Tag: Yom Haatzma'ut

There are six holidays during the Omer season: Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikkaron, Yom Haatzmaut, Pesah Sheni, Lag B’Omer, and Yom Yerushalayim.

Exploring Judaism March 31, 2025 Holidays The Omer

Written by S.Y. Agnon in the Conservative Judaism Journal for those who died in the War of 1948, these words are especially fitting today.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon September 20, 2024 CJ Journal - 1945-1959 Conservative Judaism Journal

While I express my love for Jewish tradition, I am also holding the Jewish people in my hands and giving them a kiss as well.

Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal May 9, 2024 Holidays October 7th and Israel-Hamas War

Yom HaZikaron is different this year. Our troops are still falling and getting wounded. The sense of loss and mourning is not theoretical.

Rabbi Amy Levin May 9, 2024 Holidays October 7th and Israel-Hamas War

Rabbi Rackover reflects on Yom HaZikkaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: For the first time, my daughter was afraid to share her Jewish identity. My heart broke.

Rabbi Mordechai Rackover May 9, 2024 Holidays October 7th and Israel-Hamas War

Yom Ha-Atzma’ut in 2024, as in 1948, is a time of rejoicing and weeping. Just as then, today, too, we have much work ahead.

Rabbi Chaya Rowen Baker May 9, 2024 Holidays Torat HaShaah

What are the commemorative holidays of Yom HaShoah, Yom haZikkaron, Yom Haatzma'ut, and Yom Yerushalayim and what do we do on them?

The Observant Life (Book) April 25, 2022 Holidays Yom Haatzma'ut

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