A female Israeli soldier places flowers and flags on the graves of Jews killed in the battle for Jerusalem during Israel’s 1948 War of Independence on the eve of Memorial Day, Yom Hazikaron, at a ...

The Nova Festival was meant to be a joyous sunrise celebration of music and peace near Kibbutz Re’im. Instead it became one of the darkest tragedies of October 7 2023, when Hamas terrorists brutally ...

For those living in the diaspora, it can be hard to observe Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s annual memorial day for its 24,068 fallen soldiers, which begins on Tuesday evening. A new program aims to bring ...

Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, is observed on April 29-30 this year, paying tribute to those who gave their lives to build and protect the modern State of Israel. It is a day of intense ...

Once again, Yom HaZikaron — our day of remembrance for soldiers who lost their lives in a conflict that should have ended long ago — is upon us. And some bereaved Israelis like myself, having lost ...

Every year on Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Remembrance Day), Israelis are united under a shroud of mourning, honoring those who died to ensure the independence of Israel and the safety of its citizens.

Emotional mechanisms send orders to my cognitive mechanisms to shut up. The week between Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers and ...

Northwestern Hillel hosted a Yom HaZikaron ceremony for Israel Memorial Day on Monday as part of the organization’s Israel Peace and Reflection Week programming. The holiday traditionally honors those ...

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Shlomo Toaff, father of Captain Daniel Mimon Toaff z"l, talks spoke with Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about his personal and national struggle on the first Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Fallen ...