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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

This will be a very different Yom Ha’atzmaut. We are in the middle of a war and our nation is still suffering from the barbaric attack of October 7. There are manifold layers of grief. 133 ...

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 ...

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).