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Israel Day Parade 2009

May 31st, 2009 by

Schools that marched in Salute to Israel Day Parade down Fifth Avenue in New York City were TABC, HANC, Ramaz, Frisch, Heschel and Yeshiva of Central Queens. Organizations and companies included AMIT, Avi Chai Foundation, Yiddish Book Center, IDT, Jordache, and ShopRite.

Summer Stock Beach Items

May 31st, 2009 by

beach towel, sandals, bag

Nature in Native Plant Reserve

May 28th, 2009 by

Spiderwort, willow amnosia, buttercups, honeysuckle and red switch grass are all native plants in the Native Plant Reserve off River Road in Highland Park, New Jersey.

Flower Power Painting

May 27th, 2009 by

A watercolor painting of flowers by a six-year-old girl: her mother attempts to teach her to apply several different tones of color.

Blog Carnival News

May 27th, 2009 by

Kosher Cooking Carnival has pickled radishes, Benji hosted Haveil Havalim, a post of Holocaust minimalization, JPIX, and Summer Stock Sunday are blogosphere news.

Shavuot When One Learns All the Jews in One’s Town Were Killed

May 26th, 2009 by

On Shavuot one decorates one’s home and synagogue with flowers. In S.Y. Agnon story the main character learns of the murder of all his townspeople on Erev Shavuot, as his home and synagogue are beautifully decorated with flowers.