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Yom Hazikaron
Karin Namer speaking at the Yom Hazikaron service at Moriah College. Photo: Giselle Haber
May 5, 2022, 9:41 am
‘Today is special because you share our pain’
"Asaf was my baby brother, but now he is the country's hero..."
By Shane Desiatnik
Hilary Friedland lights a candle for Eliyahu David Kay. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 5, 2022, 9:39 am
Yom Hazikaron memorial
Melbourne's Jewish community remembered and honoured fallen soldiers and victims of terror at a moving commemoration for Yom Hazikaron.
By AJN STAFF
A ceremony marking Memorial Day for Israel's fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Kotel. Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90
May 4, 2022, 8:58 am
‘Arguments fall silent in cemeteries’: Herzog calls for unity in Memorial Day speech
Siren sounds nationwide to begin day of mourning for country’s 28,284 fallen soldiers and terror victims, including 177 from past year; IDF chief: ‘We defend the right to life’.
By TOI STAFF
Evie Sidhu (left) and Juliet Kacen enjoy last year's Yom Ha'atzmaut carnival. Photo: Gareth Narunsky
April 28, 2022, 9:45 am
From grief to celebration
Next week, the Jewish community in Sydney will come together to mark Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut.
By AJN STAFF
A previous Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration in Melbourne.
April 26, 2022, 11:30 am
All set for Israel’s yoms
Melbourne's Jewish community will pause to reflect on those who have fallen in defence of Israel on Yom Hazikaron before celebrating Israel's 74th birthday on Yom Ha’atzmaut.
By AJN STAFF
Orit Brand lights a candle for Hadar Cohen, an IDF soldier killed by terrorists in Jerusalem. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 15, 2021, 1:18 pm
‘The rawness of pain’
Australian Jewry this week paused to honour Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror on Yom Hazikaron.
By CARLY DOUGLAS
Rav Yehoshua Asulin lighting a candle in memory of his two uncles killed on IDF duty.
April 30, 2020, 8:30 am
‘We embrace them in a virtual hug’
On Yom Hazikaron, 'we remember that our independence has exacted a heavy price and we bow our heads in gratitude to those who have paid the ultimate price'.
By Peter Kohn
Ruhama Levy Rozentzvaig in the “virtual” Sydney Yom Hazikaron ceremony.
April 30, 2020, 6:00 am
Hundreds tune in online in remembrance
'It was very emotional to be able to keep our tradition and pay our respects, even during isolation – I couldn’t stop crying'.
By Shane Desiatnik
From the WebApril 28, 2020, 12:54 pm
‘This year, we can’t cry together’
Israelis on Monday evening commemorated the country’s fallen soldiers and terror victims, bowing their heads for a minute of silence on Memorial Day.
April 27, 2020, 10:26 pm
Why this year’s Yoms are different to all other Yoms
'These are days we can only hope future generations will find hard to comprehend'.
By AJN STAFF
Photo: Peter Haskin
April 24, 2020, 8:00 am
Community to mark virtual events
'While we cannot come together physically, it is still vital that we come together as a virtual community'.
By Peter Kohn
April 24, 2020, 7:00 am
Commemorations and celebrations online
'Although the tyranny of distance and the coronavirus pandemic will keep us physically apart, our hearts, as proud Australian Jews and Zionists, shall always beat to Jerusalem'.
By Evan Zlatkis
Central Synagogue chazan Rabbi Yehuda Niasoff at last week’s Yom Hazikaron service. Photo: Nadine Saacks
May 16, 2019, 11:45 am
Our failure to honour Israel’s fallen
Last Tuesday night our Sydney community marked Yom Hazikaron. I was once again shocked and saddened to see the relatively poor turnout of people to this important annual event, writes Naomi Balkin.
Zionist youth movement and Australasian Union of Jewish Students flag bearers at Tuesday’s Yom Hazikaron ceremony in Melbourne. Photo: Peter Haskin
May 10, 2019, 12:00 am
Yom Hazikaron: ‘Because of them, we are alive’
TUESDAY night’s Yom Hazikaron commemorations in Sydney and Melbourne struck a particularly emotional chord, following the loss of four Israeli lives over the weekend as a result of Hamas rocket fire from Gaza.
By Rebecca Davis
Henri Korn, Holocaust survivor and guide at the Jewish Holocaust Centre, speaks with visitors. Photo: Peter Haskin
April 25, 2019, 12:00 am
From solemnity to celebration
WITH Pesach almost over, the community now turns to preparing for the highs and lows of the three "Yoms".
By Peter Kohn
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