
Michael B. Oren is the State of Israel's Ambassador to the United States. A graduate of Princeton and Columbia, Dr. Oren has received fellowships from the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and from the British and Canadian governments...

For a list of Embassy of Israel sponsored events around the Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia area, please see the view the Spring Cultural Newsletter by clicking...

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
"Balkan Beat Box is steeped with an intense lifetime of research into their own non-Western roots as well as other cultures. A quasi-circus event, BBB performs with a core of 6 musicians, collaborating with artists from Bulgaria, Morocco, Spain, Israel, and Turkey who draw on a variety of styles from around the world. ...Every event keeps the audience guessing what the next surprise will be."
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Part of the Phillips Collection Sunday Concert Series.
Alon Goldstein is one of the most respected young pianists on the international scene. Admired for technical prowess and musical intelligence, he is poised to lead his talented generation.
For more information, click here: http://www.phillipscollection.org/calend ar/index.aspx?m=3

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
Part of the Corcoran Gallery's Musical Afternoon Series.
The Ariel Quartet, founded in 1998, have been playing together since age 13, a phenomenon quite rare in the world of chamber music. They have won numerous awards and accolades worldwide for their stunning performances.
For more information, click here: http://www.corcoran.org/programs/dspProg ramSearch.asp?event_id=1947

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
Part of the 2009 Festival of the Book
Author and filmmaker Etgar Keret is one of Israel's leading fiction writers. He will read from and discuss his work.
Etgar Keret explores the relationship between short story and cinema in an evening of film and readings.
For more information, click here: http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-ar ts/literary/nextbook.html#Etgar_Keret
Part of the 2009 Festival of the Book
Time:7:30PM Tuesday, March 24th
Location:Washington DC JCC

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
Theater J's Voices from a Changing Middle East 2009 Festival
By Motti Lerner
Directed by Rahaleh Nassri
With the clock ticking before a scheduled US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, two estranged friends from Tehran, one Jewish and one Muslim, agree to a secret meeting in a monastery in an attempt to avoid war. With th...eir friend, an American ambassador, pursuing his own agenda, this diplomatic nail-biter examines the ties that bind and break with the world's fate hanging in the balance.
For more information, click here: http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-ar ts/theater-j/08-09-season/benedictus/tj- benedictus.html
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By Motti Lerner
Directed by Rahaleh Nassri
With the clock ticking before a scheduled US attack on Iranian nuclear sites, two estranged friends from Tehran, one Jewish and one Muslim, agree to a secret meeting in a monastery in an attempt to avoid war. With th...eir friend, an American ambassador, pursuing his own agenda, this diplomatic nail-biter examines the ties that bind and break with the world's fate hanging in the balance.
For more information, click here: http://washingtondcjcc.org/center-for-ar
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Theater J's Voices from a Changing Middle East 2009 Festival
Time:7:15PM Saturday, March 14th
Location:Washington DC JCC

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
By Israeli filmmaking pioneer Nathan Gross
A unique account of the effects of war on children as told by the children themselves. Dzigan and Shumacher, popular Yiddish song and comedy duo, focus on orphaned Jewish children and let them tell their own version of their survival in the ghettoes, while teaching adults abou...t the healing possibilities of music, dance and storytelling.
For more information, click here: http://www.union.umd.edu/hoff/calendar.c fm?month=3&year=2009.
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A unique account of the effects of war on children as told by the children themselves. Dzigan and Shumacher, popular Yiddish song and comedy duo, focus on orphaned Jewish children and let them tell their own version of their survival in the ghettoes, while teaching adults abou...t the healing possibilities of music, dance and storytelling.
For more information, click here: http://www.union.umd.edu/hoff/calendar.c
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Time:7:00PM Wednesday, March 4th
Location:University of Maryland, Hoff Theater

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC
"...one of Israel's most acclaimed and sought after pianists performs his program Rhapsody in Blue (Works of Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Gershwin, and Bar-Niv)"
For more information, click here: http://sites.google.com/site/washdcwnws/

Embassy of Israel, Washington DC Come meet with representatives from different Israeli universities and organizations to help get you back to Israel! Dinner and an Israeli Comedian included!
Work. Learn. Volunteer - ISRAEL
Time:6:00PM Wednesday, February 25th
Location:Washington DC JCC

WORK - LEARN - VOLUNTEER - GET BACK TO ISRAEL! DATE: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 @ 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m...
























