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Yom HaAtzmaut

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Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Local Jewish leaders join Israeli consulate to celebrate Israel in song

by J. Staff April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
Shira Haas speaks with Jonah, Henry and Ben Platt during a virtual Israel Independence Day celebration, April 29, 2020. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Shira Haas, Matisyahu and Dr. Ruth send birthday wishes to Israel in virtual Independence Day ceremony

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA April 29, 2020April 29, 2020
Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inCommunity

Local and global online events for Israel’s Independence Day

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 27, 2020April 29, 2020
Koolulam founder and frontman Ben Yefet leading a singalong at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, May 2019. (Photo/Peter G. Marcus)
Posted inMusic

WATCH: Koolulam’s San Francisco singalong video drops

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 12, 2019
Israelis display their nation's flag as they revel in Independence Day celebrations, May 8, 2019. (Photo/Hadas Parush-Flash90)
Posted inYom HaZikaron

Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting — and emotionally manipulative

Elana Sztokman by Elana Sztokman May 9, 2019May 9, 2019
Adah Forer in Israel
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

My heart was in the East. Now, my body is too.

Adah Forer by Adah Forer May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
In the aftermath of the Six-Day War, a huge crowd streamed toward the Western Wall. (Courtesy/Linda Kurtz)
Posted inYom HaZikaron

The journey from Passover to Israel Independence Day

Shlomi Kofman by Shlomi Kofman May 7, 2019May 7, 2019
the covers of both books superimposed over a photo of the Israeli flag
Posted inBooks, Columns, Culture, Holidays, Yom HaAtzmaut, Off the Shelf

Two new books give Zionist feminists a well-deserved place in history

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
From the cover of our May 5, 2019 issue: Yosef Jazi and his granddaughter, Ahuva, Yemeni Jews of Elyakim Village, Israel, 1973 (Photo/Nino Herman)
Posted inHolidays

Where to celebrate Israel Independence Day around the Bay

by J. Staff May 2, 2019May 3, 2019
An old black and white photo of a bald man with mustache smoking a cigar
Posted inYom HaAtzmaut

Legendary screenwriter made pre-state Israel his cause célèbre

Paul Wilner by Paul Wilner April 25, 2019May 3, 2019

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