Blue and White All Over

Congregation Or Hadash in Sandy Springs took advantage of comfortable if gray Sunday weather to hold a communitywide festival celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut on April 30, a couple of days before the actual Israeli Independence Day. The celebration combined arts, crafts, music, food, lots of Israeli flags and, of course, a couple of camels. Photos by Eli Gray

: Rufus the camel has room for two youths to ride.

: It’s a short walk from feasting on FuegoMundo’s kosher best to spending some quality time with Play-Doh.

: Brian Schwartz goes green at the face-painting table.

: Ohad and Sivan Shatil take their turn atop Rufus.

: The flags flipping in the breeze leave no doubt which country is being celebrated.

: Itai Tsur, the senior director of the Atlanta Jewish Foundation, celebrates Israeli independence with the family.

: Where there’s a Jewish crowd, you’ll likely find Atlanta Jewish Music Festival Executive Director Russell Gottschalk helping people discover Jewish artists.