Yom HaAtzmaut 53 articles

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Just Glad to Be Living in Israel Living most of my life in the United States, I knew Israel’s independence was not something to take for granted, and indeed to be...

Janna Gur is the founder and editor of Al Hashulchan (literally, “On the Table”), a leading Israeli food and wine magazine, and author of “The Book of New Israeli Food: A...

“…כחול ולבן הצבע שלי” Blue and white are my colors (and what’s black & white anyway?!), and I’m just seeing one star. So how about some Hummus, eggplant dip, pita crackers...

I wonder what there is about celebrating a national independence day that makes us all want to cook outside! In Israel, grilled and barbecued meats and poultry are as popular for...

Jews in America, and the world over, celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut (this year on Wednesday, April 29, 2009), which marks Israel’s birth as an independent, free nation. This year Israel will be...

1. Being able to speak to G-d on a local call. There is simply no place in the world, with the palpable sanctity of the Kotel, Home of G-d. 2. The...