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With a population drawn from more than one hundred countries on six continents, Israeli society is rich in cultural diversity and artistic creativity. The arts are actively encouraged and supported by the government. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performs throughout the country and frequently tours abroad. The Jerusalem Symphony, an orchestra associated with the Israel Broadcasting Authority, also tours frequently as do other musical ensembles. Almost every municipality has a chamber orchestra or ensemble, many boasting the talents of gifted performers arrived in the 1990s from the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Folk dancing, which draws upon the cultural heritage of many immigrant groups, is very popular. Israel also has several professional ballet and modern dance companies. There is great public interest in the theatre; the repertoire covers the entire range of classical and contemporary drama in translation, as well as plays by Israeli authors. Of the three major repertory companies, the most famous, Habimah, was founded in 1917. Arts and media Active artist colonies thrive in Safed, Jaffa, and Ein Hod, and Israeli painters and sculptors exhibit and sell their works worldwide. Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem have excellent art museums, and many towns and kibbutzim have smaller high-quality museums. The Israel Museum in Jerusalem houses the Dead Sea Scrolls along with an extensive collection of Jewish religious and folk art. The Museum of the Diaspora is located on the campus of Tel Aviv University. Israelis are avid newspaper readers. Israeli papers have an average daily circulation of 600,000 copies. Major daily papers are in Hebrew; others are in Arabic, English, French, Polish, Yiddish, Russian, Hungarian, and German wikipedia |
Israel - Museums
Beth Hatefutsoth - Museum of the Jewish People
Hecht Archeology Museum - Haifa
Israel Museum - Jerusalem
A Virtual Visit to the Israel Museum
museum of Beit HaMikdash
Eretz Israel Museum
Israel Museum - Virtual Menorah
Bloomfield Science Museum
Tel-Aviv Museum
The Israel National Museum Of Science - Haifa
Yad Vashem
The Ghetto Fighters' House
The Jabotinsky Museum
The Chagall Windows
The Babylonian Jewery Museum
Israel Bible Museum (Safad)
The Museum of Italian Jewish Art (Jerusalem)
Israel Museums
ISRAEL- MUSIC
Israel Gimel - Free Midi Library
LIST OF THEATERS
BAT DOR DANCE GROUP
30 Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 696-3175
BAT SHEVA DANCE GROUP
5 Yechieli St., Neve Tzedek. Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 517-1471
BEIT LEISSIN THEATER
http://www.lessin.co.il
101, Dizengoff St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 725-5333
CAMERI THEATER
http://www.cameri.co.il
30 da Vincci St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 606-1900
CINERAMA THEATER
61 Yigal Alon Street. Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 562-0999
TEL AVIV CINEMATHEQUE
2 Sprinzak St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 691-7181
DUHL CULTURAL CENTER
76 Hatikva St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 639-5333
ENAV CULTURAL CENTER
Gan Ha'ir Mall, 71 Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 521-7760
GESHER THEATER
http://www.gesher-theatre.co.il
8, Jerusalem Blvd., Jaffa. Tel: 03 - 681-3131
HABIMA THEATER
http://www.habima.org.il
2 Tarsat Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 629-5555
HASIMTA THEATER
8 Mazal Dagim Lane, Old Jaffa. Tel: 03 – 681-2126
KLACHKIN AUDITORIUM
Eretz Yisrael Museum, 2 Haim Levanon St., Ramat Aviv. Tel: 03 –
641-5244
LYNN & TED ARRISON ISRAELI CONSERVATORY
OF MUSIC TEL AVIV
19 Stricker St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 546-6228
MANN AUDITORIUM
1, Huberman St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 528-9163
MAYUMANA DANCE TROUP
15, Louis Pasteur St., Jaffa. Tel: 03 - 681-1787
NOGA THEATER
7-9 Jerusalem Blvd., Jaffa. Tel: 03 – 681-3131
ORNA PORAT NATIONAL THEATER FOR
CHILDREN and YOUTH
48 Kalisher St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 510-6924
SUZANNE DELLAL CENTER FOR DANCE AND
THEATER
5 Yechieli Street, Neve Tzedek. Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 510-5656
RECANATI AUDITORIUM
Tel Aviv Museum, 27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 –
696-1297
TEL AVIV PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
19 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 692-7777
THE NEW ISRAELI OPERA
http://www.israel-opera.co.il
Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, 28 da Vincci St., Tel Aviv.
