Английская Википедия:Celebrate Israel Parade

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Israeli flags flown at the parade

Celebrate Israel Parade (originally Youth Salute to Israel Parade then Salute to Israel Parade) is an annual parade in support of Israel that takes place along Fifth Avenue in New York. The parade travels north on Fifth Avenue from 57th Street to 74th Street.

According to the organizers of the parade, it is the largest gathering in the world in support of Israel. It has been held annually in New York City since 1964.

Contingents of marchers come from the New York metropolitan area as well as from other parts of the country Jewish day schools, Synagogues, Youth Groups, Hillels and other organizations including the Chai Riders Motorcycle Club. Marchers also include prominent local politicians. On the same day as the parade, although not officially associated with it is, festivities including a concert in Central Park where kosher food is offered by local vendors. The Empire State Building lights its tower lights in a blue and white.

History

In 1964 Haim Zohar, Charles Bick, Ted Comet, Alvin Schiff, and Dan Ronen worked together in order to plan a demonstration of American Jewish solidarity with Israel. They coordinated with the Manhattan Day School to march from their school to a theater on Broadway. This March was known as the Youth Salute to Israel Parade.

In 1965 David Ben Gurion visited New York. Thousands of people stood on 5th Avenue watching Ben Gurion, in an impromptu event. This later created parade route followed in future years.

In 2011, the parade was renamed the Celebrate Israel Parade in a launch event at the Edison Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan.

2020 saw the parade go virtual.

United Kingdom parade

In July 2007 the United Kingdom-based Jewish Leadership Council, together with other UK Jewish groups announced that a UK Salute to Israel parade would be held in Central London and Manchester on June 29, 2008 as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel. These events attracted over 45,000 people to simultaneous street parades followed by open air rallies in Trafalgar Square London and Heaton Park Manchester.

Parade history

Parade Number	Israel's Anniversary	Year	Date	Theme	Marchers	Notes
0	16	1964				Original Youth Salute to Israel Parade by Manhattan Day School
1	17	1965				Impromptu parade on 5th Avenue in honor of David Ben Gurion's visit
2	18	1966
3	19	1967				Shortly before the Six-Day War, drew a quarter-million people
4	20	1968
5	21	1969
6	22	1970
7	23	1971
8	24	1972
9	25	1973
10	26	1974
11	27	1975
12	28	1976
13	29	1977
14	30	1978
15	31	1979
16	32	1980
17	33	1981
18	34	1982
19	35	1983
20	36	1984
21	37	1985
22	38	1986
23	39	1987
24	40	1988
25	41	1989
26	42	1990
27	43	1991
28	44	1992
29	45	1993
30	46	1994
31	47	1995	May 21
32	48	1996
33	49	1997
34	50	1998
35	51	1999
36	52	2000
37	53	2001				Cancelled due to tragic events of 9-11
38	54	2002			100,000	750,000 spectators
39	55	2003
40	56	2004
41	57	2005
42	58	2006
43	59	2007
44	60	2008				First UK Salute to Israel parade
45	61	2009
46	62	2010
47	63	2011	June 5			Celebrate Israel Parade was renamed from Salute to Israel Parade
48	64	2012	June 3	Israel Branches Out…	35,000	First contingent of LGBT marchers.
49	65	2013	June 2	Picture Israel; The Art & the Craft	35,000
50	66	2014	June 1	50 Reasons to Celebrate Israel	35,000
51	67	2015	June 10	Israel Imagines	40,000	Knesset members Avraham Naguise, Yoav Ben-Tzur, Revital Swid, Ksenia Svetlova and Ofir Akunis led the parade with New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
52	68	2016	June 5	Sight, Sound & Spirit	30,000	Andrew Cuomo announced the signing off Executive Order 157, baring the BDS Movement
53	69	2017	June 4	Celebrate Israel Together	40,000	Opera star David Serero performed the U.S and Israel anthems for the opening of the parade. Andrew Cuomo prior to the parade officially declared it Shimon Peres Day.
54	70	2018	June 3	70 and Sababa! (70 & Awesome!)	50,000
55	71	2019	June 2	Only in Israel – Rak B’Yisrael	40,000	Theodore Comet, who created the parade, marched in the 2019 parade, marking the 55th anniversary of the parade. Comet was 95 at the time.
56	74	2022	May 22	Together Again – Kulanu B’Yachad	40,000
57	75	2023	June 4	Israel 75	40,000+

External links

• Celebrate Israel Parade
• UK Salute to Israel Parade 2008
• The Salute to Israel Parade – Marissa Gross Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs