Contemporary culture of Israel

The Israeli culture is heterogeneous, dynamic, and very difficult to define. A significant part of the lay cultural associations is located in the area of Tel Aviv, despite the fact that most of the official state cultural institutions are located in Jerusalem.

Cultural diversity stems from the fact that the people of Israel come from five continents and more than 100 different countries. That’s why we are here wymieszały culture around the world and all the subcultures (eg Arabs, Druze, the Russians, Falaszowie and others) can freely develop their own culture. Israeli culture is unique in its richness and diversity.

In recent years the government of Israel has become a lesser extent, the culture of finance. The volume of state funding of culture is lower than the average in western countries. Despite this, the country continues to support the activities of Israel Philharmonic, which withdraws from concerts around the world, also giving performances to Israeli radio and television. Local government support the existence of many small orchestras, the musicians are mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Israel is well known in the world of modern dance.