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32.066601 34.766602 | 1 During the religious festival of Purim, family celebrations spill out onto the streets of Tel Aviv. You'll see a staggering variety of wild costumes, from historical figures to contemporary… | |
32.058936 34.763145 | 2 Championing Spanish culture (especially dance) the Karen Adi Foundation organises the annual Flamenco Days (Días de Flamenco) at the Suzanne Dellal Centre in Tel Aviv. Arguably the world's… | |
32.066601 34.766602 | 3 Dust off those running shoes and pack plenty of fluids for a trip to the Tel Aviv Marathon. Spectators cheer on their favourites along the 43-kilometre flat course through the city, flanked by… | |
31.7666 35.233299 | 4 Jerusalem is inundated by thousands of pilgrims from across the spectrum of faiths, as they complete what is for some the spiritual journey of a lifetime and partake in the most important… |  |
32.0554 34.7595 | 5 Basketball is big in Israel and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv is the most successful club in the country (once claiming an astonishing 23 consecutive titles). Catch them during their season at the… | |
32.080465 34.78044 | 6 Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) The Yom Ha'atzmaut celebrations mark the day in 1948 when Israel was founded as an independent state, and start with a spectacular firework display over Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. Afterwards… | |
32.799999 34.983299 | 7 Haifa International Festival for Children's Theatre Placed under the banner of integration, this event will feature not only challenging theatre and street performances from national artists, but also a collaboration between Arab and Jewish… | |
8 Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem A solemn and moving ceremony at Yad Vashem dedicated to the memory of Jewish Holocaust victims and those who fought to save them. |  | |
31.7666 35.233299 | 9 Jerusalem Day is a national holiday marking the liberation and reunification of the city in 1967. During this day, which occurs around mid-May, there are several ceremonies, including the… |  |
10 Going strong for 30 years, the Jacob's Ladder Festival is held twice a year. It features folk music from Irish jigs and country rock to blues, renaissance and world music. Supplementing the… |  | |
11 Docaviv is Tel Aviv's international documentary film festival, held at Cinemateque and other venues. The programme is divided into two main sections: Special Screenings, a collection of… | ||
32.0554 34.7595 | 12 Felicija Blumental International Music Festival The Felicija Blumental International Music Festival combines top quality classical music with an accessible approach. Performances are accompanied by commentaries, interviews with performers… | |
13 During Taste Of Tel-Aviv, top Israeli restaurants and wineries offer their best dishes and drinks at discount prices in the city's Hayarkon Park. | ||
14 Israel's biggest gay and lesbian Pride attracts 80,000 party people each year - an excellent turn-out for a city that has a population of only 350,000. This year's parade starts in the centre… |  | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 15 Tel Aviv Student Film Festival The Tel Aviv Student Film Festival focuses films by student filmmakers, and is run and produced by Tel-Aviv University film students. It explodes the myth that student means amateur… | |
32.066601 34.766602 | 16 White Night International Festival Top emerging international artists and performers arrive in Tel Aviv to perform their modern, jazz and avant-garde music styles. Late-night concerts and workshops attract rave reviews and make… | |
31.7857 35.2007 | 17 The Israel International Jazz Festival Every June, Israel International Jazz Festival presents a rich programme of contemporary, classic and avant-garde jazz performances at the Yellow Submarine and the Tower of David Museum. |  |
31.7666 35.233299 | 18 The acclaimed Israel Festival of music and performing arts is the year's most important gathering for dance, opera, classical, contemporary, jazz and world music. First held in 1961, it… |  |
32.0554 34.7595 | 19 Israeli Opera at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre The Israeli Opera hosts an annual season of operatic performances at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre. The season runs from September to July and normally features at least eight… | |
20 Good things come in small parcels, and this is certainly true of the Jerusalem Film Festival, which provides an intimate environment in which film-makers and film buffs can mingle. Themes and… |  | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 21 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has a regular concert season which runs from October to July every year. Founded in 1936 as the Palestine Orchestra, the orchestra performs under maestro… |  |
22 The annual Israeli Wine Festival, at the Israel Museum, presents some 150 different wines from various producers, workshops on wine and cocktails and fine jazz music. |  | |
23 Festival of Ethnic Culture - Sounds and Flavours Celebrating traditions from all over the world, Jerusalem's Festival of Ethnic Culture presents a two-week programme of art exhibitions, music and dance performances at the Cultural Centre. | ||
24 Held at venues in Jerusalem including the Train Theater and the Khan Theater, the International Puppet Festival showcases the best in the field of puppetry with performances by local and… |  | |
29.5573 34.9627 | 25 The Red Sea Jazz Festival is the major jazz event in the Middle East. A programme of international performers appear alongside the best of the Israeli scene in Eilat Harbour each year. |  |
