Memorial

Modi’in project with Rochester Jewish community turns fallen soldiers' stories into memorials

Marking 23 years of partnership at a time of global tension and anti-Israel animosity, the Rochester-Modi’in partnership demonstrates how Israeli-diaspora communities meet each other’s needs.

 Local Modi’in children visit the path honoring Yonah Betzalel Brief.
 New National Library of Israel building in Jerusalem, exterior.

National Library of Israel launches memorial book initiative ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins hundreds of union members and others in a Labor Day rally and march in Lower Manhattan near the September 11 Memorial site on September 08, 2026, in New York City.

'Don't show your face': 9/11 victims' families demand Mamdani skip World Trade Center ceremony

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters for a press conference to ask for the release of Federal Counterterrorism Funding in New York City, US, September 1, 2026.

Mamdani says 9/11 docs should be released to the public, ahead of 25th anniversary of terror attack


Netanyahu responsible for divide on October 7 ceremony, Likud MK says

"Holding a ceremony like this, in the midst of a war, while our soldiers are risking their lives, is a mistake in judgment even before we get on to discussing who is managing the ceremony."

Likud MK Moshe Saada speaks at the Knesset. June 25, 2024.

October 7 state ceremony to proceed in Ofakim despite widespread opposition

Controversy surrounds the October 7 state memorial in Ofakim, with many victim families and kibbutzim rejecting government involvement.

Miri Regev (L) A house at Kibbutz Nirim burned on October 7 in the Hamas attack. (Illustration)

More Israeli artists refuse to perform at October 7 memorial ceremony sparking controversy

Several Israeli artists refused to perform at the October 7 memorial, sparking controversy.

 View of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 2, 2023

Herzog proposes unity-focused October 7 ceremony at President's residence amid controversy

President Herzog's proposal came after multiple communities in the South affected by the October 7 massacre boycotted the state ceremony which will be led by Transportation Minister Miri Regev.

 President Isaac Herzog.

The vineyard of hope: Planting a vineyard in the wake of Oct. 7

'Mark my words, I will plant a vineyard in the name of those who perished.'

 YAAKOV HASAN with wife, Sapir, and the four children, including the family’s latest addition.

Making beers in memory of those killed on October 7

'Viewing the students’ creations strengthens our personal and community connection to the tragedy and creates opportunities for actual healing.'

 THE DESIGN for Fish Beer was the work of Rotem Moryosef, in memory of Amir Fisher, who fell defending Kfar Aza on Oct. 7.

Two anti-Israel activists arrested for vandalizing London Cenotaph protesting arms sales to Israel

Two anti-Israel activists were arrested for vandalizing the London cenotaph, placing a Palestinian flag and spray-painting.

 Demonstrators hold Palestinian flags in Whitehall by the Cenotaph, during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, during a temporary truce between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain, November 25, 2023.

Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam defaced with 'Gaza' graffiti, mayor calls for public's assistance

The Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam was vandalized with 'Gaza' graffiti, drawing condemnation from Dutch politicians and calls for witnesses to report the incident.

 Statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam. Taken in 2005

Australian War Memorial vandalized with Pro-Palestinian slogans

Canberra Police said that closed-circuit television images show that a masked-man in a black sweater and khaki pants had allegedly graffitied three areas at the memorial. 

 Alleged perpetrator of the June 14 defacement of the Australian War Memorial.

Armored ambulance campaign: Keeping memory of the fallen alive

How a new campaign is memorializing two heroic fallen soldiers/MDA volunteers.

 Maj. (Res.) Amishar Ben David