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Yom Hazikaron memorial ceremony at Museum of Tolerance

The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem and the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization host a ceremony honoring Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. ______

Widows and Orphans Memorial Ceremony Honors Fallen as Speaker Warns of Iranian Threat - The Media Line

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Diaspora and Israeli Jews remember the fallen at English-language Memorial Day events

As Israel marks Memorial Day, thousands of English-speaking Jews gather at major ceremonies in Latrun and Jerusalem to honor fallen soldiers and victims of terror, many of them immigrants who made Israel their home; the events will be broadcast live on Ynetnews

‘It’s like you fall into a very deep black hole and there’s no way out,’ bereaved mother says at IDF Widows and Orphans’ Yom HaZikaron ceremony

Even as Israel gathers to mourn and remember its fallen, it can’t forget the threats still facing the State of Israel, chief among them the Iran’s Islamic regime, Yossi Cohen, the president of the Friends of the IDF Widows and Orphans Organization and former head of the Mossad, told some 400 members of Israel’s English-speaking community on Tuesday night at his group’s Yom HaZikaron ceremony in Jerusalem. “The Iranian threat is not just a strate…

When Time Stands Still: The Hidden Stories of Yom HaZikaron

The siren sounded across Israel at 11:00 AM, and for two solemn minutes, an entire nation stood in reverent silence. Traffic halted on busy highways. Conversations paused mid-sentence. An entire country collectively honored those who gave everything for their homeland. This year’s Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) marks a particularly painful milestone, coming just over eighteen months after the October 7 attacks that claimed more than 1,200…

At the State Memorial Hall, a ceremony began at 11:00, immediately after a two-minute siren, in the presence of the President of the State, the Prime Minister, and the Speaker of the Knesset. • Netanyahu spoke: "The fallen have left us a spiritual legacy of fighting together and protecting the country together." • The ceremony was preceded by the reading of the names of the fallen, where Defense Minister Katz said: "We are determined to prevent …