Memorial day
‘Enough is enough!’: Holy sites bill sparks religious power struggle - analysis
A bill amending the Law for the Protection of Holy Places passed a preliminary vote, boosting the Chief Rabbinate’s authority and reigniting debate over religion, state power, and Diaspora ties.
Healing beyond borders: A journey into the Dominican Republic’s US Veterans Village - opinion
Two dead, nine injured in Philadelphia shooting, police say
Honoring fallen friends: Soldier’s mark tributes to fallen friends through service and memory
Remembrance - celebrating life in these times
Beit Avi Chai is certainly offering “something” for this Remembrance Day, as it has for the past eight years.
Blue-white programming for Remembrance and Independence days
Honoring Holocaust victims with personalized memorial candles
As this Holocaust Memorial Day it is impossible to hold large events due to coronavirus, Our 6 Million is starting an initiative to honor the deceased together, while staying apart.
Memorial Day ceremonies to take place without audiences
In place of local ceremonies, IDF soldiers will hold a candlelight vigil as well as a salute by a commander and military cantor saying the kaddish.
Book review: Revelatory reunions
Richard Russo’s novel ‘Chances Are…’ is a beguiling, surprising reunion of college friends.
U.S. army veterans celebrate Memorial week with Yom Kippur War hero
“We were ready to participate in the occupation of Japan, but they dropped the H bomb and the war was basically over,” Jack Krasner told In Jerusalem.
Activist pens moving tribute for Jewish-Ethiopian Memorial Day
The head of the Fidel Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel remembers her lost loves ones.
Cemetery visitors 'lift the load of the bereaved' on Remembrance Day
“It still hurts,” Berg said as he stood by her grave in the Kfar Etzion cemetery on Israel’s Remembrance Day and spoke of his grief with a group of visiting teenagers.
Remembrance Day overseas: IDF reservists share Israel’s story to the world
My Truth has documented tens of testimonies from reservists in recent months describing the use of human shields to carry out terror attacks and other human rights violations.
One Family hosts Memorial Day ceremony for victims of Terror
The ceremony, now in its 10th year, creates a safe space for families of terror victims in which to mourn.
