The official poster for Yom Ha’atzmaut, 1974, was a collage of these amulets, each embroidered with the word, “Peace”. The prisoners were everywhere present-in-their-absence.

Interestingly, a proposed Knesset bill in 2012 proposed to simplify the structure of the celebration so that Yom Ha’Atzmaut would always fall on a Thursday, but the proposal failed because many ...

Do you know why we celebrated Yom Ha’atzmaut this week? Perhaps it is a strange question to ask, but it is a crucial one for British Jews. It helps us to explore our relationship with Israel ...

These days are complex and challenging, but on Yom Ha’atzmaut this year, I invite you to look forward with that same determination, creativity and daring of our State builders 72 years ago.

The late Rav Chaim Drukman ,zt'l, commented on this aspect of the Return of Malchut on Yom Ha'atzmaut. He notes that the Rambam says that we celebrate Hannukah because we overcame the Greek ...

Dr. Zach Goldsmith lights one of 12 torches Wednesday, April 26, 2023, during a Yom Ha'atzmaut carnival and torch lighting hosted by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley at the Jewish ...

In the Hallel recited on Yom Ha'atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim we say: "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exult and rejoice on it” (Tehillim 118:24).

Yom Ha’atzmaut — Israeli Independence Day — was always among my favorite Jewish holidays. Belting the festive Hallel prayer, immersing in Hebrew texts, celebrating at Israeli-style BBQs ...

Yom Ha’atzmaut, also known as Israeli Independence Day, has been celebrated all over the world since Israel’s Declaration of Independence in 1948.This year, Yom Ha’atzmaut will be celebrated from the ...

One million people leave a lot of garbage, too. At the end of Yom Ha’atzmaut in 2012, more than 400 tons of garbage were collected. For the growing number of Israelis adopting a plant-based diet, ...

The last Yom Ha’atzmaut feels like it was a decade ago. The past year has been a long and traumatic one for the State of Israel and for all of us. Those younger than fifty-five do not remember ...

Yom Ha’atzmaut commemorates Israel’s declaration of independence on May 14, 1948. Weinberg senior Lily Cohen helped organize the event as part of the NU Israel Peace and Reflection Week ...