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Yom HaAtzmaut 49 articles

Jewish Holidays

Yom Ha’atzmaut, the day the modern State of Israel was founded is celebrated annually on its Hebrew anniversary – the 5th of Iyar

There Will NOT Be a Third Churban
There Will NOT Be a Third Churban
In Parshat Nitzavim God says that after he brings us back he will increase us and bless the land. The State of Israel is clearly a manifestation of this.
Apr 27, 2017
By Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
A Light to the Nation: A Small People; A Great Impact
A Light to the Nation: A Small People; A...
…but I will make you a light of nations, so that My salvation shall be until the end of the earth. – Isaiah 49:6 Haters gotta hate. Sadly, this dismissive shorthand...
May 9, 2016
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Inspired by the People
Inspired by the People
After the murder of Sarah Litman’s father and brother days before her wedding, she chose to marry after shiva – but this time, she invited the entire nation of Israel. In...
May 4, 2016
By Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider and Jeremy Goldscheider
66 of Israel’s Heroes Share a Powerful Message
66 of Israel’s Heroes Share a Powerful Message
This video from Nefesh b’Nefesh celebrates Israel Independence Day with 66 Israeli heroes sharing a powerful message! Hear their stories. Live your dreams. Am Yisrael Chai! See the names below (in...
May 6, 2014
By OU Staff
Bibi the Builder?
Bibi the Builder?
With preparations for Israel’s 66th birthday running behind schedule, Prime Minister Netanyahu did what any good boss would do:
May 6, 2014
By OU Staff
And God Said, “I Am Sorry”
And God Said, “I Am Sorry”
Every spring, a number of days of commemoration are observed. Yom HaShoah and Yom HaZikaron, established by the government of Israel, are days in which we honor the memory of the...
Apr 29, 2014
By Rabbi Ari Kahn
65 Years of Independence
65 Years of Independence
On April 11, 1944, a Jewish teenager hiding from the Nazis penned in her diary: “If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is...
Apr 16, 2013
By Peter J. Roskam
Yom Ha’atzmaut 5773: From Vilna to Yerushalayim
Yom Ha’atzmaut 5773: From Vilna to Yerushalayim
From Vilna to Yerushalayim: No other country’s Independence Day is more powerful than Israel’s. Trivializing the day is ingratitude to God’s outpouring of kindness to His people. Parshat Hashavua from Yerushalayim presented...
Apr 14, 2013
By Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
Eliyahu HaNavi and Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Eliyahu HaNavi and Yom Ha’Atzmaut
The two faces of Eliyahu HaNavi: We are presented with two diametrically opposed pictures of Eliyahu HaNavi (one in Tanach and one in Chazal). How do we reconcile the two opposite...
Apr 26, 2012
By Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
Reflections on Yom HaAtzmaut as a New Immigrant
Reflections on Yom HaAtzmaut as a New Immigrant
I’ve just celebrated my 4th Yom ha-Atzmaut since making aliyah. What’s life like for a middle-aged, middle class guy from Toronto, Canada adjusting to quotidian Jerusalem, you may wonder. Good, mostly,...
Apr 30, 2009
By Gil Zohar

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