Yom hazikaron

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

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

Chaim Malespin with his family.

‘Do not forget the fighters’: Chaim Malespin marks Israel’s 78th Independence Day


Learning Torah together in memory of our fallen soldiers

When a family learns together in memory of IDF soldiers, it says, "In this house, we study and cherish the IDF fallen."

Israeli soldiers pray at the Western Wall.

Afikim and Olami launch website to educate on lives of fallen IDF soldiers

In addition to learning about the lives of Israel's fallen IDF soldiers, visitors can also perform a positive deed.

Yom HaZikaron Mount Herzl 1 390

For bereaved families, it's a Memorial Day like no other, despite COVID-19

"I’m with his memory today, without a lot of people looking at me. I can hug his grave as much as I want."

Soldiers saluting graves ahead of Israel Memorial Day at Mount Hertzl

Her uncle died in Lebanon; 38 years later, she's a bereaved family officer

“I hope that when I become an officer in July the corona emergency will be over and they can come to my graduation ceremony and be proud of me,” the soldier added.

Noam Tsubara, who comes from a bereaved family and is in training to become bereaved family liaison non-commissioned officer.

Join 24 Hours of global learning in honor of fallen IDF soldiers

A special textbook and Hebrew and English website allows every Jew to register, and their place of study will be "lit up" on the map on the site.

Mount Herzl Miltary Cemetary

Dan Hamaccabim Project launches domestication program of memorial flower

The Dan Hamaccabim Project is a non-profit organization funded both by private and public donations devoted to growing, conserving and distributing the Dan Hamaccabim flower.

A civilian and a soldier wearing the memorial flower

For bereaved families, every day is Remembrance Day

On all other days, I remember watching him gel his hair, preparing for an all-nighter with his friends, as well as horsing around with his siblings on the living-room couch.

THE GRAVE of IDF soldier Ari Weiss killed by Hamas terrorists during a gunfight in Nablus in 2002.

Lone Soldier Center to host virtual Remembrance Day ceremony on Facebook

The event will include an array of prominent guests, such as President Reuven Rivlin, former UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sachs, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman

Yom Hazikaron cerremony

Remembrance - celebrating life in these times

Beit Avi Chai is certainly offering “something” for this Remembrance Day, as it has for the past eight years.

Inbal Ochyon's ‘The Melody of His Life’

Independence Day and Remembrance Day: Two days that define life in Israel

When the long day of mourning draws to a close, as sunset merges with night, a siren is sounded and suddenly there is laughter and music and fireworks, as Israel begins to celebrate.

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