Panim- Faces of Art and Culture in Israel- July-August 1998

July
1, 2	Bat Yam	International Street Theater Festival
2-4	Pekiin	Jewish/Arab Community Theater Festival
6-8	Merom HaGalil	Nigunim - Ethnic Music Festival
7-9	Karmiel	Israeli Folk Dance Festival
9-10	Tel Aviv	"Youth In Power" - First-ever Hebrew Pop Music Festival
9-18	Jerusalem	International Film Festival
15-17	Arad	Hebrew Music Festival
August
2-4	Safed	Klezmer Music Festival
4-15	Jerusalem	Khutzot Hayotzer - International Arts and Crafts Fair
8	Ein Hemed National Park	Jazz, Blues and Nature
11-20	Jerusalem	18th Zimriya: World Assembly of Choirs
19-20	Goren Park	Biennale of Iron in the Galilee
24-27	Eilat	International Red Sea Jazz Festival

For additional information regarding these events, contact your local Israel Government Tourist Office.

A Sampling of Israeli Cultural Events Around the World

Europe
June 15-Aug	Nice	Artists: Nahum Tevet and Micha Ullman *
July 1-20	Germany, Austria	Concerts: Jerusalem Israel Camerata
July 12-Aug	Boskovice, Prague	Art: Anna Ticho Exhibit *
July 12-16	Ravenna	Dance: Eskesta
July 19, 22-25, 26	Worms, Birstadt, Konstanz	Dance: Galim Company *
July 21-Aug 4	France	Concerts: Israel Chamber Orchestra
July 23	Switzerland	Music: Yair Dalal and Al Ol
July	Italy	Concert: Chava Alberstein
July	Brussels	Dance: Dance Company of Haifa *
Aug 7	Belgium	Music: Yair Dalal and Al Ol
Aug 9	Champagne	Music: Yair Dalal (solo)
Aug 14-23	Athens	Cholit Company *
Aug 13-15	Stockholm	Concert: David Deor
Aug 25-27	Hamburg	Dance: Barak Marshal, Yossi Yungman, Inbal Pinto *
Sept 2	Greece	Music: Yair Dalal
Sept 11-12	Hamburg	Dance: Shakatak *
Sept 27-28	Lyons	Dance: Inbal Pinto
Sept	Istanbul	Concert: Israeli Soloist
Eastern Europe and CIS
July 21-22	Merida	Classical Theater Festival: Israeli participation
June 28-July 4	Southern Bohemia	Music Festival: Yossi Arenheim, Zarchia Flavin
July-Aug 15	Latvia, Estonia	Exhibit: "Fields of Memory" *
July 10-17	Salzberg	Theater: Theater Center at Acco ("The Anthology")
July 27-Sept 3	Budapest	Jewish Culture Festival (with films: "Saint Clara," "Lovesick on Nana Street," "Beyond the Walls")
North America
July 7	Tennessee	Exhibit: "To The Eyes of God" (Ceramics)
July 7-19	New York	Theater: Gesher Theater *
July 10	Seattle	Art: Atara-Baker, "African Image Mask"
July 15	San Francisco	Exhibit: Zadok Ben David *
July 16-Aug 3	San Francisco	Annual Jewish Film Festival
Aug 8 (end)	San Francisco	Exhibit: Ancient Glass from the Holy Land *
Aug-Oct	Boston	Exhibit: "Jerusalem From the Air" ^
Sept 15	New York	Exhibit: Contemporary Israeli Art (Jewish Museum)
Far East and Australasia
June 9-July 7	China, Hong Kong, Japan	Israel Chamber Orchestra
July	Canberra	Literature: Meir Shalev at Literary Conference *
July	Korea	Film: Week of Israeli Documentaries *
July 7-11	Osaka, Tokyo	Concerts: Aviram Reichert
July 31-Aug 1	Hong Kong	Concert: Moran Choir
August	Canberra	Music: Noam Sharifs "Resurrection of the Dead" *
Sept 9-13	Hanoi	Film: Israeli Film Week
Latin America
July 9-12	Buenos Aires	Sports: Beitar Jerusalem
Aug 26-27, Sept 4-5	Equador, Colombia	Concerts: Pianist Ilan Rogov
July/Aug	Buenos Aires	Concerts: Netanya Youth Orchestra
July-Aug-Sept	Brazil (tour)	Exhibit: "Ancient Maps - Jerusalem" ^
Sept	Santo Domingo	Israel Week
Africa
Aug 1-8	Zimbabwe	Israeli Participation in Book Fair *

For additional information regarding these events, contact your local Israeli embassy or consulate.

(*) indicates events organized in cooperation with the Division of Cultural and Scientific Affairs, Israel Foreign Ministry.
(^) indicates exhibits organized by the Public Affairs Division, Israel Foreign Ministry.