| July |
| 8-10 | Karmiel | International and Israeli Dance Festival |
| 10-19 | Jerusalem | 14th Jerusalem Film Festival |
| 14-16 | Safed | 10th Klezmer Festival |
| 14-24 | Countrywide | 15th Maccabiah Games |
| 14-August 9 | Tel Aviv | Hot Dance '97, Israeli dance showcase |
| 15-17 | Arad | Israeli Music Festival |
| 26-August 2 | Kfar Blum | Kol Hamusica, Upper Galilee Music Days |
| 27-August 3 | Tel Aviv | The International Opera Workshop |
| 31-August 2 | Tel Aviv | 1st International Magic Festival |
| August |
| 5-7 | Haifa | Blues Festival |
| 13-24 | Jerusalem | Hutzot Hayotzer, international arts and crafts fair |
| 18-20 | Merom Hagalil | Nigunim, ethnic music festival |
| 25-28 | Eilat | 11th International Red Sea Jazz Festival |
| September |
| 7-10 | Tel Aviv | "Cut," 1st Tel Aviv Festival of Short Israeli Films |
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Europe |
| July 13 | Baden-Baden | Music: Ensemble Timna Brauer and Elias Meiri July |
| 13-14 | Germany, Czech Rep. | Concert: The Israeli Chamber Orchestra |
| July 14-20 | Copenhagen | Music: The Gilboa Choir |
| July 15-20 | Valencia, Segovia | Concert: The Youth Philharmonic Orchestra |
| July 16-Aug 16 | Dublin | Exhibit: Jerusalem in Ancient Maps |
| July 20-28 | Italy | Music: Meira Asher (percussion) |
| July 25 | Volterra | Music: Shlomo Bar and Habreira Hativit |
| August | Zurich | Art: Tamar Raban - installation |
| August 10 | Stockholm | Music: Achinoam Nini (Noa) and Gil Dor |
| August 17 | Edinburgh | Literature: Amos Oz |
| August 25 | Verona | Concert: The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| August 29-30 | Stockholm | Theater: The Habima Theater in Strindberg's "Dance of Death" |
| September 4-5 | Basel | Dance: Liat Dror and Nir Ben Gal in "The Land of Rape and Honey" |
| September 9 | Rome | Recital: Orit Gabriel (soprano) and Itamar Golan (piano) |
| Sept 10-17 | Germany | Music: The Kibbutz Artzi Choir |
| Mid-September | Charleville- Mézières | Puppet Theater: Miriam Zaltzberg, Tzipor Frumkin, Naomi Yoeli |
| September 14 | Vienna | Exhibit: "Treasures from the Land of the Bible" |
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Eastern Europe and CIS |
| July 8-Aug 5 | Budapest | Exhibit: "Nature and Landscape," photos by Shai Ginott* |
| August 20-27 | St.Petersburg | Film: Israeli Film Week |
| Aug.-Sept. | Lithuania | Exhibit: Contemporary Israeli Photography* |
| Ukraine | Exhibit: "Landscape," paintings* |
| September | Moscow | Israeli booth at Moscow International Book Fair |
| Sept 10-11 | Prague | Concert: The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Sept 16-20 | Nizni Novgorod (Russia) | Israel Culture Week |
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North America |
| July | Georgia | Exhibit: "Spirit of Jerusalem"^ |
| July | San Francisco | Film: Israeli films at Jewish Film Festival |
| Canada | Music: Ensemble Timna Brauer and Elias Meiri |
| July-August | Atlanta, S. Carolina | Exhibit: "Peace Through Humor"^ |
| July 15-Aug 30 | San Francisco | Exhibit: Uri Tzaig |
| July-September | North Carolina | Exhibit: "A Delicate Balance: Six Israeli Photographers"* |
| Durham (NC) | Dance: Inbal Pinto (choreographer), artist-in-residence at American Dance Festival |
| August 1-4 | Maine | Israeli booth at Festival de Joie |
| September | Savannah | Exhibit: "Vistas and Visions" |
| Columbus (OH) | Exhibit: "Akeldama," archeology* |
| September 9-14 | Oklahoma,Texas | Jazz: "Esta" jazz ensemble |
| Sept 11-14 | Houston | Exhibit: Calman Shemi |
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Far East and Australasia |
| July 12-Aug 21 | Tokyo | Exhibit: Israeli wing at the Second Photography Biennale* |
| July 13 | Taipei | Recital: Shlomo Mintz, violin |
| July 18-Aug 3 | New Zealand | Exhibit: "Spirit of Jerusalem"^ |
| July 23 | Yangzhou (China) | Exhibit: Holocaust exhibit |
| July-August | Taiwan | Exhibit: "Israel - The Holy Land" |
| August 3-15 | Nagoya | Exhibit: Drawings by Israeli Children |
| August 12-17 | Inchon(Korea) | Exhibit: "Vibrant Israel"^ |
| August 8-26 | Kwangju (Korea) | Exhibit: Dorrit Yakoby* |
| Aug 31-Sept 9 | Japan | Mime: Pablo Ariel* |
| September | China | Exhibit: "Hall of Light," photos of the Israeli Supreme Court building* |
| September 4-18 | Japan | Dance: The Batsheva Dance Company* |
| September 7 | Canberra | Recital: Uzi Weisel (cello)* |
| Sept 26-27 | Tokyo | Film: Israeli film festival |
| Sept.-Oct. | Taiwan | Exhibit: "Vibrant Israel"^ |
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Latin America |
| July | Lima | Exhibit: "Hall of Light," photos of the Israeli Supreme Court building* |
| Montevideo | Film: Israeli Film Week |
| July 31-Aug 20 | Tour | Concert: The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra |
| August | Rio de Janeiro | Exhibit: "Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries"^ |
| August | Colombia | Film: Israeli film festivals |
| Aug. 8-Sept. 9 | San Salvador | Exhibit: "Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries"^ |
| September | Santo Domingo | Exhibit: "Spirit of Jerusalem"^ |
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| Film: Israeli Film Week |
| Peru | Exhibit: "Vibrant Israel"^ |
| Panama | Exhibit: "100 Years of Zionism"^ |
| Mexico City | Film: The Jerusalem Film and Television School retrospective |
| Mar del Plata (Arg.) | Exhibit: "Migrating Birds Know No Boundaries"^ |
| September 9 | Manizales (Col.) | Exhibit: "Hall of Light," photos of the Israeli Supreme Court building* |
| Sept 19-21 | Montevideo | Israeli folk dance festival |
| Sept 16-29 | Sao Paulo | Exhibit: Moshe Tamir* |
(*) 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.