The duality of mourning and joy coexisting reminds us of the importance of honoring both the pain and the celebration, as we ...

IDF Widows and Orphans Organization is the only Israeli organization that supports IDF widows and veterans. “The families ...

Thinking about how to mark the first Yom HaZikaron at the school since October 7th was a really intensive process. On the one hand, the pain was so raw, we were still in the midst of the war ...

The Jerusalem Post, Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, and the IDF Widows & Orphans Organization (IDFWO) will hold a moving ceremony marking Remembrance Day for members of Israel’s English-speaking ...

Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) is a national day of mourning in Israel and in Jewish communities throughout the world for the more than 25,000 men and women who have given their lives for the ...

Do we not celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut? What do we do on Yom Hazikaron? Do we join the IDF? What is our relationship with the IDF? There are all sorts of identity questions.” In order to create a ...

Rosh Hashanah’s other monikers of “Yom Hazikaron”, the day of remembrance, and “Yom HaDin”, the day of judgment, come to the fore through this process of self-evaluation. While God is ...

What follows is the great Jewish anti-celebration: Yom Kippur. The most important day on the Jewish Calendar, Yom Kippur – or the day of atonement – offers the chance to ask for forgiveness.

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism and follows Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The name of the holiday translates from Hebrew to English as the Day of Atonement, and Jewish ...

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken over his kid's head in Bnei Brak, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024 as part of the Kaparot ritual a day before the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur.