Jewish and Israeli Holidays
CEO Aliza Kline said the Friday-night meals offered “a bright spot amid dark times for Jewish young adults right now.”
On that day, tradition goes, weddings are permitted, music can be listened to, and haircuts are allowed. It makes for a flurry of activity!
“What we didn’t finish then, we’ll do today. We’re advancing deeper, maneuvering harder, we have more time and bigger missions.”
A senior JCRC-NY adviser told JNS that security at the event will be “above and beyond.”
Several of the fighters urged the Israeli premier to “continue until the end, until a decisive victory over Hamas.”
“We must all do our part and continue to speak up until our voices are heard,” Debra Silverstein told JNS.
In his Yom Ha’atzmaut address, the country’s top Jewish leader named “the only thing” preventing another Holocaust.
“The contest will be impactful, empowering and unifying—what the country needs now,” says Gur Rosenblat, deputy director of the Education Ministry.
This year’s celebrations are mixed with sorrow as the war in Gaza and the rocket attacks in the north continue.
Yom Ha’atzmaut will be observed with muted festivities throughout the country on Monday evening and during the day on Tuesday.
Huge banners with “we are one” hung from the stage of the ceremony held in the backdrop of the seven-month-old war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and an uptick in antisemitism worldwide.
Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism 5784—12 May, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem.
