Yom hazikaron

“Together, We Remember”

Hundreds of thousands of Jews from approximately 60 countries around the world, as well as in Israel, are expected to watch Masa Israel Journey’s International Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

Masa Israel Yom HaZikaron ceremony, 2025
Soldiers salute on a cemetary on Mount of Olives, Yom HaZikaron, the Israeli Memorial Day.

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Before she became one of the names carried into national memory, Yulia was something more irreplaceable: the center of her family’s life.

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Rabbi Elchanan Poupko's letter to a fallen classmate

After 7th grade, I skipped 8th and went straight to high school, so I never got to say goodbye, until that unexpected moment. 

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Israel should add Diaspora terror casualties to list of fallen - opinion

Why should we also remember the ones killed in antisemitic attacks? As they were murdered for the same degrading purpose that will never be achieved: to remove the Jews from the face of the earth.

 Demonstrators gather at the Place de la Republique square, to protest against antisemitism and commemorate the 2012 Toulouse attack against a Jewish school that left three children and an adult dead, in Paris, France March 13, 2022

Remembering Israel's fallen: Hero after hero

On Mount Herzl, row after row, hero after hero — All Israel's fallen soldiers are a personal matter for Israelis.

 Soldiers stand at attention during the 2022 Remembrance Day ceremony.

Joint Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day ceremonies blur lines - opinion

A joint memorial service is a wonderful and welcome expression - just not on Israel’s Remembrance Day.

A woman mourns on Mount Herzl on Yom HaZikaron

Masa’s Yom HaZikaron broadcast – remembering around the world

Join Masa for a live broadcast on Yom HaZikaron, with hundreds of thousands of Jews in communities from Kyiv to India to Argentina.

 Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

Fixing Israel's Remembrance Day for the Diaspora - opinion

Remembrance Day seems to “work” quite well for those it was designed for, but it is (mostly) limited, at least in impact, to those actually in Israel.

 PARATROOPERS SALUTE after placing flags on the graves of fallen soldiers, during preparations for Remembrance Day ceremonies on the Mount of Olives.

56 IDF soldiers and security personnel died in 2021 - Defense Ministry

56 IDF soldiers and security personnel died in 2021, while 84 IDF disabled veterans died from their disabilities over the same period.

Gush Etzion memorial service for Yom Hazikaron

Aliyah Day: Reflections and advice on seventh aliyah anniversary

From witnessing the naming of a baby girl in a parking lot during COVID to explaining regional wars to a six-year-old grandson, here are lessons from seven years of residence in Israel.

 ETHIOPIAN ALIYAH: Falashmura community members arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport,  March 11.

5 ways to stream Israel’s Remembrance Day services from home

In Israel, the day is marked with one- and two-minute sirens when the country halts and everyone stands in silence.

Israel Border Police stop as the siren rings out across Israel to mark Yom Hazikaron, April 28, 2020

Jewish Agency pays tribute to Egoz ship passengers on Remembrance Day

Some 44 Jews died aboard the Egoz, which tragically sunk in 1961 during a covert mission to rescue Moroccan Jews and bring them to Israel

Jewish Agency Chairman of the Executive Isaac Herzog and Gila Gutman Azulay, who lost the majority of her family on the Egoz, light a torch to commemorate the victims and the men and women who died defending Israel.