32.066601 34.766602 | 26 For the eighth year in a row, the palpable tension that exists on the streets of Tel Aviv is about to be washed away by an onslaught of good vibes, techno beats and body paint, as the annual… | |
27 Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement Yom Kippur marks the closing of the Judaic 'High Holy Days', or the 'Days of Awe', a period of ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah, during which the sins and failures of the previous year are… | ||
28 Sukkot - the Festival of Shelter Five days after Yom Kippur, the holy festival of Sukkot commemorates the 40 years the Hebrew nation wandered through the desert in exile. | ||
32.799999 34.983299 | 29 Haifa International Film Festival Every year during the Succoth holiday period (the Feast of the Tabernacle), filmmakers and cinema lovers from Middle Eastern countries and beyond flock to Israel's northern capital to share… |  |
32.916598 35.066601 | 30 Israel Fringe Theatre Festival A series of original works by modern Israeli writers are performed at Acre's Fringe Theatre Festival, which remains stalwartly at the vanguard of modern dramatic art in Israel (and quite a few… |  |
31.7666 35.233299 | 31 Also known as sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles is one of the seven annual Biblical pilgrimage festivals. Part of the celebrations is the annual march, which leads some 30,000 people - from… |  |
32.066601 34.766602 | 32 A major art event, ARTLV brings international and Israeli art to the fore. Linked with events in Turkey and Greece, ARTLV is part of an Eastern Mediterranean movement bringing powerful and… | |
33 Jordan Valley's Kibbutz Sha'ar Hagolan hosts the annual Middle Eastern Dance Festival - a variety of Middle Eastern dance classes combined with sightseeing, swimming, shopping and dance performances. |  | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 34 Tel Aviv's Cinematheque hosts the SPIRIT Film Festival, an annual showcase of films, documentaries and shorts from around the globe. The theme of the festival is spirituality, with films… | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 35 International Theatre Festival The International Theatre Festival presents 16 of the foremost companies from around the world to the theatre-going public of Tel Aviv. Playing at The Cameri Theatre, the plays are presented… | |
36 On the nights of 9 & 10 November 1938 Jewish shops, synagogues and homes throughout Germany were broken into, looted and destroyed, in what came to be known as the 'Night of Broken Glass'. | ||
32.058936 34.763145 | 37 Contemporary dance companies from Israel and abroad visit Tel Aviv for the month-long Tel Aviv Dance festival. Rising stars and established performers are hosted at the Suzanne Dellal Centre… | |
38 Red Sea Underwater Photography Competition Held at the Manta Diving Club in Eilat, the annual Red Sea Underwater Photography Competition is open to amateurs and professionals alike, providing photographers with the opportunity to… |  | |
39 Going strong for 30 years, the Jacob's Ladder Festival is held twice a year. It features folk music from Irish jigs and country rock to blues, renaissance and world music. Supplementing the… | | |
31.7857 35.2007 | 40 Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight days in December throughout Jerusalem, with celebrations and the lighting of candles. An evening stroll through the religious… |  |
32.072174 34.783186 | 41 Starting life as a small event, Tel Aviv Jazz Festival has blossomed into the foremost jazz festival in Israel. Cinematheque and Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre present the best Israeli… |  |
32.0554 34.7595 | 42 Basketball is big in Israel and Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv is the most successful club in the country (once claiming an astonishing 23 consecutive titles). Catch them during their season at the… | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 43 Israeli Opera at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre The Israeli Opera hosts an annual season of operatic performances at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Centre. The season runs from September to July and normally features at least eight… | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 44 The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has a regular concert season which runs from October to July every year. Founded in 1936 as the Palestine Orchestra, the orchestra performs under maestro… | |
45 The holiest shrine of the Jewish world, the Western Wall (also known as the Kotel or Wailing Wall) is all that remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, razed in 70AD by the armed… | | |
46 The Dome of the Rock is a beautiful but atypical Muslim shrine in Jerusalem which encloses the rock on which Abraham nearly sacrificed his son, and from which the Prophet Muhammed ascended to heaven. |  | |
47 Yad Vashem is Israel's memorial, museum and centre of learning dedicated to the Holocaust. It was established in 1953 by the Israeli government as the monument to a nation's mourning, in… |  | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 48 Tel Aviv's Eretz museum complex traces more than 3000 years of culture through artefacts found on the site and around the country. Incorporating a planetarium and an extensive research… |  |
49 Tel Aviv's Museum of the Jewish Diaspora is a treasure trove of information about the Jewish people and their history. Various tours showcase the permanent collection from different aspects… |  | |
32.0554 34.7595 | 50 The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is Israel's largest museum devoted to Israeli and Jewish fine arts. It also houses paintings by other famous artists including Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso. |  |
