By Leah Boresow, DanceJerusalem
Since age three, dance has been my greatest passion.
As a dance major at Indiana University, I’ve happily devoted most of my energy to dance. But when I had the experience of a lifetime during my first trip to Israel in 2009, I was intent on finding a way to merge my love for dance with my new interest in Israel.
Then I learned about Masa Israel’s DanceJerusalem—a study abroad program, which would allow me to earn credit and develop my skills at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance—and I knew it was a match made in heaven.
As a student in the Academy’s dance department, I took all of my dance classes in Hebrew, alongside Israeli students who soon became my friends. Coupled by weekly Hebrew...
