The Blogs: Israel Reborn: The Day History Turned a Page | Ralph Buntyn
On May 14, 1948, in a modest hall in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion stood before…
The Blogs: Javier Milein in a tour through Israel | Arie Simcha Halpern
A salute. A salute to freedom, a salute to honesty. That’s what Javier Milei did last week. Who…
Seven Teens Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Pizza Shop Worker to Death on Israel's Independence Day – Haaretz
Seven Teens Arrested on Suspicion of Stabbing Pizza Shop Worker to Death on Israel’s Independence Day HaaretzSeven teens arrested…
Photos of the Week by Haaretz Photographers
Israel began marking Memorial Day on Monday. Altogether, 25,648 members of Israel’s security services have been killed in…
The Blogs: Strawberries and memories: A family trip south to mourn and celebrate | Miriam Haber
Our son, Dr. Zechariah Haber z”l, a devoted husband and father, talented agricultural scientist and talmid chacham (Torah…
▶ Why American Jews Celebrate Israel’s Independence Day
Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, is not a religious holiday. It is a national one, marking the establishment…
Israel Has Special Needs Only the U.S. Can Take Care of
There are children with special needs who are incapable of independence. Israel is like that. Take away its…
The Blogs: A Tale of Three Ceremonies | Yehuda Halper
Though famous for their informal dress and way of speech, Israelis are enamored of formal ceremonies. Independence Day…
As Former Leaders of Israel’s Military, We Know the Country Has Been Hijacked
The politization of the ceremony is a symptom of a much deeper malady. This government is totally out…
The Blogs: This Memorial Day, let’s remember Israel’s 1948 foreign volunteers | Aron Heller
Unlike Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is focused squarely on our painful past, the country’s annual Memorial Day…
The Blogs: Our Next Independence | Ariel Beery
Leaving the Underdog Behind “This Yom Ha’atzmaut feels so much more hopeless than the last ones,” my wife…
This Independence Day, Israel Will Celebrate a Rabbi Who Razed Gaza
The name of Rabbi Avraham Zarbiv, who boasted about destroying homes in Gaza during the war, has turned…