Memorial day

From Remembrance Day to Independence Day as a new immigrant to Israel - opinion

Yom HaAtzmaut follows on the heels of Israel’s somber and sobering Day of Remembrance. This year, we had the honor to attend such a service with our friends from Nes Harim.

People visit the graves of Israeli soldiers at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, days before Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).
 The Israeli flag.

A love letter to Israel: Reflections on Memorial Day from Eilat - opinion

Marco Sermoneta arrives at the Ninth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

'Shame, disgrace': Israeli diplomat in US heckled at Silicon Valley Memorial Day ceremony

OU Israel Independence Day event for English-speakers at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026.

OU Independence Day event in Jerusalem sees about two thousand participants


Father of fallen soldier gives back by aiding IDF lone soldiers

In 2013, Tzvika Goldman began helping them through "Benji's House," a home for lone combat soldiers.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY mourn at the funeral of American lone soldier Alex Sasaki at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, in March.

Because of Yair's unique personality, everyone wanted to eternize him


Make Remembrance Day meaningful by visiting these memorial locations

Although Israel is a pretty young and geographically small country, it is home to countless sites and monuments created in memory of Israelis who lost their lives in service to the state.

Sayeret Shaked Park

'Path of the Fallen' walks the land Israel's heroes died for

These upcoming tours will cover the nation's most important landmarks in an attempt to follow the footsteps of the soldiers and victims who sacrificed their lives to protect them.

YOUTH FROM all over the world gather for the annual March of the Living during Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2017.

After COVID, Gantz calls on families to attend Memorial Day ceremonies

According to the agreed upon outlines, nuclear families will be allowed to enter military cemeteries on Memorial Day.

MOURNING AT Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery on Memorial Day, on May 8, 2019

Coronavirus overshadowing US Memorial Day events as death toll nears 100K

Authorities in California announced on Monday that retail with in-store shopping and places of worship may now open.

A U.S. Army Old Guard member carries small American flags to place in front of the headstones of U.S. service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 21, 2020.

The coronavirus chronicles

One day when the coronavirus threat recedes and things return to normal, if I begin to forget what life was like during this bizarre period, I may want to look back at some of my diary entries...

ON APRIL 18, the writer’s birthday, her granddaughter makes her a cake and the grandkids sing happy birthday from the other side of the garden fence.

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day – a confused message

The joint ceremony staggers under the weight of its own confused message as a manifestation of grief.

Aisha El-Rabi’s husband Yaakub speaks at the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

Israel, Dutch philharmonic orchestras to perform joint memorial concert

The performance will be available, at 1 p.m., on the Facebook pages and other digital platforms of both orchestras.

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Coping with Remembrance Day, comparing the day before, the day after

The sirens can be heard across the land from one end to the other. It does not change the gravitas of the unique silence of Remembrance Day.

A Haredi soldier honoring the memory of those who died in the wars of the nation