Join the celebration!

The UWS Celebrates Israel, powered by the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan and the Upper West Side's synagogues, schools, and Jewish organizations, invites everyone to come together for a neighborhood-wide celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day. Made possible by UJA-Federation.

Sunday, May 5, 11am - 5:30pm
UWS Celebrates Israel
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
257 West 88th St., between Broadway and West End Avenue

There will be music, dancing, cooking demonstrations, wine tasting, learning opportunities, discussions, a street fair and more!

Come on over for a day of fun, including Israeli bands and dancing, a kosher food extravaganza featuring food trucks and vendors, arts and crafts, places for kids to bounce and climb, dual-language children's theater and face-painting, Israeli crafts for sale, and more!

Click here for a run-down of the day's events and to register.

Tuesday, May 7 at 7pm
Tekes Yom Hazikuron
JCC of Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue, @ 76 Street

Join us as we mark Yom Hazikaron and memorialize the fallen soldiers of the state of Israel, led by the Shinshinim and Shlichut program, IAC and Chofshi B'Manhattan.

Wednesday, May 8
Tekes Maavar
Details to follow.

Thursday, May 9, 5 - 8pm
Israeli Beach Cafe Party
at Ellington in the Park (Riverside Park @ 105 Street)

CANCELLED DUE TO PREDICTED INCLEMENT WEATHER.