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Just a few days before Israeli Independence Day, 220 Jews from Ukraine became new citizens of Israel on May 6, 2019, arriving on three separate flights organized by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (Keren L’Yedidut). Photo by Noam Moscowitz.

Group of 220 new immigrants from Ukraine arrive before Israel Independence Day

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Just a few days before Israel Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut)—despite the fact that more than 600 rockets were fired at Israel over the weekend by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip—220 Jews...
Israeli flags placed by each tomb at the military cemetery of Netanya, ahead of the Israeli Memorial day for fallen soldiers, on May 7, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

A day to honor the memory of 23,741 of Israel’s fallen

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Events to commemorate the memories of 23,741 fallen soldiers and civilians began in Israel on Tuesday evening as part of Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism. According to the Defense Ministry’s Families...

From Yom Hashoah to Yom Ha’atzmaut – the New ‘High Holidays’ of Israel

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The Jewish national calendar of Israel is populated by new holidays that Israel has placed at the center of our national and Jewish consciousness and which define and set aside the most significant time...
Presentation of the Machal Citation by Maj. Gen. Michael Edelstein IDF

Citation honors U.S. volunteers in Israel’s 1948 war

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After 70 years, and considerable effort by the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, the volunteer veterans of Israel’s War of Independence were finally, officially, thanked by the State of Israel. A citation was presented...

Seeking names of Jewish officials, past and present

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In Sunday’s edition of the San Diego Union-Tribune, reporter Peter Rowe wrote an overview story about San Diego’s Jewish community entitled “Jewish San Diego: Unique Odyssey.”  The subhead of the article was “Pain, promise over a...
Dr. Shmuel Rosenman, founder and co-chairman of March of the Living, is flanked by Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon; Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog; U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; and a delegation of U.S. ambassadors and White House representatives headed by Friedman, including former Israeli Chief Rabbi Israel Lau, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, at the entrance to Birkenau during the 31st annual March of the Living. Credit: March of the Living.

March of the Living founder: ‘The only thing worse than Auschwitz is the world...

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On Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah) on May 2, under the theme “Say No to Anti-Semitism,” more than 10,000 Jewish and non-Jewish youth from 40 different countries, together with dozens of Holocaust survivors and dignitaries from around...
An illustrative photo of a patient receiving a measles vaccine in Israel. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

As the measles outbreak continues, Jewish community steps up education and vaccination efforts

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Tzali Freedman, 55, isn’t sure if he ever physically crossed paths with a visitor to his community of Oak Park, Mich., who was infected with the measles. But with a disease a virulent as...
Israelis stand still during a two-minute siren in memory of the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, on May 2, 2019, in Jerusalem. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90

Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019

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As they do every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israelis across the country stood at silent attention on Thursday morning as sirens wailed. On Wednesday evening, as Holocaust Remembrance Day began, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

WATCH: 2019 #WeRemember Campaign Summary

The 2019 #WeRemember Campaign undoubtedly reached, engaged, and educated more people than any Holocaust commemoration in history. Holocaust survivors will always remember. We will too. #WeRemember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0rtRiecfy8

A message of hope from Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel dedicated his life advocating for peace, humanity, truth, and helping other survivors emerge stronger after the devastation they experienced during the Holocaust. This is his message of hope. Holocaust survivors will always remember....