Remembrance Day

Israel's fire still burns: Reflecting on the symbolism of our remembrance days

The worst fires in modern Israeli history erupted just as our people sought to celebrate our hard-won independence.

 Relatives of Israelis held hostage protest outside Independence Hall in Tel Aviv, April 30, 2025

Israel's independence is incomplete until every hostage comes home

Jewish ethics insist that a society is judged not by its military might or economic prosperity but by how it treats its most marginalized members. This is the heart of our national mission.

Memorial in Ra'anana makes false equivalency, but violence on attendees unacceptable

On Remembrance Day Eve, a group of far-right activists descended on a Reform synagogue where a private screening of the ceremony was taking place.

What Europe can learn from Israel on the meaning of Remembrance Day

The horrifying scenes from Ukraine to Sudan are on our screens and headlines, and the current damage from bullets and bombs.

An El Al Israel Airlines Boeing 737-900ER airplane takes off from the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas a

Pleasure and plagues: The struggles of staying in Israel now, but why staying matters

I struggled to find something to say to Donna that would give her some comfort and re-route the river of anguish and angst that was flowing through her veins.

Remembrance Day, Independence Day: Memory of the past and building the dream of the future

As we move this week from Remembrance Day – when we risk drowning in sorrow – to Independence Day – when we soar in celebration – we carry both the tears and the triumphs with us.

To live and die for Israel: An outsider's perspective on Remembrance Day

"I truly don’t think I fully understood what it meant to be Israeli until I experienced Remembrance Day in Israel for the first time."

01/05/2025

Israel must 'act immediately to prevent a massacre' of Syrian Druze, leader says

Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif called on Israel to act: "Israel must not stand idly by while this is happening in Syria."

Beneath the division: Israel's hidden thread of empathy

Perhaps what matters most is our ability to discern these quiet signs of hope amid the cacophony of conflict—and not forget them when the noise eventually subsides.

By DR. HAIM BEN YAAKOV
01/05/2025
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