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CHRISTMAS EVENTS 2012 ESTIMATE: ABOUT 75,000 TOURISTS WILL VISIT ISRAEL FOR THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD, OF WHOM 25,000 WILL BE CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS
TOURISM MINISTER STAS MISEZHNIKOV WILL WELCOME THE LEADERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES IN ISRAEL IN A TRADITIONAL PRE-CHRISTMAS RECEPTION, 17.12.12
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov: “About 60% of all visitors to Israel are Christian. The Christian community is a central anchor in marketing incoming tourism to Israel. Throughout the year, the Tourism Ministry works with the communities in Israel and overseas to increase cooperation with opinion-formers, community leaders and the faithful in order to promote and develop pilgrimage to the Holy Land”.
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov will host the traditional pre-Christmas reception for leaders of the Christian communities and churches in Israel at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem on Monday, 17 December at 11:00. The minister will send season’s greetings for Christmas to the Christian communities and the Christian leaders present will call on the faithful around the world to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Also participating in the reception alongside the Christian leaders will be the Director-General of the Tourism Ministry Noaz Bar-Nir, senior representatives from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Interior who work in cooperation with the Tourism Ministry throughout the year to promote tourism on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem-Jericho track.
According to Tourism Ministry estimates, about 75,000 tourists will visit Israel during the Christmas period. Of these about 25,000 will be Christian pilgrims. During the holiday, the Ministry of Tourism will offer free transportation, helping pilgrims travelling between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Buses will leave every 15-20 minutes from Mar Elias Monastery to the Church of the Nativity, and back again and will operate non-stop from 24 December at 12:00 through 25 December at 12:00. Representatives from the Ministry of Tourism will welcome tourists and pilgrims at Rachel’s Crossing with sweets and cards in the spirit of the holiday.
The Minister of Tourism, Stas Misezhnikov will also host a reception for Church leaders and representatives in Nazareth, with the participation of the Director-General of the Tourism Ministry Noaz Bar-Nir and the Mayor of Nazareth Ramiz Jaraisy. The reception will take place at the Gardenia Hotel Nazareth on 19.12.12 at 18:00.
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Crulic – The Path to Beyond, directed by Anca Damian, at the fourth edition of the annual Israeli animation competition MaraToon. 15.12.2012, Holon Cinematheque
Common Roots. Design Map of Central Europe. Holon Design Museum. 15 November 2012 – 23 February 2013
Exhibition of Photographs by Sandu Mendrea: ”Romania in Images”. 28 November 2012 – 15 January 2013
More info
http://www.icr.ro/tel-aviv
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The Sverdlin Institute for Latin American History and Culture
The S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies
Cordially invite you to:
Mexico: A Supplanted State
Dr. Samuel Schmidt
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, México
Wednesday, December 19 at 18:00
Gilman Building, Hall 449, Tel Aviv University
(Entrance through gate 4)
The lecture will take place in English
Free Entrance**
For more information, please contact:
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The two concerts, honoring the Late Russian Conductor Rudolph Barshai, will feature a program based mainly on the three Violin Concertos by Johan Sebastian Bach, played and conducted by the legendary Russian Violinist-Conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky.
