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Jimmy Carr
May 19, 2025, 4:08 pm
Jimmy Carr targeted after attending Israel event at British Museum
Invitation-only celebration included a tribute to Nova festival hero Aner Shapira, delivered by his parents
By Annabel Sinclair
Guests gather inside the British Museum for Israel’s 77th Independence Day celebration. Photo Credit: X/@revwickland
May 14, 2025, 2:05 pm
Nova hero who threw back eight grenades honoured at UK tribute
At British Museum gala, parents of Aner Shapira honour son who fought Hamas terrorists with bare hands to save others
By Annabel Sinclair
Children on an Independence Day outing. 1967. Photograph: David Hirschfeld, KKL-JNF Archive.
April 29, 2025, 3:40 pm
Pictured: How nascent Israel celebrated Independence Day
Rare images from Israel’s early battles and celebrations unveiled to mark 77 years of independence
By Annabel Sinclair
A TORCH burns on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, 2017(photo credit: AMIR COHEN/REUTERS)
May 9, 2024, 11:21 am
Jewish schools network CEO to be torchbearer at Yom Ha’atzmaut ceremony in Israel
Rabbi David Meyer, of the Partnership of Jewish Schools, is one of two diaspora participants picked for the event
By Michelle Rosenberg
Female soldiers of the IDF
September 26, 2016, 11:06 am
Male Israeli soldiers can ask not to serve with women
Servicemen can now request not to serve with women and not to share living spaces if it's against their religious beliefs
By JTA
May 12, 2016, 12:12 pm
Israel brings in Independence Day with a bang!
Fireworks light up the Tel Aviv night sky as Israelis celebrate the country’s 68th Independence Day. Elsewhere, Israel's Air Force marked the occasion with a special nationwide aerial show.
By Jewish News Reporter
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