Yom Yerushalayim 12 articles

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From Meron To Yerushalayim: Reconciling Tragedy with Celebration
It has been a week of tears and of numbness. Every time I read the list of 45 I become dizzy and faint, wincing in disbelief. Too many names to remember...
May 6, 2021
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
The Six-Day War: A Personal Account
The Six-Day War: A Personal Account
Goldie Warhaftig first came to Israel in 1966 to learn for a year in Machon Gold. She recalls what she experienced as a newcomer to Israel during the Six-Day War just...
May 6, 2019
By Goldie Warhaftig
Jerusalem’s Paratrooper Heroes, Up Close and Personal
Jerusalem’s Paratrooper Heroes, Up Close and Personal
Let’s Open Our Sefarim This Yom Yerushalayim On May 16 and 17, 2017, Shlomo Horwitz of Jewish Crossroads conducted interviews with two heroic paratroopers involved in liberating the Kotel on Yom Yerushalayim....
May 22, 2017
By Shlomo Horwitz
Open Your Sefarim This Yom Yerushalayim
Open Your Sefarim This Yom Yerushalayim
Let’s learn Torah together in honor of this momentous Yom Yerushalayim. Join over 300 synagogues, schools and organizations nationwide participating in the OU’s Yom Yerushalayim Video Learning Event — check out the full...
May 8, 2017
By Moishe Bane
If I Forget You, Yerushalayim
If I Forget You, Yerushalayim
I am jealous of my son. He is going on a field trip to the Old City of Yerushalayim tomorrow. As much as I would love to go with him, I...
May 8, 2017
By Miriam Burstein
A Letter to the World
A Letter to the World
Forgetting Jerusalem does not mean forgetting to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim. Remembering Jerusalem means always being aware.
May 16, 2012
By Guest
Yom Yerushalayim: Then & Now
Yom Yerushalayim: Then & Now
May 19, 2009
By Terry LaBan
Capturing the Wall: The Story of Shavuot 1967
Capturing the Wall: The Story of Shavuot 1967
A brilliant flash shattered the darkness. The lonely climber saw in that blink of an eye that he was almost at the top of the peak, and around him a gorgeous...
Jun 4, 2008
By Aaron Hirsh
…in our hands
…in our hands
Every year I hold a private celebration of the reunification of Jerusalem. It is a treasured ritual whereby I lock the door to my office, turn off the lights, place a...
May 29, 2008
By David Bogner
Yom Yerushalayim: For Thee, I Cry
Yom Yerushalayim: For Thee, I Cry
I am sure psychologists call is some fancy term, but permit me my own: Delayed Cry Reaction (DCR) Moshe’le (age 4) and Rochel (age 3) are playing in the park. Moshe...
May 29, 2008
By Rabbi Asher Brander

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