Events Calendar
Here you will find events around the country, classified by region, sponsored by the American Zionist Movement, its member organizations, or of general interest to the Zionist community. Find an event near you today!
NY Metro
| Central Park SummerStage Celebrates Israel at 60 | |
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| In celebration of Israel's 60th birthday, this special evening will feature one of the country's leading modern companies, Kibbutz Contemporaru Dance and the unique installation, Peepdance, an interactive work that blurs the lines between art and voyeurism | |
| Organizer: | The New York Parks Department and the Israeli Consulate |
| Where: | SummerStage - Enter Central Park at 72nd St |
| When: | Saturday, July 26, 7pm |
| Contact: | For more information please call: 212-360-2777 Email or visit: www.summerstage.org |
| Pharaoh's Daughter | |
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| Blending a variety of sensual styles, Basya Schechter leads her band through swirling Hassidic chants, Mizrahi and Sephardi folk-rock, filtered through percussion, flute, strings and electronica. With a unique sound cultivated by Basya's Hassidic music background and travels in the Middle East and Africa, their newest album, "Haran", radiates with spiritual energy and rock 'n' roll intensity | |
| Organizer: | The JCC in Manhattan |
| Where: | The JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Ave (at 76th St) |
| When: | Thursday, Jul 31, 8pm |
| Contact: | For more information please call 646-505-5708 or visit: www.jccarts.org for more information |
| One Night party with all of New York's Taglit-Birthright Israel Alumni | |
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| Birthright Next is inviting all of New York's Taglit-Birthright Alumni to the Summer 2008 Welcome Back Party. This is an exclusive party for Taglit-Birthright Israel alumni a guest | |
| Organizer: | Birthright Israel Next |
| Where: | Touch - 240 West 52nd Street |
| When: | Wednesday, August 13th, 8pm - 1am |
| Contact: | To RSVP visit: www.nymetro.birthrightisrael.com |
| Yuval Yairi - Palaces of Memory | |
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| Andrea Meislin Gallery is pleased to present Palaces of Memory, an exhibition by Israeli artist Yuval Yairi. The show consists of seven new photographs and will be Yairi's second solo exhibition with Andrea Meislin Gallery | |
| Organizer: | Andrea Meislin Gallery |
| Where: | Andrea Meislin Gallery - 526 W 26th St., #214 |
| When: | Opening Reception: June 26, from 6 to 8 PM through August 15 |
| Contact: | For more information please visit: www.andreameislin.com call: 212.6272552 or E-mail |
| 13th Annual New Generations Benefit | |
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| The New Israel Fund's New Generations Benefit is the premiere annual event for progressive supporters of Israel. The Benefit draws over 500 people and raises funds for NIF's efforts to strengthen Israel’s democracy and promote justice and equality for all members of Israeli society | |
| Organizer: | New Israel Fund |
| Where: | Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street |
| When: | Thursday, September 18, 8pm |
| Contact: | For more information and contact info visit: www.nif.org |
| Michal Rovner: Video, Sculpture, Installation | |
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| The dazzling video installations of the Israeli-American artist Michal Rovner project teeming masses of little anonymous figures onto the walls of a room or large rocks, appearing to crawl all over the flat planes and craggy surfaces. They give a sense of mass humanity, of a dynamic culture and of man's vulnerability and insignificance in a large society | |
| Organizer: | Heckscher Museum of Art |
| Where: | Heckscher Museum of Art - 2 Prime Avenue, Huntington |
| When: | June 28 through September 28 |
| Contact: | For more information please call:631.351.3250 visit: www.heckscher.org or E-mail |
| Mother Economy: A Film by Maya Zack | |
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| Mother Economy, a film by Israeli artist Maya Zack, is a meditation on Holocaust remembrance and an homage to resourceful women during violent periods of political upheaval | |
| Organizer: | The Jewish Museum |
| Where: | The Jewish Museum - 1109 Fifth Avenue (northeast corner of 92nd Street) |
| When: | July 1 through October 23 |
| Contact: | For more information please visit: www.thejewishmuseum.org |
