Reflections of Rav Soloveitchik on the Tenth Anniversary of the State of Israel and Sovereignty.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel has 9,327,000 citizens, more than 11 times its population of 806,000 at the time of the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948.
In honor of the State of Israel's 70th birthday, Rav Mike gives an overview of the meaning of the word "Am" (people) today on The Jewish Story.
Do the Israeli holidays, created by the secular state, have as much meaning and importance as the Torah holiday’s? The Sacrifice Was Worth It – Happy 68th Israel!! on today's Yishai Fleisher Show.
The transition from solemnity on Memorial Day to the exuberant gratitude of Independence Day just moments later is like no other religious experience. Listen to Israel Inspired Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut special show.
Eve Harow speaks on the most intense week in the Israeli calendar - Commemorating the Holocaust while mourning soldiers and terror victims followed by celebrating Israeli Independence.
He thanks Jews who stand up for Israel but didn’t even hint they should make Aliyah.
By Batya Medad
The Evening Prayer includes dancing and singing plus a long shofar blowing to remind us the siren is modeled on the shofar.
The two days complete each other–the happiness rising from the grief.
Nira Lee grew up in Tempe, Arizona as a Zionist but firmly planted in the USA, until she saw the destruction following the Second Lebanon War during a visit to Israel. Now she is Lieutenant in the IDF.
The Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya launched the Daniel Pearl International Journalism Institute on Wednesday, named for The Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Pakistan 11 years ago. His murderers posted a video of Pearl, before they beheaded him, in which he stated, “I am Jewish.” Pearl's father, Prof. Judea […]
Take 740 gallons paint, let a Yemenite Chabadnik work day and night for three weeks and – presto – see a huge Israel flag display in Eilat that can be seen from Jordan.
The father of the late Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl will light one the memorial flames at the Memorial Day Ceremony in Jerusalem, the day before Independence Day. Pearl was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Pakistan while researching a story on Islamic radicals for The Wall Street Journal. Nine days after his abduction, Pearl was cruelly […]
By Tibbi Singer
In the neighborhood of Meah She'arim, stronghold of the vehemently anti-Zionist sect of Neturei Karta, Israel's Independence Day is traditionally kept as the inverse of the country's national celebrations.