In celebration of Yom Haatzmaut, Israel Independence Day, we asked people all around the DCJCC to complete this sentence.
ISRAEL IS…
a contemporary society.
full of delicious food.
a place I don’t know enough about.
a country.
a pillar of democracy in the middle east.
the size of New Jersey.
used as a political football.
green.
the place I was born.
an amazing country.
a safe haven.
a balagan.
simply a place where people live, work and raise their families. It is also never simply a place where people live, work and raise their families.
Jewish.
beautiful.
the homeland of the Jews.
diverse.
unsettled.
“What is” Israel to you?
Celebrate with us today with a fireworks show and a captivating rendition of Hatikva, Israel’s national anthem, from the Israeli group Teapacks.
Happy Birthday Israel!
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