Our Celebrate Israel Initiative provides programs and opportunities to inspire and reinforce pride in the State of Israel. It is an initiative created by JCRC-NY, in collaboration with UJA-Federation of New York, the Consulate General of Israel in New York and Israel’s Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs.

The keystone event is the Celebrate Israel Parade. The Parade is an annual event that has become the world’s largest gathering in a non-partisan show of solidarity with the land and people of Israel.

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New in 2011

• Celebrate Israel Parade  – For the first time the Parade was televised live and was also streamed live online so that tens of thousands around the world could watch.
• Celebrate Israel Run – JCRC-NY and NY Road Runners created the first Celebrate Israel Run on the morning of Parade Day. Over 6,000 runners ran a four-mile course in Central Park with special mile markers representing a journey from Eilat to Tel Aviv. A celebration with Israeli music, Israeli food, and a prize raffle followed the Run.
• Celebrate Israel Concerts & Events – Top-selling Israeli bands, Hadag Nahash and Beit Habubot,and Israeli singer of Ethiopian heritage, Israela Asago, were brought to New York to perform to enthusiastic crowds.