CROATIAN-ISRAELI SOCIETY TO ORGANIZE CONCERT

( Editorial: --> 6826 ) ZAGREB, Dec 8 (Hina) - The Lira mixed choir will give a concert in Zagreb on Tuesday to celebrate the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and Israel. The concert, which will also promote a CD compiling Sephardic romances, is organized by the Croatian-Israeli Society. The Society was established three and a half years ago, according to its president Mihael Montiljo, "with the basic wish to promote friendship between Croatia and Israel." The Society currently numbers more than 700 members, including 200 Jews. The Lira choir was established 43 years ago under a decision of the Jewish Community of Zagreb. It was called the Jewish Choir, and its aim was to preserve the Jewish vocal folk song after the Holocaust. Simultaneously, it nurtured the Croatian and international classical and contemporary repertoire. (hina) ha jn 082032 MET dec 97