Tel: 03 - 692-7777
PUPPET THEATER
Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 643-0790
TZAVTA THEATER
http://www.tzavta.co.il
30 Ibn Gvirol St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 – 695-0156
WOHL AMPHITHEATER
Rokach Blvd., (HaYarkon park), Tel Aviv.Tel: 03 - 642-0487
YIDDISHPIEL THEATER
28, Bialik St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03 - 525-4660
The Museums
of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa
AZRIELI OBSERVATORY
www.azrielicenter.co.il
Azrieli Center (Round Tower, 49th Floor), 132 Menachem Begin
Rd., Tel Aviv.
Tel. 03-608-1179. Bus No: 11, 78, 608.
Open: Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday: 10:00-20:00, Friday:
10:00-18:00,
Saturday: 10:00-20:00. Closed on Monday.
BEN-GURION MUSEUM
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=66
17 Ben Gurion Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel 03-522-1010. Bus No: 4, 10.
Open: Sunday, Monday: 08:00-17:00, Tuesday - Thursday
08:00-15:00,
Saturday: 08:00-13:00. Closed on Fridays and on holidays.
BIALIK HOUSE
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=65
22 Bialik St., Tel. 03-525-4530. Bus No: 4.
Closed for renovations.
BIBLE MUSEUM
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=191
16 Rothschild Blvd., Tel. 03-517-7760. Bus No: 12, 4.
Open: Sunday – Tuesday, and.Thursday: 09:30-12.30, Wednesday:
09:30-12:30, and 16:00-19:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday.
ERETZ ISRAEL MUSEUM
http://eretzmuseum.org.il
2 Chaim Levanon St., Ramat Aviv, Tel. 03-641-5244. Bus No: 7,
7a, 13, 24, 25, 27, 74, 86, 274.
Open: Sunday - Tuesday, and Thursday: 09:00-15:00, Wednesday:
09:00-17:00, Friday and Saturday: 10:00-14:00.
HELENA RUBINSTEIN PAVILION FOR
CONTEMPORARY ART
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=60
6 Tarsat Blvd., Tel. 03-528-7196. Bus No: 5, 26.
Open: Monday, Wednesday: 10:00-16:00, Tuesday, Thursday:
10:00-22:00, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-16:00. Closed
on Sunday.
ILANA GOOR MUSEUM
http://www.ilanagoor.co.il
4 Mazal Dagim St., Old Jaffa, Tel. 03-683-7676. Bus No: 10, 46.
Open: Sunday.-Friday: 10:00-16:00, Saturday: 10:00-18:00.
INDEPENDENCE HALL
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=57
16 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-517-3942. Bus No: 4, 12.
Open Sun-Thur. 9 am - 2 pm. Closed on Friday and Saturday.
JABOTINSKY INSTITUTE
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=69
38 King George St., Tel Aviv. Entrance from 1 Simtat Sheva
Hashikmim St.,
Tel. 03-528-7320. Bus No: 5, 18, 24, 25, 48, 61, 62, 129.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:00-16:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
LECHI MUSEUM - BEIT YAIR
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=69
8 Avraham Stern St., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-682-0288. Bus No: 1, 2,
3, 16, 18, 19.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 09:00-15:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE MUSEUMS:
Etzel Museum
http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/haetzel-ta.asp
38 King George St., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-621-0611. Bus No: 2, 4,
25.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
Etzel Museum, 1947-1948
http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/haetzel2.asp
South Herbert Samuel Promenade, Jaffa, Tel. 03-517-2044. Bus No:
10, 8, 25.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
The Haganah Museum
http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/hahagana.asp
23 Rothschild Blvd., Tel. 03-560-8624. Bus No: 4, 5.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 09:00-16:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
The Collection House (Museum of the
History of the IDF)
http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/osef.asp
35 Eilat St., Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel. 03-516-1346. Bus No: 40, 42,
44.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and
Saturday.
The Palmach Museum
http://www.palmach.org.il
10 Haim Levanon St., Ramat Aviv. Tel. 03-643-6393. Bus No: 7,
7a, 13, 24, 25, 27, 74, 86, 274.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-15:00, Friday: 08:30-12:30. Closed
on Saturday. By appointment only.
