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Scenes from the Israel 64 Festival
More than 2,000 people attended the Weintraub Israel Center’s Israel 64 Festival on Sunday, May 6 at the Tucson Jewish Community Center. The theme of the festival was “Celebrate Jerusalem Together.” Along with the “Ben Yehuda Street” art fair and community exhibitors, the event featured a Tel-Aviv-style pool party, “Israel U” lectures by University of Arizona faculty, live performances by Israelis Robbie Gringras and Adam Mader, a Zumba exhibition, choir performances, Israeli foods, a Bedouin-style tent and coffee lounge, and children’s activities including a make-and-take bakery, a rock wall for climbing, inflatables and a train ride representing Jerusalem’s new light rail. (All photos by Mike Christopher photography except as noted)
![Israel Festival-bedouin tent](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083738/Jewish-Festival-101-e1337292532832.jpg)
![Israel Festival-crafts](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083738/Jewish-Festival-112-e1337292382685.jpg)
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![Israel Festival-rock climbing](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083739/Jewish-Festival-109.jpg)
![Israel festival - splash park](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083740/Jewish-Festival-106.jpg)
![Israel Festival-cai booth](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083738/Jewish-Festival-111.jpg)
![Israel Festival-crowd](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083737/Jewish-Festival-108.jpg)
![Israel Festival-shofar](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083738/Jewish-Festival-104-e1337292671638.jpg)
![Israel Festival - bake shop](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083741/Jewish-Festival-102.jpg)
![Israel festival - rabbi billy with kids](https://cdn-15011.jigsawanalyticsgroup.cloud/20240223083740/festival-rabbi-billy-with-kids-e1337291793779.jpg)