I went to the Israel Day Parade yesterday afternoon. It was a beautiful day, perfect for a parade and just generally to spend the day outdoors. The Salute to Israel Parade is really a great event to attend not just because its upbeat but because of how family oriented it is; this is technically a parade but in reality its really a chance for people in general and kids in particular to get a chance to really let loose tons of energy and enthusiasm concerning Israel, a place that is very central to Jewish Identity.
Here are some pictures that I took. (Here are my comments on the Parade in 2007; I missed the parade last year although for the life of me I can't remember why...) :
The theme of the parade this year was the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Tel Aviv.
Here was the Yiddish Book Center Float; I can't really say that I know Yiddish beyond a few words here and there but while I am glad beyond belief that Hebrew was revived as the national language of Israel, I have a nostalgia for Yiddish. It is a language like no other and certainly an attitude and outlook towards life, a love of life that I'm glad to have as a part of myself.
Now this was really a sight; this was the Fire Department playing Hava Nagila on the Bagpipes! I'm kinda sorry I forgot to bring my video camera with me... :-)
This float really caught my eye. While we're all trying to catch up with the future, we live in a present thats flies by without notice.
Here's the same school as above only this time with the message in Hebrew.
And last but not least, this here was my alma mater marching by; yes I am a proud graduate of Brooklyn College both as an undergraduate and then again a couple years later as a graduate student.
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