Yom Ha’atzmaut
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) visits wounded IDF soldiers at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on May 14, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 15, 2024, 12:26 pm
Israel marks 76th Independence Day, at war, with ‘hearts full of sorrow and pain’
Biden wishes Herzog a year of peace and joy in congratulatory letter; Netanyahu absent from traditional events; families of hostages organize alternate flyover, Tel Aviv rally
By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff
Attendees at last year’s community Yom Ha’Atzmaut story danced the Horah at Temple Sinai. (Photo provided by David Dvir)
May 6, 2024, 4:04 pm
Pittsburgh Jewish community prepares to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut
Commemorations go on in the aftermath of Oct. 7
By David Rullo
Participants enjoy Yom Ha’atzmaut 2019 celebrations. Photo by David Bachman Photography.
April 17, 2023, 10:45 am
Pittsburghers racing toward Yom Ha’atzmaut
Games, activities, bounce house and race all part of local Israel Independence Day celebrations
By Adam Reinherz
Israeli security and rescue personnel work at the scene of a terror attack in Elad, May 5, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
May 5, 2022, 3:25 pm
At least 3 killed in terrorist attack in Israeli city of Elad
One of the men had been wielding a large object that could have been an ax or a knife, witnesses said. The other possessed a firearm.
By Andrew Lapin
Fighter jets fly over the Israeli flag on Independence Day celebrations in 1957. (Photo by Moshe Pridan/Government Press Office)
May 5, 2022, 11:12 am
Eight fun and fascinating facts surrounding Israel’s founding
As Israel celebrates its independence, we take a look at the bizarre debates, events and even architecture that marked its earliest days.
By Naama Barak
Laptop, Computer, Desktop PC, Human Hand, Office / soft focus picture / Vintage concept
April 27, 2022, 10:21 am
Israel at 74
Today, threats and enemies remain, but unlike in the past, many countries are normalizing relations with Israel
Movie still provided by Classrooms Without Borders.
April 19, 2021, 12:54 pm
Classrooms Without Borders celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut with premier of ‘Yerusalem’
“What fascinated me is how this small tribe succeeded to keep their unique religion for more than 2,000 years."
By David Rullo
Harry M. Caplan began working for Zionist causes before World War I and finally visited Israel for the first time in April 1958, a year before his death. (Image provided by the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center)
April 11, 2021, 11:03 am
Yom Ha’atzmaut in Etna
Small town communal worker devoted himself to Israel and Jewish peoplehood
By Eric Lidji
A medical worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine at Barzilai Medical Center in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Dec. 20, 2020. (Photo by Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
April 7, 2021, 10:00 am
Not even COVID can slow down the Start-up Nation
Seventy-three years young and looking good!
By Kim Salzman
The Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community is paired with the city of Karmiel and the Misgav region through, Partnership2Gether, a program of the Jewish Agency for Israel. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
April 5, 2021, 12:27 pm
Varied virtual programming offered for Yom Ha’atzmaut
Events to focus on diversity in Israel, cooking and children's programming
By Justin Vellucci
David Broza with Julie, Ari and Judah Paris. Photo courtesy of Julie Paris
June 5, 2019, 9:42 am
Community celebrates Israel Independence Day with David Broza
Good music and great weather afford public celebration of Yom Ha'Atzmaut.
By Adam Reinherz
Rivka Nehorai has come to understand Matisyahu's artistic journey. (Photo by David Bachman)
May 16, 2017, 12:02 pm
Matisyahu in Pittsburgh for Yom Ha’atzmaut
Food, fun, music harmonize with wild weather during Israel celebration
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