Meet Leng Tan, East Midwood Jewish Center’s Israeli dance teacher
Mazel tov, Leng Tan.
The shayna maidel (which loosely translated means “lovely lady”) who teaches Israeli dance at a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Midwood is the daughter of immigrants from Hainan Island, China.
It’s just one of those things, a fundamental fact of Tan’s life: She loves Israeli folk music.
“The melodies call out to me,” she said in an interview before stepping onto the parquet floor of the East Midwood Jewish Center’s ballroom for her Sunday night classes. “It makes me feel exhilarated.”