklore ensemble.
in Istanbul for shopping
More advanced train-
at the Grand Bazaar — that's ing will be offered by two Israeli
the baubles — sightseeing and dancers and by one Egyptian
sampling Turkish cuisine, mu- who will be making her first vis-
sic and the special Turkish ver- it to Israel.
sion of the belly dance — that's
A sabra who was trained in
the bangles and beads! Be- her native land, Elena Lent has
witched and bedazzled by this had the unusual experience of
bountiful balletic beginning, the performing extensively in Jor-
blossoming ballerinas (and bal- dan, Syria, Iraq, the United
lerinos) breeze on buoyantly to Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
a base on a bucolic kibbutz in Shlomo Haziz, a compatriot, is
beautiful Israel for a full week the former company director and
of belly-dance classes, bathing choreographer of Inbal, Israel's
in the Hammat Gader hot Yemenite Dance Theatre. He
springs, busing to Jerusalem will lecture on the origins of
and browsing in the bookstores Yemenite dance and teach class-
and boutiques of bustling Tel es in that style.
Aviv — not to mention basking
Egyptian-born Sakti Rinek is
on its beaches.
a regular performer, with her
"Belly dancing has been pop- own orchestra, at Cairo's famed
ular as a creative form of fitness Casino El Nahrs. Ms. Rinek has
in the U.S. since the 1970s," ex- been trained and performs in
plains Joan Kafri, organizer of classical, Egyptian Oriental bel-
the tour. "It's a fun way to get in ly dancing. She will teach class-
shape, while emphasizing a very es in that style as well as in Raks
feminine form of expression." al Assaya, the Egyptian cane
She adds that men can belly dance.