MUSEUM OF JEWISH DIASPORA - BEIT
HATEFUSOTH
http://www.bh.org.il
Tel Aviv University Campus, Matityahu Gate (#2), Klauser St.,
Ramat Aviv. Tel. 03-640-8000. Bus No: 6, 25, 45, 49, 27.
Open: Sunday - Tuesday, and Thursday: 10:00-16:00, Wednesday:
10:00-18:00, Friday: 09:00-13:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday.
Daily guided tours in English: Sunday - Friday: 11:00.
MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER
25, Shaul Hamelech blvd., (library "Shaar Zion"), Tel Aviv. Tel:
03-6910141/5 (ex. 204).
Closed for renovations. Ouverture due in April 2005.
NACHUM GUTMAN MUSEUM
http://www.gutmanmuseum.co.il
21 Rokah St., Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-516-1970. Bus No:
12, 24, 31.
Open: Sunday - Wednesday: 10:00-16:00, Thursday: 10:00-19:00,
Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-17:00.
ROKACH HOUSE
36 Simon Rokach St., Neve-Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-510-0655,
516-2531. Bus No: 4, 12, 25, 46.
Open: Friday - Saturday: 10:00-14:00, Sunday - Thursday: groups
by appointment.
RUBIN MUSEUM
http://www.rubinmuseum.org.il
14 Bialik St., Tel Aviv Tel. 03-5255961. Bus No: 4.
Open: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:00-15:00, Tuesday:
10:00-20:00, Saturday: 11:00-14:00. Closed on Friday.
SHALOM-ALEICHEM HOUSE
http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=68
4 Berkowitz St., Tel. 03-695-6513, Fax: 03-691-0504. Bus No: 18,
9, 70, 10.
Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 10:00-14:00, Friday: 10:00-12:00. Closed
on Saturday.
SHALOM TOWER OBSERVATORY
9 Achad Ha'am St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-517-7304. Bus No: 12, 61.
Open: Sunday-Thursday: 10:00-18:30, Friday: 10:00-14:00,
Saturday: 11:00-16:00.
TEL-AVIV MUSEUM OF ART
http://www.tamuseum.co.il
27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., Tel 03-696-1297. Bus No: 9, 18, 28, 70,
90, 111.
Open Monday, Wednesdy: 10:00-16:00, Tuesday, Thursday:
10:00-20:00, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-16:00. Closed
on Sunday
LIST OF
CULTURAL CENTERS
AIDA & MIKE FELDMAN COMMUNITY CENTER
20 Shazar St., Neve Ofer Neighborhood, Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 –
681-0029
ARTISTS' STUDIO
18 Elifelet St.. Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 681-9289
BEIT
ARIELA (SHA'AR ZION LIBRARY)
25 Sha'ul Hamelech St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 691-0141-5
BEIT FRANKFURT
23 Kizis St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 - 6487818
BNEI ZION AUDITORIUM
Diaspora Museum, Klausner Street, Tel Aviv University Campus,
Ramat Aviv.
Tel: 03 - 646-8000
CENTER FOR ARTS
STUDIES
27 Yefet St., Jaffa. Tel. 03 - 682-0247
ELLEN & WALWORTH BARBOUR CULTURE &
YOUTH CENTER
135 Hahagana St. (Derech), Tel. 03 – 739-1440
ENNIS AUDITORIUM
9, Pa'amonit St., Yafo Daleth Neighborhood, Tel. 03 - 6592929
FELICIA BLUMENTAL MUSIC CENTER &
LIBRARY
26 Bialik St., Tel Aviv. Tel: 03-6201185
http://www.fbmc.co.il
KIRYAT
SHALOM AUDITORIUM
7 Amikam St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 – 681-2158
LYNN & TED ARRISON
ISRAELI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC TEL AVIV
19 Stricker St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 – 546-6228
MUSIC AUDITORIUM (HEICHAL
HAMUSICA)
10 She'erit Yisrael St. Jaffa, Tel. 03 - 6828393
NEVE ELIEZER COMMUNITY CENTER
6 Sheshet Hayamim St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-730-0360
ROZIN COMMUNITY CENTER
23 Drezner St., Ramat Aviv. Tel. 03 - 641-8262
SHINE AUDITORIUM (BEIT YAD LABANIM)
63 Pinkas St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03 – 604-1707
SPORTS STADIUM
Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-537-6376
