This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Dr. Walter Zev Feldman, a leading researcher of Turkish and Jewish music and an exquisite dancer, visited Japan this year with his wife Dr.

Sahomi Tachibana was a petite woman. She stood at just 4 feet, 9 inches tall. But when she performed, her diminutive size didn’t matter. “Her presence would just fill a stage,” said her daughter, ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 30, 2021) – Two women who have spent a combined five-plus decades teaching a centuries-old touchstone of Japanese culture to Camp Zama residents were recognized earlier this ...

While stuck in traffic, Sabro Foster, a third-generation Japanese American, had an idea. In the middle of his commute from his Arrowbear Lake residence to Riverside for karate and taiko classes, ...