Left: Flag wavers Estee Levi, 11, of Southfield and Heather
Grossman, 11, of Oak Park get into the spirit of Yom
HaAtzmaut at Akiva.

Left: Rachel Lory of
Farmington Hills lights candles
on two cakes to celebrate Israel's
57th anniversary of independ-
ence at the party at
Hash browns.

Left: Dancing the
night away, more than
100 local Israelis gath-
ered for a celebration
of Yom HaAtzmaut.

• Elana Lehein, 7, Danielle Lehady, 8,
twins Shira and Noah Meirovitz, 5, and
Sofia Eisenbeser, 7, all of Ann Arbor, listen
to the live music at Celebrate Israel! at the
Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw
County.

TIN

5/19

2005

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