My first parade was last year. It was a beautiful day. I joined friends from one of the minyans I attend, and we watched about 3 hours of parade, bought food from Central Park concession stands, schmoozed, and cheered and critiqued floats and costumes and signs as they passed by. There were estimated half a million people along the route, with over 100 participating organizations from all over the East Coast, from the entire spectrum of Jewish life (except maybe the anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox).
Asparagirl wrote a parade report last year. The photos give you a good idea of what it was like.
UPDATE: Predictably, some anti-Israel protests are planned both at the parade and in front of the UN.
9:00AM-1:00PM Forum at the United Nations, 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor conference room. Justice in Palestine: The Responsibility of the UN and the International Community Keynote address by professor Edward Said, Columbia University. Presentations by Cindy Corrie, Rabab Abdulhadi, Starhawk, Nadia Hijab and Simona Sharoni. RSVP: pjsa@evergreen.eduOn June 5th I will be on my way to a Shavuot retreat upstate. But if any pro-Israel demos are planned for that day, send me the info and I'll post it here before I go.
2:00--4:00PM Vigil in Solidarity with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in front of the United Nations. Contact: Simona Sharoni, SharoniS@evergreen.edu
UPDATE: A report on the parade, and a personal encounter.
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