Maccabi Haifa, a northern Israeli soccer team, honored the 14 Druze IDF soldiers killed over the past two years and paid tribute to the 12 Druze children murdered by a Hezbollah rocket attack.
This year’s program honored First Sgt. Michael Levin, a 22-year-old lone soldier from Philadelphia killed in the 2006 Lebanon War, and Sara Blaustein, a 53-year-old mother of four from New York murdered in a 2001 terror attack near Efrat.
On Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day), the names of 30,646 Israeli security forces and terror victims who lost their lives since the founding of the State of Israel are displayed at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The OneFamily Memorial Day Ceremony offers a raw, intimate space where bereaved families openly share their grief, honor their loved ones, and find solace without pretense or explanation.
Five months after Rochelle Goldberg lost her husband, Rabbi Avi Goldberg, an IDF Golani soldier, she and her eight children performed a song in his memory at a Passover event for bereaved families.
The purpose of the bill is to extend rights previously unavailable under Israeli law despite facing opposition due to provisions regarding social media documentation.
The 7th day of the Hebrew month of Adar - the anniversary of the death of Moses, whose burial place is unknown - is the day Israel commemorates its missing fallen soldiers.
The Torah scroll was one of 73 scrolls donated in August and showcased during a large ceremony at the Western Wall before being sent to chapters of Yad Lebanim, the organization tasked with memorializing Israel’s fallen