HOW WE CELEBRATE

• Learn about Israel’s history and the return to modern times
• Decorate with blue and white streamers
• Create a display with pictures of Israel
• Listen to Israeli music, contemporary and otherwise
• Start or contribute to a family or student Israel trip fund
• Serve the day’s meals (or at least breakfast) Israeli style, with hard boiled eggs, cheeses, good bread, tomato and cucumber salad, olives, humus and yogurt
• Invite someone who has been to Israel to speak about his/her trip
• Donate to a tzedakah organization in Israel that supports projects you believe in
• Invest in Israeli companies
• Have a birthday party for Israel
• Read books and poems by Israeli authors