Experiencing Israel

"It's Personal": Scenes from Israel on Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut

Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin

April 16, 2013

In Israel, it's personal. The losses are personal losses. The joys are about individual freedom. Perhaps that is why it is so intense as well. The intensity of both the sadness and the happiness are powerful and moving, and so telling of the reality of life in Israel.

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Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: The Juxtaposition of Extremes

Karen White

April 15, 2013

At a Tel Aviv cafe, I met Shani, 24, an intelligence officer with the IDF. In my quest to understand more about the Israeli observance of Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day), she told me, over coffee, the story of why she’s chosen a career in the army.