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    Israel’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

    byGil Troy
  • Israelis watch fireworks in the sky over Mount Herzl at the end of Israel's Memorial Day and at the start of Israel's 69th Independence Day celebrations, in Jerusalem late on May 1 2017.
    Israelis watch fireworks in the sky over Mount Herzl at the end of Israel's Memorial Day and at the start of Israel's 69th Independence Day celebrations, in Jerusalem late on May 1 2017.
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    Where to Celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut in New York

    Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Israeli singer Yael Deckelbaum will mark the transition from Memorial Day to Independence Day in prayer and music

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • May Day March in 1957, Tel Aviv.
    May Day March in 1957, Tel Aviv.
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    When May Day Was a Major Event in Israel

    In some Israeli communities, the international workers holiday was just as important as the Jewish holidays

    byArmin Rosen
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    Yom Hazikaron for Veterans

    In Israel, where everyone’s a soldier, Memorial Day is about the living as well as the dead

    byYair Rosenberg
  • (Boston Globe reporter John Tlumacki )
    (Boston Globe reporter John Tlumacki )
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    Multiple Explosions at the Boston Marathon

    At least two dead, 49 injured

    byYair Rosenberg
  • Israeli infantry soldiers of the Givati brigade rest during an open field combat exercise in the Israeli southern Negev desert near Ketziot army base on June 23, 2011.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli infantry soldiers of the Givati brigade rest during an open field combat exercise in the Israeli southern Negev desert near Ketziot army base on June 23, 2011.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Losing a Friend at the Front

    I don’t need Israeli Memorial Day to remember Alex Assaf, the kindest—and tallest—soldier I have ever known

    byTal Kra-Oz
  • A Jerusalem ceremony to mark Yom Hazikaron, April, 2010.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    A Jerusalem ceremony to mark Yom Hazikaron, April, 2010.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Remembering

    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.

    byTamar Fox
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