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Gurit Kadman ( he, גורית קדמן ; b. March 2, 1897 - March 27, 1987) was an Israeli dance instructor and choreographer, and is considered the mother of
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Biography

Gertrude (Gert) Loewenstein (later Gurit Kadman) was born in
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,
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to an assimilated Jewish family that traced its roots to
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. In her youth she was active in the ''
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'' German youth movement. In 1919, she married Leo Kaufman, and the couple joined the Blau Weiss
Zionist youth movement A Zionist youth movement ( he, תנועות הנוער היהודיות הציוניות ''tnuot hanoar hayehudiot hatsioniot'') is an organization formed for Jewish children and adolescents for educational, social, and ideological development, i ...
and began agricultural training in preparation for a communal life in Palestine. Her son, Raphael, was born before they left. In 1920, they
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to
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and were among the founders of the communal settlement
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, first near
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, where another son, Amnon, was born, and then at its permanent location in the
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. Later, they changed the family name to Kadman and Gert became Gurit. In 1925, she accompanied her husband on an educational mission to
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, where their daughter, Ayala, was born. Upon their return, Leo was employed by the Histadrut. In 1931, the family left the kibbutz and moved to
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
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Awards and honors

* In 1981, she received the Israel prize, for dance.


Publications

* ''Am Roked'' (“A Dancing People”), 1964 * Ethnic Dance In Israel, 1982


See also

* List of Israel Prize recipients


References


External links


Details of all Gurit Kadman's dances
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadman, Gurit Israel Prize in dancing recipients Israel Prize women recipients German emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 19th-century German Jews Israeli female dancers Israeli choreographers 1897 births 1987 deaths Folk dancers