Jewish Community News

News: May 2008

Israel@60 Festival at the Levy Family Campus

Nearly 3,000 people attended the Israel@60 Festival at the Levy Family Campus on Sunday, May 11. The festival, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence, featured youth choirs from Congregation Beth David and Congregation Shir Hadash, speakers from AIPAC and the Israel-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, a film, art exhibits, carnival games, bounce houses, a rock climbing wall, a kite-flying contest, booths representing local Jewish organizations, synagogues and schools, Judaica vendors, and food booths sponsored by local restaurants & businesses
     Other events during the week included a Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) ceremony and a Yom HaAtzma’ut (Israeli Independence Day) concert on May 7 at the Levy Family Campus; a sold-out film about Israel’s founding screened by the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival on May 8 at Camera 7 Cinema; a dance for 250 teens on May 10 in the APJCC Auditorium; and a variety of events sponsored by Silicon Valley Hillel at local college campuses.