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US Lit Up Blue and White for Israel’s Independence Day By Ron Kampeas
Denver City Hall, Denver, Co. (Israeli-American Council)
Chapters of the Israeli-American Council, an advocacy and community outreach organization, worked with local authorities to light up town halls and landmarks in areas with large IsraeliAmerican concentrations. Other blue-and-white light exhibits were seen in Cleveland, Houston, Orlando, Atlanta, Denver and Hollywood, Florida, as well as a number of municipalities in New Jersey, and Rockville, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The coordinated event was a first for the Israeli-American Council and was a means of celebrating Independence Day, or Yom Haatzmaut, under pandemic conditions. There will be follow-up events throughout the weekend, including drive-through celebrations in a number of cities, culminating in the broadcast of a concert from Jerusalem on Sunday evening. One of the events will be a street fair Sunday in New York City’s Times Square with blue and white featured throughout the famed area, including a car parade with the vehicles decorated in those colors, confetti and 73 balloons for Israel’s birthday. On the council’s website, the Hebrew teaser for the midday event promises a “wild and crazy” time.
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Here are images from some of the participating cities:
The City Hall building in Houston, Texas (IsraeliAmerican Council)
The Guitar Hotel in Hollywood, Fla. (Israeli-American Council)
The Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, Ga. (Israeli-American Council)
The Leonard Zakim Bridge in Boston, Mass. (IsraeliAmerican Council)
Las Vegas City Hall (Israeli-American Council)
The Terminal Tower building in Cleveland, Ohio (Israeli-American Council)
www.thejewishlight.org
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