Yom haatzmaut

Reclaiming our peoplehood: How to prepare Jewish youth for the future

Creating internal resilience within the Jewish people requires fostering a generation that is indigenously connected to the land.

 Israeli children play with Israeli flags ahead of Israel's 77th Independence Day, at "Kobi kindergarden" in Moshav Yashresh, on April 29, 2025.
 The Siegman family arrived at Ben Gurion Airport with the help of Nefesh B’Nefesh, alongside 11 other new immigrants from North America.

NY family makes aliyah to southern Israel days before nation’s 77th Independence Day

First Jewish people’s choice awards to be held in Times Square

 Ben Shapiro speaking with attendees at the 2019 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Independence Day 2025: Ben Shapiro chosen as ceremonial torchbearer


Celebrating Israel's 74th and launching into the 75th - opinion

Spearheaded by Israel’s outstanding president, Isaac Herzog, the 75th should salute the ways Israel has dazzled since 1948.

David Ben-Gurion sits under a portrait of Theodor Herzl, before the reading of Israel’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Fireworks, PTSD and solidarity - editorial

This year, a decision by Sports and Culture Minister Chili Tropper to scrap the traditional fireworks at the Mount Herzl ceremony has caused much debate.

 FIREWORKS OVER the Knesset in celebration of Independence Day, Jerusalem.

‘Good Morning Israel’ to be broadcast live on Independence Day

Event honors commanders of past wars and 120 outstanding soldiers currently serving in the IDF

 President Isaac Herzog meeting the 120 outstanding IDF soldiers, May 3, 2022.

Backlash against Women of the Wall prayer sparks Western Wall tensions

World Zionist Organization holds Independence Day prayer service at the same time as Women of the Wall event

 Women of the Wall prayer event for Rosh Hodesh Iyar, May 2, 2022

How to stay safe this Independence Day

Yom Ha'atzmaut is a time of celebration and joy - make sure to celebrate safely!

 FIREWORKS OVER the Knesset in celebration of Independence Day, Jerusalem.

Post-IDF soldiers embark on journey to lead Yom Ha'atzmaut events in the Diaspora

The initiative will send a group of young men and women who have recently completed military or national service for a week-long immersion in diaspora communities worldwide.

 Former IDF soldiers will participate in Yom Haazmaut events across the global Jewish diaspora.

Independence Day flyover to include Hebron, Kiryat Arba

The Jewish community that is home to the Tomb of the Patriarchs has never been part of the event.

Medical staff at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center wave at an Israel Air Force flyover on Independence Day

World Zionist Organization create Israeli Declaration of Independence scrolls

The text of the declaration is inscribed onto a canvas and marked with cantillation symbols, enabling the buyer to read the scroll in a similar manner to how one would read from the Torah.

 World Zionist Organization reveal new Declaration of Independence Scroll that is now available to purchase

The chasm between Remembrance and Independence is narrow - opinion

But at the end of the day, the Jews of the British Mandate were alone.

Israelis paying respects at a Remembrance Day 2021 Ceremony

IDF prep school grads request greater role in Remembrance Day ceremonies

In the letter, the pre-military preparatory students said their school budgets be made conditional on the academy sending a representative to the graves of alumni on Remembrance Day.

Israeli soldiers stand still during the ceremony marking Remembrance Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 13, 2021.