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Date |
Type of event |
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ALMA-ATA |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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BAKU |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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BELGRADE |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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BUCHAREST |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Main event and reception
Traveling exhibitions |
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BUDAPEST |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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KIEV |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Festive concert
Appearances by Israeli artists |
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MINSK |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Opening event lighting of the first candle with the participation of the Foreign Minister |
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Dec. 25, 1997 |
Third night of Hanukkah finals in the youth contest on "Israel at 50" |
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MOSCOW |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception |
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Apr. 30, 1998 |
Russian Artists Salute Israel:
Concert of Israeli pieces performed by the Kremlin Orchestra
Nationwide television broadcast about Israel
Israeli artists representing Israeli culture:
Israeli film festival
"Nofim" exhibition of landscape paintings at the Museum of the East>
Exhibition: "Wandering Birds"
Modern ballet from Israel
Culture Week St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod
Visit by a writer
Concert by an Israeli orchestra or Israeli soloists
Events in Jewish communities in conjunction with the Liaison Bureau
Special publications:
Political: Israel-USSR and Israel-Russian relations
Literary: Anthology of stories |
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PRAGUE |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Opening event lighting of the first candle chairman of the Czech Senate, Petr Pithart
Distribution of a calendar produced for the jubilee by the embassy |
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Jan. 2128, 1998 |
The Febiofest 98 film festival will dedicate two divisions to Israeli films. |
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Feb. 11, 1998 |
Reopening of the Great Synagogue in Pilsen, one of the largest in the world |
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Mar. 5, 1998 |
Festive concert in Prague to mark Israels jubilee |
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Apr. 30, 1998 |
Independence Day reception |
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May 2124, 1998 |
Israel will be the main guest at the international book fair in Prague. Approximately five authors and translators will be guests of the fair and will hold readings.
"Jerusalem from the Air" exhibition at the National Library
Before the fair the newspapers Mlada Fronta Dans and Lidova Noviny will print a series of articles on Israel, with special emphasis on Israeli culture and literature.
The Ramat Gan Chamber Orchestra will give two performances at the fair.
Center for Education and Culture of the Jewish Museum in Prague seminar, films on Israeli authors and literature |
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May 1998 |
The Speaker of the Knesset has been invited for an official visit by the Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies |
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May 1998 |
The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is preparing an exhibition on "Israel and Us." |
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May 27, 1998 |
The prestigious Spring Festival in Prague will dedicate a special festive concert to Israels jubilee. |
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July 1998 |
The music festival of Southern Bohemia has invited Israel to be its main guest. |
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July 1998 |
"Jerusalem from the Air" exhibition in the city of Cesky Budejovice |
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July 14, 1998 |
Israel Day in the city of Bechyne |
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October-November 1998 |
Jewish music festival in Prague
Festive events organized by the Czech-Israel Friendship Society and the Peace Club
Production of Facts about Israel in Czech
Participation of Czech representatives in various conferences to be held in Israel: Jewish parliamentarians, mayors, twin cities, etc.
Production of a festive newsletter in honor of the jubilee |
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RIGA |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception |
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Around Independence Day |
Salute to Israel concert Latvian Symphony Orchestra, choir, and Israeli cellist (Mischa Maisky), conducted by Asher Fish at the opera house
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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Throughout 1998 |
"Jerusalem Vigil": trips to Jerusalem by Christian delegations |
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Spring 1998 |
Delegation of friendship leagues from the Estonian and Latvian parliaments to plant the Israeli-Baltic Friendship Forest
Establishment of a large memorial center in memory of the communities destroyed in the Holocaust
Performances by the Gesher Theater |
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SOFIA |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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TASHKENT |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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TBILISI |
Dec. 23, 1997 |
Hanukkah opening event |
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Independence Day |
Festive reception
Exhibitions
Musical performances |
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WARSAW |
July 1998 |
Exhibition by Israeli and Polish artists in the Zakhnate gallery |
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Dec. 23, 1997 |
The "Vibrant Israel" exhibition will open in Warsaw, and on Jan. 19 in Poznan.
Israeli participation in the theater festival in Lublin (perhaps the Haifa Theater) |
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May 1998 |
Book fair in Warsaw to mark the jubilee
Publication of an anthology of Israeli literature in Polish translation
Retrospective of Israeli films in honor of the jubilee
Supplement on Israel in a mass-circulation Polish newspaper
Tour of Poland by "Hassadna" the Jerusalem Conservatory of Music and Art |
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March 1998 |
Conference of alumni of Mashav agriculture courses
The Cracow Festival of Jewish Culture this summer will be dedicated to Israels jubilee. |