Long Island smiles for Israel along a very soggy 5th Avenue

An estimated 40,000 people defied the weather on Sunday to march along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in an emphatic demonstration of their love and support for the Jewish state of Israel.

Scores of Long Island schools and religious instiututions participated, many deploying young marchers who appeared to relish their steadfastness in the face of downpours and threatened thunderstorms.

Smiling girls from the Shulamith school in Cedarhurst are pictured above; happy campers from DRS are at left.