Metro
Hillel kin-
dergarten
students
Brandon
Rones of West
Bloomfield
and Joshua
Saperstein of
Huntington
Woods are
draped in blue
and white.
In unique blue and white hats, Hillel first-graders Casie Menuck of
Birmingham, Shay Finn of Farmington Hills, Lillian Beavers of Farmington
Hills and Naomi Silow of Huntington Woods display Israeli flags.
Hillel third-graders Allison VanDerAue of Farmington Hills,
Sarah Chynoweth of Livonia and Julia Diskin of Franklin with
blue and white balloons.
Blue And
White
Day schools mark Yom HaAtzmaut in
uniquely interactive celebrations.
16
April 29 • 2010
Shell Liebman Dorfman
Senior Writer
A
n evening that began with
guests following blue, chalk-
lined Stars of David and ended
with a dinner celebration had a unique
wedding in the middle.
Guests at Akiva Hebrew Day School's
April 20 Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli
Independence Day) festivities rejoiced
at the marriage of Yisraela (symbolizing
the land of Israel) and Ami (the people of
Israel).
With artwork depicting a bride and
groom, first- and second-grade classmates
walked down the aisle of the Southfield-
based school's sanctuary to begin the
wedding ceremony. In lieu of a ketubah
(Jewish marriage contract), the Israeli
declaration of independence was read. The
program included live music, songs and
readings by Akiva students dressed in blue
and white. It culminated with Israeli danc-
ing, complete with waving flags.
A wedding feast of Israeli falafel and
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