Panim- Faces of Art and Culture in Israel- January-February 1998

January-February
January	Haifa	Play: Ghetto Songbird: 100 Performance
Jan 10	Tel Aviv	Concert: World Orchestra (50th Anniversary Celebration)
Jan 22-25	Eilat	4th Red Sea International Music Festival
Jan 29	Jerusalem	Storytelling contest (Community Centers)
Jan 29-Feb 6	Jerusalem	World Schools Debating Championship
Feb 2-21	Tel Aviv	Opera: Samson and Delilah

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

A Sampling of Israeli Cultural Events Around the World

Europe
Jan 8-12	Spain	Music: Israel Chamber Orchestra
Jan 8-18	France	Dance: Bat Sheva Dance Company: Mabul
Jan	Mannheim	Exhibit: Ruth Horan
Jan 25-Mar 21	Germany	Exhibit: David Tartakover: Retrospective of Phasot
Jan 26	Norway	Music: Yoav Talmi: Dachau Reflections (with Trondheim Symboniorkester, Yoav Talmi, conductor)
Jan 28	London	Concert: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Feb 18-28	Italy	Concert: Achinoam Nini (with Toscanini Orchestra)
Feb 22-Mar 30	Rome	Film: Israeli Film Festival*
Feb 26-Mar 1	Luxembourg	Israeli Film Festival*
Feb 26-Mar 3	Britain	Israel Chamber Orchestra
Eastern Europe and CIS
Jan	Estonia	Lecture, Film: "A Piece of Culture"
North America
Nov 20-Feb 4	New York	Exhibit: "Desert Cliché": Israel Now-Local Images"
Jan 13	Boston	Concert: Shalev Ad-El, Richard Boothby
Dec 4-Jan 29	New York	Exhibit: Yael Avi-Yonah (Artist)
Jan 6	Los Angeles	Lecture: Amos Oz
Jan 10	New York	Concert: Ruben Seroussi: Playtime (with Julliard School of Music Ensemble)
Jan 12	New Jersey	Lecture: Amos Oz
Jan 17-18	San Francisco	Jewish Film Festival
Feb 1-3	San Francisco	International Conference on Jewish Literature
Feb 19, 20	Ohio	Dance: Kibbutz Dance Company: "Aide Memoire"*
Feb 21	Miami	Exhibit: Michael Smuss, Paintings
Feb 24-Mar 31	US Tour	Dance: Bat Sheva Dance Company: Anaphase*
Feb-Mar	Boston	Exhibit: "Women in Israel" (Photography)
Far East and Australasia
Jan 10 (closing)	Delhi	Exhibit: "Vibrant Israel"*
Jan 15	Bangkok	Exhibit: Horizons*
Feb 16	Bangkok	Exhibit: The Holocaust*
Feb 25, 28	Tokyo	Concert: Ronen Bershovsky
Feb-Mar	Adelaide	Theater: Itim Ensemble (Va-Yomer, Va-Yelech)*
Feb 28-Mar 1	Hong Kong	Concert: Chava Alberstein
Mar 13-19	Australia	Jewish/Israeli Film Festival
Feb-Mar	China (tour)	Exhibit: "Halls of Light" (Marli Shamir)*
Feb 27-Mar 5	Adelaide	Theater: Itim Ensemble ("Vayomer Vayelech")*
Latin America
Feb-March	Mexico	Exhibit: "Halls of Light" (Marli Shamir)*

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.