Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

Opinion

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.

By Aviad Friedman April 28, 2020 11:40 am

Matisyahu, Ben Platt and Joshua Malina to appear on virtual Israeli Independence Day celebration

Jewish community Independence Day celebrations in cities around the world have been canceled due to the coronavirus crisis.

April 27, 2020 10:12 am

Chabad rabbis order Nepal emissary to turn down Israel Independence Day honor

The movement’s rabbinical court in Israel told Chani Lifshitz that she did not have permission to participate, without giving any more details.

April 23, 2020 4:59 pm

Opinion

Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting – and emotionally manipulative

By Elana Sztokman May 9, 2019 11:19 am

Pittsburgh Jewish leader to light torch at Israel Independence Day ceremony

By Marcy Oster April 22, 2019 3:39 pm

Israel at 70: What women in Israel and the West learned from each other

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen April 12, 2018 12:10 pm

Opinion

Israel at 70: Israeli and Diaspora Jews are siblings living in very different homes

By Avital Hochstein April 10, 2018 10:01 am

Opinion

Israel at 70: How Israelis like me relate to a country that’s an ocean away

By Ofra Daniel April 9, 2018 3:49 pm

President of Honduras to light torch in Israel’s Independence Day ceremony

April 5, 2018 6:32 am

Opinion

Israel at 70: It’s time to reclaim the Z-word, Zionism

By Gil Troy April 3, 2018 1:06 pm

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Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

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

Matisyahu, Ben Platt and Joshua Malina to appear on virtual Israeli Independence Day celebration

Chabad rabbis order Nepal emissary to turn down Israel Independence Day honor

Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting – and emotionally manipulative

Pittsburgh Jewish leader to light torch at Israel Independence Day ceremony

Israel at 70: What women in Israel and the West learned from each other

Israel at 70: Israeli and Diaspora Jews are siblings living in very different homes

Israel at 70: How Israelis like me relate to a country that’s an ocean away

President of Honduras to light torch in Israel’s Independence Day ceremony

Israel at 70: It’s time to reclaim the Z-word, Zionism

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