Yom Hazikaron

April 21, 2026, 7:54 am

Before the celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, the cost of Yom HaZikaron

The link between sacrifice and statehood is not historical, it is immediate, and it remains widely misunderstood

By Leo Pearlman

Young Neve Shalom residents before the fires

May 1, 2025, 10:24 am

Jewish-Palestinian village evacuated as wildfires threaten homes

As Israel declares a fire emergency, residents of Neve Shalom ~ Wahat al-Salam flee flames – but not their values

By Annabel Sinclair

Chazan Avromi Freilich says the azkara, memorial prayer, after HGSS youth light memorial candles. Yom Hazikaron, May 2024. Pic: Bernard Fromson

May 14, 2024, 12:03 pm

Hundreds mourn Israel’s fallen at United Synagogue Yom Hazikaron commemoration

'This year our pain is particularly deep and our sorrow, enormous' says Chief Rabbi whilst Ambassador Hotovely says British lone soldiers 'are the very best of us'

By Michelle Rosenberg

Maoz Inon with the mandala his mother gave him. It reads: 'We can achieve all our dreams if we have the courage to chase them'

May 13, 2024, 1:12 pm

Path for peace: Parents Circle event hears from bereaved Israeli and Palestinian

Immediately following the Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Israel two men who have recently lost family members to violence speak of the need for reconciliation rather than revenge

By Jewish News Reporter

May 10, 2024, 2:05 pm

OPINION: We often don’t realise it but Israel shapes much of Jewish life in the Diaspora

This Yom Ha’atzmaut we would do well to appreciate the role the country has played for the past 76 years, writes Jon Boyd

By JON BOYD

May 7, 2024, 12:22 pm

Around a quarter of UK Jews mark Yom Hazikaron and Yom Atzmaut

New JPR figures from 2022 show increased awareness of new commemorations

By Jenni Frazer

Marcus Mumford will perform in a pre-recorded video for the joint Israeli-Palestinian Yom Hazikaron memorial ceremony in Tel Aviv on April 24. (Wikimedia Commons)

April 18, 2023, 10:17 am

Marcus Mumford to perform at joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial event

Mumford has been involved with one of the event’s organisers since 2014 when he met its Jewish cofounder, a mother whose son had been killed by a Palestinian sniper.

By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)

UJIA's Ben Shapiro and Anat Farkas, mother of the late Israeli helicopter pilot Thom (Photo: UJIA)

April 14, 2021, 4:38 pm

Pilot’s mother and Chief Rabbi mark Yom HaZikaron with UJIA

The charity says it is important to 'remember the price' of everything about Israel there is to celebrate

By Jewish News Reporter

April 14, 2021, 10:46 am

British machete attack victim recounts ‘helplessness’ of ordeal 10 years on

Every Yom HaZikaron, Kay Wilson remembers her hiking partner Kristine Luken, who was murdered in a brutal machete attack in 2010

By Nathan Jeffay

Israeli soldiers at Mount Qiryat Shemona Cemetery as Israel marks Memorial Day for the fallen soldiers and victims of terror on April 28, 2020. This year, due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, there will be restrictions on going to the cemeteries on Memorial Day itself. Photo by: Ayal Margolin-JINIPIX

April 28, 2020, 3:25 pm

Israel marks Yom Hazikaron under virus restrictions

Ceremonies remembered 23,816 soldiers who have died while serving and 3,153 Israelis killed in terror attacks since the founding of the state

By Jewish News Reporter and JTA

Israeli soldiers at the Yom Hazikaron ceremony (Photo by: Alex Kolomoisky-POOL-JINIPIX)

May 7, 2019, 8:20 pm

Yom Hazikaron: Israel comes to standstill to mourn 23,741 soldiers killed

The list includes all the deaths from 1860 until today with ninety-five names added this year

By JTA

May 7, 2019, 4:41 pm

Israel allows bereaved Palestinians to enter for joint Memorial Day scheme

High Court overrules decision by Defence Ministry to deny entry of the families, ahead of Yom Hazikaron the national memorial day

By JTA

A Palestinian boy looks behind a wall separating Jewish part and Palestinian part of the West Bank

May 4, 2019, 8:22 pm

Israel rejects visit of bereaved Palestinians for joint Memorial Day scheme

Defence ministry refuses to allow families to enter Israel for an annual service for victims on both sides of the conflict

By JTA

Haifa playground in memory of Asaf, Yossi Zur's son, killed 2003 during a bus bombing

April 18, 2018, 9:28 am

Yom Hazikaron: One man’s quest to map Israel’s tragedies

Lisa Sanders discovers an Israeli's mission to memorialise victims of terror, as the Jewish state remembers those who've perished in attacks

By Lisa Sanders

April 30, 2017, 9:55 pm

Israelis mark Memorial Day to remember 23,544 fallen

Some 97 Israelis have been added to the count since last Memorial Day, including 37 disabled Israelis who have died of their injuries.

By JTA

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