On Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, remembering those who’ve died in battle since Oct. 7, including three U.S.-born ‘lone soldiers’
Hundreds of others who died in battle—Druze, Bedouins, Christians, Circassians—will be remembered on the country’s Memorial Day
The ritual of mourning Israel’s war dead is becoming part of Jewish tradition, and has a thing or two to teach Americans
Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Israeli singer Yael Deckelbaum will mark the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day in prayer and music
In some Israeli communities, the international workers holiday was just as important as the Jewish holidays
In Israel, where everyone’s a soldier, Memorial Day is about the living as well as the dead
At least two dead, 49 injured
I don’t need Israeli Memorial Day to remember Alex Assaf, the kindest—and tallest—soldier I have ever known
This year Mother’s Day falls on the eve of Israel’s Memorial Day. For one motherless daughter, the coincidence brings up comparisons she can’t ignore.
