Israel Is…

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!