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Great ideas
for games
and parties
to celebrate
Israel's 49th.

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ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM EDITOR

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t isn't often that you actually
want to get the blues.
But there's plenty you can do
with blue (along with a healthy
dose of white, of course) to cele-
brate Israel's independence, on
S Iyar, which this year falls on
May 12.
Begin by having your family
deck themselves entirely in
blue-and-white clothing, every-

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thing from shoes to neckties to
hair barrettes.
Next, start your day off with
blue cereal or eggs (now, don't
those sound appetizing?).
They're easy enough to make by
adding a few drops of blue food
coloring to your milk or scram-
bled eggs. If fruit is more your
style, you can always top off that
healthy slice of melon with a

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heaping dollop of sugar-filled,
blue whipped cream. How ut-
terly appetizing.
To carry the theme through-
out the day, consider an all-
white meal for lunch: rice and
pasta are two ideas.
Then for dinner, how about a
completely blue-and-white ban-
quet of pancakes topped with
blueberries and whipped cream

or vanilla ice cream? (Incidental-
ly, a few drops of blue food col-
oring mixed in with the batter
will leave you with blue pan-
cakes.) Or, you could make a
regular pizza dough (this is the
white) topped with blueberries.
Next, consider decorating
your home in blue-and-white
streamers and homemade flags
of Israel.