CHANUKAH – CHRISTMAS - RAMADAN FESTIVAL

Every year during the winter holiday season, Haifa hosts the Holiday of Holidays Festival (est. 1993), which honors Chanukah, Christmas and Ramadan and celebrates the good neighborly relations in daily life enjoyed by The City's diverse population. The event attracts 200,000 people annually. Of these, approximately 25% are Arabs and Jews from throughout Haifa; the other approximately 75% are visitors to The City from throughout Israel and abroad, who learn from Haifa's example that a multicultural way of life without dissonance is possible and desirable. The venue is the Wadi Nisnas neighborhood, home to approximately 350 Christian, Muslim and Armenian families. Beit Hagefen Arab-Jewish Cultural, Community & Youth Center and the many art galleries in the heart of Wadi Nisnas participate. In keeping with this Mediterranean city's open, outdoor way of life, the core event is a street fair offering local cuisine, visual and performing arts presentations, and exhibitions of antiques and folkloristic arts and crafts. Plans for 2007 include a gala Opening Ceremony; home hospitality to be offered by neighborhood residents to small groups of visitors; and an international religious conference to include the participation of intellectuals and spiritual leaders. The Festival is provided free of charge to the public so that large families of small means can attend and, in particular, enjoy visual and performing art to which they otherwise wouldn't have access.

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Jewish-Arab Co-existence | Holiday Of Holidays
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