From Europe to New York, families who lost their loved ones in Israel's wars describe marking Memorial Day in countries that do not stop to remember – grieving from a distance, as a Defense Ministry program tries to bridge the gap.
US Navy forces boarded the oil tanker Tifani on suspicion it was involved in illicit Iranian trade, in an operation that met no resistance.
Ahead of a Masa Yom HaZikaron ceremony, Bob and Nancy Milgram and Daniel Lischinsky speak about the values, love of Israel, and shared mission that defined Sarah Milgram and Yaron Lischinsky – and what they hope young Jews will carry forward.
Those who live in Israel sacrifice daily for the dream of Jewish peoplehood. We, who do not yet live there, have a greater obligation to demonstrate that nothing, not ideology or geographical distance, can hold us apart.
The eternity of our people entered a particle accelerator over the past 100 years, and it has known how to rise from the ashes and don garments of glory. But in recent years, our national days have turned into oppositional days. For one week, we unite in remembrance and set our rifts aside, and the day after Independence Day, division once again becomes everything. We must not give up the argument, but we must leave room for the home in which it takes place. Our very soul depends on it.
