Memorial day

Bar Timor: 'We don't forget, we will continue carrying the memory with us'

Hapoel Tel Aviv marked three years since Oct 7. Yannay: "We brought joy." Ginat: "We thought about the fallen then, and we think about them today."

“Together Forever” marking Black Saturday on October 7.
IDF soldiers lower Israeli flags to half-mast at the President's Residence in Jerusalem to commemorate the October 7 massacre, October 5, 2026.

From North to South: Israel bows its head in remembrance of October 7 massacre

 Local Modi’in children visit the path honoring Yonah Betzalel Brief.

Modi’in project with Rochester Jewish community turns fallen soldiers' stories into memorials

Yahav Shorer, advocate

For the first time: Israeli law recognizes a Family Memorial Day as a protected leave day


5 ways to stream Israel’s Remembrance Day services from home

In Israel, the day is marked with one- and two-minute sirens when the country halts and everyone stands in silence.

Israel Border Police stop as the siren rings out across Israel to mark Yom Hazikaron, April 28, 2020

Jerusalem to illuminate buildings in honor of Independence Day

The municipality also commemorated Remembrance Day in Israel by projecting via remote-controlled smart systems the word "Yizkor."

Chords Bridge in Jerusalem illuminated in honor of Israeli Independence Day.

Global Jewish community gathers in honor of fallen soldiers - watch

Masa's program tells the stories of soldiers and civilians who came to Israel from around the world and died while serving in the Israel Defense Forces.

Masa Fellows participate in memorial ceremony at Latrun

This Week in Jerusalem: Green light

Vandalism, language, and memorials.

Tmol Shilshom: back in business

Father of fallen soldier gives back by aiding IDF lone soldiers

In 2013, Tzvika Goldman began helping them through "Benji's House," a home for lone combat soldiers.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY mourn at the funeral of American lone soldier Alex Sasaki at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, in March.

Because of Yair's unique personality, everyone wanted to eternize him


Make Remembrance Day meaningful by visiting these memorial locations

Although Israel is a pretty young and geographically small country, it is home to countless sites and monuments created in memory of Israelis who lost their lives in service to the state.

Sayeret Shaked Park

'Path of the Fallen' walks the land Israel's heroes died for

These upcoming tours will cover the nation's most important landmarks in an attempt to follow the footsteps of the soldiers and victims who sacrificed their lives to protect them.

YOUTH FROM all over the world gather for the annual March of the Living during Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oswiecim, Poland, in 2017.

After COVID, Gantz calls on families to attend Memorial Day ceremonies

According to the agreed upon outlines, nuclear families will be allowed to enter military cemeteries on Memorial Day.

MOURNING AT Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl military cemetery on Memorial Day, on May 8, 2019

Coronavirus overshadowing US Memorial Day events as death toll nears 100K

Authorities in California announced on Monday that retail with in-store shopping and places of worship may now open.

A U.S. Army Old Guard member carries small American flags to place in front of the headstones of U.S. service members buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., May 21, 2020.