Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, powerfully honors the six million Jewish lives lost and the resilience of survivors through moving ceremonies and stories that inspire unity and hope.
Shiri Bibas, her husband, Yarden, and their two young sons—5-year-old Ariel and 1.5-year-old Kfir—were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz during Hamas’ October 7 invasion. Only Yarden survived.
'We must return to fighting in a completely different way: to defeat, to destroy Hamas, to conquer the Gaza Strip, impose military rule, take territory and send a clear message...that those who mess with us will be erased.'
'The accident shifted my focus onto Israel's widely admired healthcare system. The contrast with the NHS (British National Health Service) was too glaring to ignore.'
Five months after Rochelle Goldberg lost her husband, Rabbi Avi Goldberg, an IDF Golani soldier, she and her eight children performed a song in his memory at a Passover event for bereaved families.
On finding out she will be carrying the torch at Israel's Independence Day ceremony, freed hostage Emily Damari shares message of light and inspiration.
At his official welcome in Jerusalem, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee warned that if Iran succeeds in destroying Israel, America will be next—declaring, 'Israel is the appetizer, and the United States is the entrée.'
Other individuals tapped for the torch-lighting ceremony include 28-year-old Emily Damari, a former Gaza hostage who was abducted from Kibbutz Kfar Azza on October 7, 2023.
Israir, which operates eight aircraft, will be leasing an Airbus 330 aircraft to service the route to New York from Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv.
The Gvaot Forest Scenic Route is a 'stunning natural experience' and 'another link in the normalization of settlement,' said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Against all odds and echoes of war, a new generation of Israelis is choosing to rebuild their lives on the scorched edge of Gaza—not for safety, but for purpose, resilience, and the dream of home.
The civilian-court indictments seem to preclude capital punishment and may establish the legal scaffolding for prosecuting hundreds more Hamas prisoners.
Evidence of tools used to produce scarlet dye at coastal site of Tel Shikmona point to a production hub sophisticated enough to support regional trade, royal patronage, and even the First Temple in Jerusalem.
What began as a small vineyard and a dream shared on a porch turned into a healing sanctuary for a grieving family, where wine became both a tribute to a fallen hero and a symbol of resilience, hope, and unity.
Coordinating this delivery isn’t just an act of faith—it’s a wartime feat of logistics. Trucks had to be routed through military zones. Supplies had to be koshered and certified under high-pressure timelines.
Karina Ariev, who was released in January in the latest ceasefire-hostage deal, urged Israelis celebrating the Seder to 'leave an empty chair for the hostages, and do not forget them.'
Lt. Colonel Hadi Falah, a Bedouin IDF officer who was injured in Gaza, asked to buy the chametz (leavened products) forbidden for Jews to own on Passover; the action provided great benefit to Jews in Gush Etzion.
'The he-goat shall thus carry upon itself all their sins to a precipitous land, and he shall send off the he- goat (via the Eastern Gate) into the desert' (Leviticus 16:22)
John Ratcliffe's first official visit to the Jewish state since taking office comes amid U.S. attempts to revive negotiations on a nuclear deal with the Iranian regime, as well as with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
'We may be exactly 18 months on from this terrible day, but with 59 hostages still being held and the images from the Oct. 7 attacks still etched on our collective memories, #NOVA remains an important, unique and must-see film.'
Omer Wenkert's gripping account reveals the harrowing psychological toll and brutal conditions endured by captives as they navigate an unrelenting cycle of fear, isolation, and emotional turmoil under Hamas' cruelty.