Yom Kippur War

Building sukkot during the Yom Kippur War

Many IDF soldiers found ways to commemorate the holiday on the frontlines in the Sinai Desert in the South and on the Golan Heights in the North.

DURING THE Yom Kippur War, soldiers improvise a sukkah over their troop carrier in Sinai.
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, look at the memorial wall in the National Library.

Grapevine October 5, 2025: When comparisons should not be made

NEW YORK’S Jewish community marches beneath the banner ‘We shall not be silent’ during the Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry demonstration in protest at the Soviet Union’s treatment of Jewish people, in New York City, in 1975.

Yom Kippur War: How the Book of Isaiah spurred world Jewry to back Israel, refusniks in 1973

 (L-R) Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the backdrop of Syrian and Israeli flags (illustrative)

Ahmed al-Sharaa: Israel, Syria 'on the verge' of security agreement


The long arc of Israeli protests: A nation’s conscience or Achilles’ heel? - analysis

Protests have long been a defining feature of Israel’s democracy – they give voice to anguish, mobilize citizens, and hold leaders to account. But they are not inherently virtuous.

STUDENTS PROTEST outside the Education Ministry in Tel Aviv, Sept. 1, the first  day of school. Their banner reads, ‘Without the hostages, there is no learning [school].’

Giora Epstein, IAF's top ace and most decorated pilot, passes away at 87

Epstein was also the man who activated the sirens across Israel on Yom Kippur, 1973, when the IAF detected takeoffs from Syrian and Egyptian air force bases.

 Giora Epstein receives rank of Brig.-Gen. by then-IDF chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot in 2018.

A quiet protest growing stronger: A push fighting for the return of Israeli hostage

With more people at more local protests, massive protests, perhaps we can change Israel and get the hostages freed. Sitting at home and wringing our hands will not get it done.

 People protest against the proposed judicial reforms to reduce the powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv in 2023.

Haifa Cop indicted for choking protester in anti-gov't demonstration in Caesarea

While judges ruled that police have a difficult job "does not excuse blurring the boundaries of use of force."

 Protests against the judicial reform at Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv, May 27, 2023.

Israel needs to regain the confidence to pre-emptively strike threats - comment

In 1967, Israel preempted when its neighbors wanted to destroy it. In 2025, the threat is still there. The Israeli mindset in response should be the same.

 AN IDF soldier walks along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip last month. The writer asks: Is Israel struggling to show the same self-confidence in Gaza that it is willing to show in the skies over Iran?

'A Winning Move': Spy thriller weaves personal drama into Yom Kippur War history - review

"A further nail-biting episode follows as the Mossad tries to discover the date on which Sadat’s attack is planned to take place."

DAVID RUBINGER’S iconic photo of the IDF paratroopers at the Kotel during the Six Day War in 1967.

Jimmy Carter: The best US president Israelis have ever had - opinion

US president Jimmy Carter deserves our nation’s gratitude. May his soul be bound up in the bundle of life.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres meets with former US president Jimmy Carter in Jerusalem, in 2009.

'Post' visits Syria in first Israeli media visit since 1974

Hagari: No advance on Damascus, only buffer zone until Syria becomes more stable.

 IDF soldiers overlook the Golan Heights, along the border between Israel and Syria, December 11, 2024

WATCH: New recordings of Yitzhak Rabin on Arab-Israeli peace talks, role of reservists

Yitzhak Rabin spoke of the importance of manpower and mobilizing reservists following the Yom Kippur War, echoing modern sentiments.

 Ori Or, Yithak Rabin, Moshe Levy, Uri Sagi.

Finding solace in the wisdom of King Solomon: Avner Moriah's work on 'Ecclesiastes'

Until his 70th birthday, Moriah had never been preoccupied with the passing of time or his own mortality. But as he entered his eighth decade, the Book of Ecclesiastes took on new meaning for him. 

  KING SOLOMON, traditionally considered the author of ‘Ecclesiastes.’

Letters from the front lines: The echoes of the Yom Kippur War in the Israel-Hamas War

Monica Lamm’s letters from the Yom Kippur War show similarities to our experiences on and after October 7, 2023.

 MEMORIAL FOR IDF soldiers fallen on both banks of the Suez Canal during the war, seen 1974.