Celebrating Israel!

: Students and faculty members from Ben Porat Yosef in Paramus.

: Ben Porat Yosef

: Students from Ma’ayanot.

: Ma’ayanot.

: Students from the Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey in River Edge.

: Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey.

: Teachers and students from the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School in Livingston.

: Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School

: Students from the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County in New Milford.

: Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County.

: Students and faculty from the Moriah School of Englewood.

: Moriah School

: Students from the Frisch School in Paramus.

: Frisch School

: Students and faculty from the Golda Och Academy in West Orange.

: Golda Och Academy

: Boys and girls from the Yavneh Academy in Paramus.

: Yavneh Academy

: Boys from the Torah Academy of Bergen County in Paramus.

This past Sunday, as it does one spring Sunday in every non-pandemic year, the Celebrate Israel parade marched up Fifth Avenue. (Many of us, though, still do remember it as Salute to Israel, although fewer of us have any idea why the name was changed.)

The politics might have been even more fraught than usual this year, but it didn’t dampen the obvious joy that filled the marchers, and it was a gorgeous day to be out, distilled essence of glorious late spring.

Many of the local day schools sent contingents of marchers, and then most of them sent us photos.

Here are photos of some local students. Enjoy!