Posts Tagged: Memorial Day
More Americans Should Take a Lesson From Israel and Find True Purpose on Memorial Day
As we prepare to mark Memorial Day, many Americans are looking forward to barbecues and sales. “To Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial beginning...
Resolve and Optimism Between Yom Hashoah and Israel’s National Holidays
JNS.org - When I was debating whether to join a command course in the army, my late grandmother Esther told me, “In Auschwitz, we didn’t...
Israel to Observe Memorial Day Amid Gaza War, Hostage Crisis
i24 News - On Sunday and Monday, Israel is to observe Yom Hazikaron, the nation's official Memorial Day for her fallen soldiers and victims of...
Nides Honors ‘Brave’ Israeli Soldiers on Memorial Day
JNS.org - US Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides on Tuesday saluted the “brave” Israeli soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the country, as...
Leo Dee Calls on Israelis to Remember Lost Souls with ‘Love that Brings Us Together’
JNS.org - Rabbi Leo Dee, whose wife and two daughters were killed earlier this month in a Palestinian terror attack, tendered his well-wishes to all...
Memorial to Independence Day: How Does Israel Move from Mourning to Joy?
i24 News - This Monday evening, Memorial Day begins in Israel, in memory of the fallen soldiers and the victims of terrorism. Just 24 hours later,...
Israeli Ministers Cancel Participation in Memorial Day Ceremonies
i24 News - Several ministers and members of Israel's parliament have cancelled their participation in Memorial Day ceremonies, a day of remembrance for fallen IDF...
Israel Lost 59 Soldiers Since Last Memorial Day
JNS.org - Fifty-nine Israeli soldiers fell in the line of duty since the last Memorial Day and an additional 86 disabled veterans died due to...
Bennett Warns on Memorial Day: Regimes Funding Terrorism, Arming Attackers Will ‘Pay a Price’
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Monday warned that any regime that funds terrorism will pay a “price,” as more than one million Israelis honored fallen...
Fallen Jewish Service Members, From Civil War to Iraq, Honored on Memorial Day Weekend
Leading global Jewish organizations and Jewish veterans on Memorial Day honored the soldiers who have fallen while serving in the United States armed forces. “Among them...
‘Compromising Our Values Will Bring Israel to the Abyss,’ Says Israeli Defense Minister at Memorial Day Ceremony
At one of Israel’s many Memorial Day ceremonies throughout the country on Wednesday morning, Defense Minister Ya’alon reiterated his position on ethical rules of engagement,...
Watchdog: ‘No Excuse for Placing Attacker and Victim on Same Level, Certainly Not on Memorial Day’
The head of a watchdog group that follows the financing and operations of non-governmental organizations blasted the holding of a Memorial Day gathering of Israelis...
Unprecedented Security for Prime Minister Netanyahu at National Ceremonies
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took part today in services for Israel's Memorial Day - Yom HaZikaron - on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl, he was surrounded...
On Memorial Day, IDF Widow Recounts Childbirth Without Her Husband – ‘I Showed our Baby a Picture of His Father’
The widow of an IDF soldier who was killed during last summer's war with Hamas - Operation Protective Edge - recounted her experience of being...
