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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/38210/full/38210/oranges-in-the-garden-school-art-project-honors-tel-avivs-citrus-fruit/ <br /><br /> <b>Oranges in the garden: School art project honors Tel Aviv’s citrus fruit</b> <br /> Thursday, May 28, 2009 | by stacey palevsky <br /><br /><p>For the first time at Israel in the Gardens, larger-than-life sculptures of Tel Aviv’s famous fruit will be scattered around Yerba Buena Gardens.</p> <p>The “oranges” will be displayed thanks to the collective effort and creativity of congregational and day schools around the Bay Area, and the Israel Education Initiative, a partnership between the Bureau of Jewish Education and the S.F. Israel Center.</p> <p>Students will be decorating exercise balls in honor of Tel Aviv’s centennial.</p> <p><img alt="ISGorange project" class="left" height="221" src="/images/uploads/z_photos_2009/zc05_29_09/ISGorange project.jpg" title="ISGorange project" width="216" />About 30 oranges will be scattered throughout Yerba Buena Gardens.</p> <p>“We wanted to bring schools, kids and families to Israel in the Gardens and do it in a way that involves participation, not just to come and be a passive observer,” said Ilan Vitemberg, director of the Israel Education Initiative.</p> <p>Every year, the Israel Education Initiative invites schools to participate in an art project. Last year students made posters for Israel’s 60th birthday.</p> <p>Students at Contra Costa Jewish Day School, with their art teacher Racheli Ben Shushan, are creating an orange modeled after Dizengoff Fountain, a Tel Aviv landmarks.</p> <p>The fountain, also known as the Fire and Water Sculpture, was created by artist Yaacov Agam, known for his three-dimensional, geographic art pieces. On the hour, every hour, music is played and the fountain rotates. At night, a flame emerges from the fountain’s water.</p> <p>To create the fountain-inspired orange, “We’ll be using materials to represent fire, water and light — the elements of the fountain and also of Tel Aviv,” said Mira Pilosof, director of Hebrew and Judaic studies at the school.</p> <p>CCJCC is one of up to a dozen area schools, synagogues and other groups that will be participating in the youthful endeavor.</p> <p>The project aims to teach students about Tel Aviv, in a creative way. After Israel in the Gardens, the oranges will serve as an enduring presence of Tel Aviv at each school.</p> <p> </p>

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