Tag: Yom Hazikaron
Resolve and optimism between Yom Hashoah and Israel’s national holidays
When I was debating whether to join a command course in the army, my late grandmother Esther told me, “In Auschwitz, we didn’t volunteer. We always tried to hide in the back.”
This advice was...
Israel commemorates fallen heroes as state marks Memorial Day
Israel began marking Memorial Day on Monday night as a one-minute commemorative siren sounded across the country.
Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty in the past year, and an additional 86 disabled...
‘I can spit on the canal,’ radioed first tank to reach the Suez in...
David Caspi still remembers the signal phrase 56 years later: “red blanket.” At the time, he could not have known that when he led his tank unit—Division 200—towards the Suez Canal, the conflict would...
Grieving together for our fallen heroes
This year, Israel’s annual Remembrance Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel will have a special meaning.
At the height of a polarizing political storm, we will all pause for a day...
Israeli court orders government to let Palestinians attend Memorial Day event
Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, overruled Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday and ordered him to allow Palestinians to cross the Green Line to attend an annual joint Memorial...
Yair Lapid to boycott Israel’s main Independence Day ceremony
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said on Wednesday that he plans to boycott the traditional torch-lighting ceremony marking the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day celebrations.
Israel on April 25-26 will mark its 75th...
Communal leaders request Israel to commemorate global Jewish terror victims
Heads of major Jewish organizations, led by the Jewish Agency for Israel, delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calling on the Israeli government to designate those killed in anti-Semitic incidents outside...
WZO chairman calls for Israel Memorial Day recognition for global victims of anti-Semitic terror
The chairman of the World Zionist Organization has sent Israel’s prime minister a letter requesting official Yom Hazikaron, Israeli Memorial Day, recognition for the victims of anti-Semitic attacks outside the Jewish state, according to...
Herzog: ‘No one asked fallen sons and daughters who was right-wing, who was left’
Israel began marking the Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism on Tuesday evening when, at 8 p.m., a one-minute siren rang out throughout the country, causing all to stop in silence.
The central ceremony...
Israel extends its embrace to bereaved families living abroad
As Israel prepares to mark Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism on Tuesday evening, representatives from the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s Family and International Connections Unit—a part of the Department of...