Yom hazikaron

A love letter to Israel: Reflections on Memorial Day from Eilat - opinion

On Memorial Day, a personal reflection from Eilat on the love for Israel - its landscapes, its people, and the unique challenges and beauty that make it one of a kind.

 The Israeli flag.
OU Israel Independence Day event for English-speakers at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026.

OU Independence Day event in Jerusalem sees about two thousand participants

Chaim Malespin with his family.

‘Do not forget the fighters’: Chaim Malespin marks Israel’s 78th Independence Day

A Memorial Day ceremony at the Jerusalem Theater, honoring the memory of the Lone Soldiers who fell since October 7th

Memorial Day ceremony honors 47 fallen lone soldiers since October 7


Israel's Remembrance Day to honor 5,229 terror victims and 25,417 fallen soldiers

Since 1851, terrorist attacks and hostilities have left  behind 4,753 orphans, 1,058 widows and widowers, 6,155 brothers and sisters, and 2,346 bereaved parents.

An Israeli soldier stands during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, at an installation at the site of the Nova festival where party goers were killed and kidnapped during the October 7 massacre by Hamas terrorists, in Reim, southern Israel, May 6, 2024.

Honoring Israel’s Fallen on Yom HaZikaron at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem

WATCH: Ceremony for Israel’s English-speaking community to be held on April 29 at 18:45.

 The Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem

True face of Israel is found in the torch held by inspirational heroes - editorial

They are the true face of Israel. And what a beautiful face it is.

Torch lighting ceremony at Mount Herzl

A memorial of stickers: The modern vigil for Israel's fallen

The modern vigil for Israel’s fallen: the walls of Israel are covered with the many faces that represent the price of living as a free people in our land. 

Close-up of a sticker mosaic, one of many.

Masa Israel Journey Hosts World’s Largest English-Language Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

This year's "We Are One" ceremony reflected the organization's collective mourning and resilience.

 Masa Israel Journey hosted 16th annual Yom HaZikaron ceremony at Yad L’Shiryon in Latrun, Israel

Israel’s anglo community to mark Remembrance Day in Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Post, the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization (IDFWO), the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, and the Margaret and Sylvan Adams Family Foundation will hold a special ceremony on Sunday.

 2023 Yom Hazikaron Ceremony for the English-Speaking Community

Yad Labanim head: Keep arguments out of cemeteries on Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day this year will be more painful than ever, don't sully it with division, says Ben-Shem.

People stand still in Tel Aviv, as a two-minute siren is sounded across Israel to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 6, 2024

David fell on Oct. 7. His wife will honor him at Remembrance Day event 

Anat Meir will light the torch at the Yom Hazikaron Ceremony for English speakers organized by the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization, The Jerusalem Post, and the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem.

 Anat and David Meir with their baby.

A joint memorial service is needed this year more than ever - opinion

Change starts with the ability to hear, feel, and acknowledge the pain of the other. This is our mission in the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony, this year more than ever.

 A RECORD crowd of over 15,000 attended last year’s 18th Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial event, held in Tel Aviv.

Cabinet to approve Oct. 7 memorial day during meeting on Sunday

It is proposed that every year on Tishrei 24 there will be a national memorial day to commemorate the events that took place on October 7, including a state ceremony.

 Pictures of Israelis who were murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova festival placed outside the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 7, 2024