The Ma’ale Adumim Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations
will start Wednesday night, May 8.

The Hebrew flyers are posted below the English announcements.

May 8, 2019 – Eve of Independence Day

19:00 – Outside Mitzpe Nevo Yeshiva High School
Devrei Torah, kidergarden performances, flag dance,
lighting the torches, Maariv

19:00 – Sde Chemed – Mincha
performances, booths, dancing

20:00-23:00 – Israel Independence Day Celebrations
Location: Central Park

21:00 – Einat Sarouf and Hatikva 6 will be the
featued performers in Central Park

There will also be performances by Matnas groups.

There will be two fireworks rounds in Ma’ale Adumim.
The fireworks will take place around 9:00pm and 10:30pm

Derech Hagai (street near the fireworks rocket launches)
will be closed twice between 20:45-21:15 and 22:15-22:45

May 9 – Yom Ha’atzmaut

Between 11:03am and 11:12am the Israel Air Force planes
are scheduled to fly over Ma’ale Adumim.
The aircraft include the “Adir” F35I fighter

On Yom Ha’atzmaut, the Hayaaran Forest picnic area will be
open for picnics from 9:00am to 4:00pm . There will be
inflatable children’s structures and activities.
There will also be army and fire department exhibitions.

The entrance to the the area (by car) is located on the
right side on the highway 3/4 down the mountain traveling
from Jerusalem to Ma’ale Adumim.

There will be hourly bus rides to the picnic area starting at 9am.
The bus will pickup people every whole hour at city hall.

FYI: Per the Hebrew newspaper, today there are 9,800 households
in Ma’ale Adumim with a population of around 40,800.

This week I added several new cool Israel videos
to the large Israel video list (over 600) at:
https://jr.co.il/videos/israel-videos.htm

Enjoy!