this afternoon I was at the Israel Independence Day festival at Penn’s landing in Philadelphia, facing the Delaware River. It was a fun occasion, I enjoyed roaming the grounds looking at the exhibits of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), the Jewish Relief Agency (JRA), Gratz College, JEVS, Camp Galil, and other fine organizations, along with the handcrafted jewelry, soaps, and ceramic pieces. I stayed with my colleges at the Philadelphia Jewish Voice, the online Jewish news magazine I write for; I helped hand out stickers with the magazine’s web address, blog.pjvoice,com. I hope everyone out there looks it up.