Memorial

WATCH: A son's tale of an Ammunition Hill hero

Alon Wald never met his father, a paratrooper killed at Ammunition Hill during the Six-Day War when Alon was just 10 months old. Today, he runs the memorial site where his father fell.

Soldiers praying at the Kotel in 2013.
People attend a commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp on January 27, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized, covered in green graffiti, police say

THE MURAL in honor of children killed in Iran by regional violence and unrest.

Israel honors children killed in Iranian unrest, Druze children killed by Hezbollah, with new mural

A memorial at a bus stop near Kibbutz Re'im.

The landscape of October 7: Should more be done to memorialize the massacre?


Fifty years without my father - opinion

My father, Abraham ben Odes and Fischel, died 50 years ago this week. To me it feels impossible that he’s been gone so long and yet is such a strong presence in my mind and heart.

 ABRAHAM SLOPAK, the writer’s father, 1933.

October 7 Families National Memorial to host two dozen artists

Hosted by Rotem Sela and Hanoch Daum, the ceremony will take place on Monday, October 7, in Yarkon Park, and over 20 artists have been scheduled to perform. 

 A flyer for the October 7 Families National Memorial Ceremony

Jerusalem commemorates 23rd anniversary of 9/11 in stunning ceremony

WATCH: Join Us in Remembrance. On 9/11, the world changed forever. 2,983 lives were lost.

 Remembering 9/11 - Tolerance over Terrorism JNF-USA

Netanyahu responsible for divide on October 7 ceremony, Likud MK says

"Holding a ceremony like this, in the midst of a war, while our soldiers are risking their lives, is a mistake in judgment even before we get on to discussing who is managing the ceremony."

Likud MK Moshe Saada speaks at the Knesset. June 25, 2024.

October 7 state ceremony to proceed in Ofakim despite widespread opposition

Controversy surrounds the October 7 state memorial in Ofakim, with many victim families and kibbutzim rejecting government involvement.

Miri Regev (L) A house at Kibbutz Nirim burned on October 7 in the Hamas attack. (Illustration)

More Israeli artists refuse to perform at October 7 memorial ceremony sparking controversy

Several Israeli artists refused to perform at the October 7 memorial, sparking controversy.

 View of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 2, 2023

Herzog proposes unity-focused October 7 ceremony at President's residence amid controversy

President Herzog's proposal came after multiple communities in the South affected by the October 7 massacre boycotted the state ceremony which will be led by Transportation Minister Miri Regev.

 President Isaac Herzog.

The vineyard of hope: Planting a vineyard in the wake of Oct. 7

'Mark my words, I will plant a vineyard in the name of those who perished.'

 YAAKOV HASAN with wife, Sapir, and the four children, including the family’s latest addition.

Making beers in memory of those killed on October 7

'Viewing the students’ creations strengthens our personal and community connection to the tragedy and creates opportunities for actual healing.'

 THE DESIGN for Fish Beer was the work of Rotem Moryosef, in memory of Amir Fisher, who fell defending Kfar Aza on Oct. 7.

Two anti-Israel activists arrested for vandalizing London Cenotaph protesting arms sales to Israel

Two anti-Israel activists were arrested for vandalizing the London cenotaph, placing a Palestinian flag and spray-painting.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags in Whitehall by the Cenotaph, during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, during a temporary truce between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain, November 25, 2023.