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Yom HaZikaron – Israel’s Remembrance Day

Honor Yom HaZikaron with Your Community

 

Our partners have prepared a variety of programs and education experiences for this day. Find them here.

Looking for Educational Resources?
Check out A Face. The Day. A Memorial.

An artistic commemorative initiative which transforms memories from the lives of fallen IDF soldiers and those who lost their lives in terrorist attacks into animation films.

Here are our top 3 curricular resources with Beit Avi Chai

Dream and Reality
Memorialization
Personal Memories and The Collective Memories of a Nation

Monday, April 27

12:50pm – Yom HaZikaron with MASA

Be a part of the annual Masa Yom HaZikaron Memorial Ceremony. Wherever you are in the world, join the Masa community for this meaningful event. The ceremony will commence at the time of the siren of Yom HaZikaron in Israel.
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8:30pm – Yom HaZikaron Online Memorial with the Israeli American Council

Please join us for a national online ceremony to commemorate Yom HaZikaron. Featuring: Ron Dermer (Israeli Ambassador to the United States), Rachelle Fraenkel, Zur Goldin, Evie Steinberg, Netanel Hershtik (Cantor of the Hampton Synagogue, NY), Maestro Itzhak Haimov (The Hampton Synagogue Choir), Kreshnik Zhabjaku, Vago Ohanyan, Antonio Abate , Hillel FriedmanDavid D'or, Ivri Lider, Keren Peles, Mika Hary, and Yam Refaeli. and many more.
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Tuesday, April 28

All events in partnership with The Jewish Agency for Israel

12:00pm – Million Stars

The stories behind the songs of Iftach “Ifty” Kerzner that touched a nation, with Shy Ashkenazi, Senior Community Shaliach (Israeli emissary) in Northern Virginia; and Liat Gal, Senior Community Shlichah, in Tulsa, OK.
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12:00pm – My Memories of You

A conversation with Gad Goldwasser, brother of First Sergeant Ehud “Udi” Goldwasser, z’l, an Israeli soldier who was abducted by Hezbollah along with Eldad Regev on July 12, 2006, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War. The talk will be facilitated by Itai Divinsky, Senior Community Shaliach, JEWISHcolorado.
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12:00pm – Remembering Lieutenant Colonel Dolev Keidar, z"l

Join us for an open conversation with Michal Kastan Keidar, Dolev’s wife, about life after loss and her husband’s legacy. Hosted by Nina Yahalomi Klevitsky, Senior Community Shlichah, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
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12:00pm – Lone Soldiers

Hear stories and experiences of lone soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told from a personal point of view, with Gili Dvash, Senior Community Shlichah, New York.
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12:45pm – Remember Us

Join us as we share the stories of Command Sergeant Major Kasahun (Dani) Binissian, z"l, and Takla Eironet, z"l, and explore the story of the Ethiopian community in Israel with Bat-El Trabelsi, Senior Community Shlichah, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
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12:45pm – A Face. The Day. A Memory.

Watch short animated videos telling the story of Israeli fallen soldiers, with Merav Livneh, Senior Community Shlichah, Columbus, OH; and Harel Fenigstein, Senior Community Shaliach, New York. Conversation to follow.
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1:30pm – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Invisible Disability

A conversation with expert clinical psychologist Aharon Geffen and Israeli commando fighter Yonatan Nir, who was wounded during the Second Lebanon War and rehabilitated with the help of phototherapy. Facilitated by Tomer Gekler, Senior Community Shaliach, New York.
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1:30pm – Women. Memory. Collective.

Discuss women serving in the IDF and their place in our collective memory with IDF Captains Nina Yahalomi Klevitsky, Senior Community Shlichah, Detroit; and Tamar Columbus, Senior Community Shlichah, Miami.
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1:30pm – The Politics of Remembrance: From a Uniform Society to a Unified One

Discuss the watershed moments in Israel that shaped the way Israel and Israelis commemorate the fallen with Itai Divinsky, Senior Community Shaliach, JEWISHcolorado; and Adi Varon, Senior Community Shlichah, Federation CJA.
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5:00pm – Remember Us

Join us as we share the stories of Command Sergeant Major Kasahun (Dani) Binissian, z"l, and Takla Eironet, z"l, and explore the story of the Ethiopian community in Israel with Bat-El Trabelsi, Senior Community Shlichah, the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
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5:45pm – Songs by the Soldiers Sing Along

Many songs were written about and by fallen soldiers. Join us as we sing along to their songs in their memory with Shy Ashkenazi, Senior Community Shaliach, Northern Virginia.
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6:30pm – Women. Memory. Collective.

Discuss women serving in the IDF and their place in our collective memory with IDF Captains Nina Yahalomi Klevitsky, Senior Community Shlichah, Detroit; and Tamar Columbus, Senior Community Shlichah, Miami.
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7:15pm – The Politics of Remembrance: From a Uniform Society to a Unified One

Discuss the watershed moments in Israel that shaped the way Israel and Israelis commemorate the fallen with Itai Divinsky, Senior Community Shaliach, JEWISHcolorado; and Adi Varon, Senior Community Shlichah, Federation CJA.
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8:00pm – A Face. The Day. A Memory.

Watch short animated videos telling the story of Israeli fallen soldiers, with Merav Livneh, Senior Community Shlichah, Columbus, OH; and Harel Fenigstein, Senior Community Shaliach, New York. Conversation to follow.
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8:45pm – From Sorrow to Joy

Reflect on the sharp transition from Yom HaZikaron to Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day, with Uria Roth, Senior Community Shaliach, Milwaukee.
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