Creator Bio
Corinne Chochem
1905–1990
Born in Zhvanets, Russia (now in Ukraine), Corinne Chochem immigrated with her family in 1920 to the United States, where she helped shape the teaching of Israeli folk dance in North America. In 1930, she visited Palestine, working on a kibbutz and studying folk dance. Later she taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the University of California, and Cornell University.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Y’minah, Y’minah
“Y’minah, Y’minah,” c. 1941. Photo credit: The Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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Palestine Dances!
Against the setting sun, in the fields near a kevutzah in Palestine, a group of young halutzim are dancing. All day long they have worked hard on the land. The morrow brings another day of…