Zimriyah Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Tel Aviv-Yafo

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Zimriyah our Annual Hebrew Song Festival Celebrates 100 Years of

Tel Aviv-Yafo at our "coffee house."

Temple Emanu-El Meeting House.

ZIMRIYAH is THIS Thursday, 2/11!

SPECIAL ZIMRIYAH SING-ALONG SONG FOR EVERYONE!
Join parents, staff, alumni, etc., and sing this beautiful, easy-to- learn, Israeli song about Tel-Aviv: “GAN HASHIKMIM” (“THE SYCAMORE GARDEN”).
This is a very special moment in the Zimriyah when our students listen to us sing. The students LOVE it! So learn the song and join the group! (We will have paper copies available)
Listen to song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1vvILEHvM
Lyrics to the song (In English and Hebrew)http://www.jcdsri.org/parentsong.pdf

Instructions for Zimriyah- February 11, 7:00 PM, Meeting House Temple Emanu-El

Arrival time

Students should be at school in their classes NO LATER THAN 6:45 P.M. for the 7 PM PERFORMANCES. Please enter the school through the main entrance on 85 Taft Street, not through the Temple. Homeroom teachers will be in the classes at 6:30 PM. Please, do not bring students to the Meeting House.

Dress Code

Boys should wear dark colored pants and a kippah held with a clip or bobby pin.

Girls should wear dark pants or skirts and shoes without open backs or extreme heels. For safety reasons, sneakers or rubber-soled shoes are best.

Zimriyah T-Shirts will be distributed to the children once they are in their classes.

Zimriyah raffle tickets will be sold at the Zimriyah-great prizes!

Zimriyah DVD’s ($15.00) may be ordered the night of Zimriyah or through Vicky.

Zimriyah tzedakah-Books for Bialik-Rogozin School in Tel- Aviv. At the Zimriyah we will collect money for the Bialik-Rogozin School to purchase books. This is a school serving a multicultural community of great needs. http://www.jewishjournal.com/israel/article/education_on_the_edge_the_bialik-rogozin_school_20090527/

Whether this is your first year or your tenth year, we know you will enjoy the concert and the Ice Cream social to follow.

L'hitraot

See you there!

ZIMRIYAH at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island

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SAVE THE DATE!
Zimriyah (Songfest) 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
7 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El

Zimriyah, our traditional song festival, is the biggest event of the year. Students and their families, teachers, staff, alumni and community members gather for a night of song and celebration.

This year we will honor the 100th Anniversary of Tel Aviv-Yafo.

Tel Aviv-YafoINFORMATION LAST YEAR'S ZIMRIYAH

PARENTS INVITED TO SING!

You are all invited to sing along in the Zimriyah (February, 11). This is fun and comes with zero pressure! These are the lyrics for the song “Gan Hashikmim” (Hebrew+ English transliteration + English translation) http://www.jcdsri.org/parentsong.pdf (also on our website )

You can listen to the music for this song at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY1vvILEHvM

If want to join a parent rehearsal (15 minutes tops!) at JCDS the dates are:
Wednesday, Feb 3 --8am drop off,

and/or Thursday Feb. 4--2:45 pm before pick up.

JOIN US!

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World Largest Tel Aviv Carpet of 500,000 Flowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZ43b6TnhY&feature=related
Designer Adi Yekutieli explains the project.

http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_me/2009-09-18/908837236992.html
See the carpet built in fast motion

http://www.worldsstrangest.com/unbelievable/world-largest-carpet-of-500000-flower/
Several photos taken from different angles.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoavlerman/3926518157/sizes/l/
Great photo! Can you identify some of the buildings?

http://www.delisr.ec.europa.eu/eu-news/index.cfm?aId=48&eId=11
Great nighttime photo!

ZIMRIYAH (Songfest) at JCDSRI-2/11/10

Zimriyah Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of Tel Aviv-Yafo

ZIMRIYAH at the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island