The sign was placed on the occasion of Women’s Week events in Tel Aviv in 2023.
In the next photo taken on the same day, the sign appears in full
Click for a larger image The sign is on the street named after her.
The attached street sign has several details about it:
רח’ גּוּרִית קַדְמָן
תרנ"ז-תשמ"ז / 1987-1897
כלת פרס ישראל על הנחת היסודות למחולות העם ומורשת ריקודי העדות בישראל.
GURIT KADMAN st.
[translation]
Israel Prize winner for laying the foundations for folk dances and the heritage of ethnic dances in Israel.
Click for a larger image In the house where she lived in Tel Aviv there is a commemorative plaque
Click for sign's details Translation of the text on the sign:
Branding symbol of the city of Tel Aviv - a city without a break
In our streets The stories of the women behind the names of the streets in the city
Symbol "In full exclusion 2023" - Women’s Week in Tel Aviv - Jaffa
[Drawing of the figure of Gurit Kadman - Eliya-Yam]
Gurit Kadman Choreographer, originator of the Israeli folk dance movement, winner of the Israel Prize in Dance Culture
Germany 1897 - Israel 1987
She was born as Gert Kaufman to a family of "Germans of the religion of Moses". At the end of her studies at the University of Leipzig in Germany, she immigrated to Israel with her partner, Leo Kadman.
Organized folk dance festivals in the Ben Shemen youth village, instructed bands and dance classes within the "Hapoel" sports association in Tel Aviv and initiated the first folk dance instruction course at the kibbutzim seminary.
In the 1950s, she learned the dances of the various Aliya tribes and documented the traditional dances and costumes on film and tape. These joined the dances she learned as a child and those she got to know during her stay in the kibbutzim.
To download informational, activity and coloring booklets "In our streets" 2023
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in our streets - 2023 Every street has a name, and every name has a story and achievements, which affect the lives of all of us. But how many of us really know the characters behind the street names?
Even today, too few women are commemorated on the streets of the city and the municipality is working to correct the injustice and place the women and their achievements at the forefront of the stage. Women who left their mark on society and the Israeli public in various fields.
A week ’in full exclusion’ brings up a miracle of inspiring women. who were recognized and honored by having a street named after them.