Israel Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron)

Israel’s national anthem played at Dutch military cemetery as both nations honor fallen troops

The gesture coincided with the Dutch and Israeli memorial day but was meant to honor Jewish resistance fighters, a local rabbi said.

By Cnaan Liphshiz May 4, 2022 12:33 pm

For Yom Hazikaron, 5 ways to stream Israel’s Memorial Day services from home

This year, a range of programs and memorial services are being livestreamed, and geared toward English-speaking audiences.

April 13, 2021 7:30 am

Ideas

We Israelis couldn’t visit our loved ones’ graves this Memorial Day. Still, we remember.

It’s an opportunity to pause from the ceremonies and ritual to dedicate some time to thinking about our fallen loved ones and what they could have been.

April 28, 2020 11:40 am

Sirens wail throughout Israel at start of Memorial Day — then there was a Western Wall ceremony with no audience

By Marcy Oster April 27, 2020 1:12 pm

Israel will be under lockdown for Memorial and Independence days

By Marcy Oster April 22, 2020 3:33 pm

Pittsburgh and Poway victims honored at Jewish Agency’s Memorial Day ceremony in Israel

By Marcy Oster May 8, 2019 9:06 am

Israelis on Memorial Day mourn nation’s 23,741 soldiers killed in service

By Marcy Oster May 7, 2019 1:42 pm

Israel’s Defense Ministry rejects visit of bereaved Palestinians for joint Memorial Day program

By Marcy Oster May 3, 2019 9:47 am

Israel remembers its fallen soldiers on Memorial Day

April 17, 2018 3:51 pm

Film chronicling 3 wounded Israeli soldiers to help high school students connect on Yom Hazikaron

February 4, 2018 2:52 pm

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