World's Largest Pro Israel Event Celebrate Israel Parade 2011 In New York, June 5




By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

New York ---- June 5, 2011 .... New York City has the honor of kicking off the largest pro Israel event - Celebrate Israel Parade 2011
on June 5 at 11 a.m.

Over 30,000 participants will march up Fifth Ave. from 57th St. to 74th St. cheered by hundreds of thousands of spectators from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

The theme of the Celebrate Israel Parade 2011 will be "In Tune with Israel".

For the global Jewish community, Israel is an ancient dream realized. Israel is not only a democratic state but a homeland full of ancestry, heritage and history. Those familiar with Israel's brave heroes, inspiring leaders, courageous society, rich culture and revolutionary contributions to modern technology, science and medicine cannot help but feel a very deep sense of pride.


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Among the groups taking part are Abraham Joshua Heschel School, AJC - American Jewish Committee, American Zionist Movement, ASHAR - Adolph H. Schreiber Hebrew Academy of Rockland County, Barkai Yeshiva, Bat Torah- Alisa M. Flatow Yeshiva HS, BBYO - Bnai Brith Youth Organization, Ben Porat Yosef, Bi-Cultural Day School, Birthright Israel Alumni Community - NY Metro Area, Bnei Akiva of the United States and Canada, Boys and Girls Scouts of America, Brandeis School, Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Carmel Academy-Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy, Chai Riders Motorcycle Club, Congregation Beth Elohim, Congregation Machane Chodosh, Congregation Mt. Sinai, Congregation Or Zarua, Congregation Sons of Israel Temple Hillel, Dor Chadash USA, East Midwood Hebrew Day School, Ezra Academy, Friends of the IDF, Frisch School, HAFTR - Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, Hannah Senesh Community Day School, HALB-Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, Hashomer Hatzair HaBonim Dror, Hazon, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Hebrew High School of New England, Hillel Yeshiva, Hillel NY: Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Israel SEO PR, JEC - Jewish Education Center Mesivta Bruriah HS, Jewish Education Project - SAJES, Jewish Federation of Greater Orange County, Jewish Federation of Northeast PA, Jewish Federation of Rockland County, Jewish Foundation School, Jewish National Fund, Jewish War Veterans, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, Kings Bay YM -YWHA, Kinneret Day School, Lincoln Park Jewish Center, Long Island Temples and Synagogues, Long Island JCRC - Cluster of 25 Synagogues, Ma'ayanot Yeshiva HS, Magen David Yeshivah Elementary, Magen David Yeshivah HS, Maimonides Academy, Los Angeles CA, Manhattan Day School and the Manhattan Jewish Experience.

 

Additional groups include Marks JCH of Bensonhurst, Marlboro Jewish Center, Mashadi Youth Committee of UMJCA, Merrick- Bellmore Jewish Community Council, Monmouth County Cluster Beth Ahm Ner Tamid, Moriah School of Englewood, Mount Sinai Jewish Center, National Conference of Shomrim Societies, New Israel Fund, North East Queens Jewish Community Council, North Shore Hebrew Academy, North Shore Hebrew Academy HS, Orthodox Union Yachad NCSY, Park Avenue Synagogue , Park East Day School, Park Slope Jewish Center, Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, RAJE-Russian American Jewish Experience, Ramaz School, Rambam Mesivt Shalhevet HS for Girls, Rjeneration, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, Russian Speaking Jewish Community Cluster, SAR Academy HS, SHAI-Sephardic Hebrew Alliance, Shulamith School for Girls of Brooklyn, Shulamith School for Girls Long Island, Skaters and Bladers in Memory of JJ Greenberg, Solomon Schechter of Bergen County, Solomon Schechter of Queens, Solomon Schechter of Manhattan, Solomon Schechter of Monmouth County, Solomon Schechter of Nassau County, Solomon Schechter of Raritan Valley, Solomorn Schechter of Westchester, Stand With Us, Staten Island JCC, Temple Beth Abraham of Tarrytown, Temple Beth Ahm of Monmouth County, Temple Israel of Great Neck, Temple Sholom, Torah Academy of Bergen County, Tzomfim Tzabar, UJA-Federation of Northen New Jersey, Union Temple of Brooklyn, United Jewish Communities of Metrowest, USY- United Synagogue Youth, Westchester Day School, Westchester Hebrew High School, Westchester Jewish Council, Yavneh Academy, YBH of Passaic Hillel, Yeshiva at the Jersey Shore Ashkenazi community, Yeshiva Derech HaTorah, Yeshiva Har Torah, Yeshiva of Central Queens, Yeshivah of Flatbush HS, Yeshiva of Northern Jersey, Yeshiva University High School Undergrad Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshivat Noam, Yeshiva RamBam, Young Judaea Hadassah, Zionist Organization of America and Zvi Dov Roth Yeshiva Rambam.

There will be dozens of floats and marching bands taking part in Celebrate Israel 2011. The Grand Marshall of the parade will be Joseph Sitt a New York real estate developer and CEO of Thor Equities and Chair, Thor Urban Property Funds.

Representing the State of Israel will be Yuli Edelstein, Israel Minister of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs.

The Salute to Israel Parade has its origins back in 1964, when thousands gathered together to walk down Riverside Drive in support of the young State of Israel. This impromptu walk eventually evolved into tradition; moving to Fifth Avenue as the Salute to Israel Parade. Over the years it has become the world's largest gathering in celebration of Israel and its people attracting worldwide media coverage.


Photo: Israel News Agency

The Parade enables the tri-state community to come together in a non-partisan, apolitical show of unity and solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Israel.

The Celebrate Israel Parade will be broadcast live on June 5 from 12 - 2 pm in New York on MY9 and in Israel on MAKO and YNET.

The Israel News Agency will be reporting live and will be posting updates on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Jewish Community Relations Council of NY is responsible for having coordinated Celebrate Israel 2011.


 




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