Chag Sameach!
(“Wishing you a Happy Holiday!”)
This year, we celebrate Israel’s 61st birthday!
Yom Ha’atzmaut (יום העצמאות) is the national independence day of Israel, commemorating the declaration of the state of Israel by David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar, 5708), and the end of the British Mandate of Palestine. The holiday is always preceded by Yom Hazikaron, the Israel fallen soldiers Remembrance Day.
Leetal, her friend Jackie, Amanda (a co-worker at Oranim and myself) enthusiastically celebrated in the streets on our way to a bbq. Things got crazy when Leetal and Jackie joined a bunch of dancing rabbis amongst a huge crowd of people on Tel Aviv’s beach promenade… I don’t think the video truly captures just how hilarious this was…
