Parades are used to celebrate and raise spirits. I have never been in one, but I have seen a few. One year, I even sold balloons with my cousin at the Santa Claus Parade in Toronto. We made about ten dollars apiece in profits, which was not bad for a couple of hours of work, the hardest part of which was dealing with a spinning head from hyperventilating while blowing up the balloons. 

The last couple of weeks have had parades being planned, talked about and participated in. And not. Jerusalem had its Gay Pride Parade last week (Thursday), the one in Tel Aviv is this week (Friday). The two that got the most attention, however, were not in Israel, though support for Israel was the purpose. New York’s Israel Day Parade and the Walk with........

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