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How to Celebrate Israel's 60th Anniversary

Friday, May 02, 2008
Related Tags: israel | ha'atzmaut | yom | israeli | jewish
 

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

  • Information about Israeli trips and products
  • Access to a Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration
  • Step 1:
    Visit Israel. Reading and learning about Israel is one thing; seeing it for yourself is something else entirely. If you would like to travel with a group, a number of synagogues and organizations are hosting special anniversary trips.
  • Step 2:
    Support the State of Israel. Even if you can't travel to Israel yourself, you can still support the state in a number of ways. These ways include buying Israeli products, making donations to Israeli organizations and/or becoming politically active.
  • Step 3:
    Become educated, or educate others. No matter what your background, there is always something more you might learn about some aspect of Israel, whether about it's history, it's customs, or the current political situation. If you are a Jewish educator, this is certainly an opportunity to focus on Israel in your classrooms (and if you are a layperson, you might still educate others informally).
  • Step 4:
    Attend Yom Ha'atzmaut services or celebrations. Even outside of the State of Israel, many Jewish communities host celebrations and religious services on Yom Ha'atzmaut, the actual anniversary of Israel's independence, which is now a formal Jewish holiday. Find out about such celebrations in your area and participate in them whole-heartedly.

Tips & Warnings

  • Celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut and recognizing the historical and religious import of Israel's independence is not the same as supporting every decision of the Israeli government. No matter what your politics when it comes to the difficult question of peace in the Middle East, you can still support Israel and celebrate this milestone in some capacity.

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