Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israel Independence Day)

These landmarks across the US lit up blue and white for Israel’s Independence Day

The Israeli-American Council is promising a “wild and crazy” time in Hebrew at a New York City street fair in Times Square on Sunday.

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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.

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.

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

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

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Pittsburgh Jewish leader to light torch at Israel Independence Day ceremony

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

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

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

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

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