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Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home

“Her message was simple: Jonathan cannot be abandoned. He must be freed. He must be brought home to Israel. She kept one flame alive through years when darkness appeared stronger than hope."

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.
Memorial at Majdal Shams listing the victims of the rocket strike there.

Majdal Shams dedicates memorial park honoring 12 children killed in rocket attack

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) walks through the Dirksen Senate Office Building before Judiciary Committee hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, US, April 27, 2022.

Lindsey Graham is gone, Israel may never find another friend like him - comment

THE 66TH BATTALION memorial at Jerusalem’s Ammunition Hill now bears four sections, tracing the unit’s losses from the Battle for Jerusalem in 1967 to Israel’s subsequent wars, and, most recently, honoring five veterans Hamas murdered during or after the October 7 massacre.

Ammunition Hill memorial now honors Six-Day War veterans killed on October 7


The country’s wild ride from euphoria to depression, heartbreak to hope - comment

Over a year later, this extended Remembrance Day-like feeling shows no sign of letting up.

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi attends a ceremony honoring fallen soldiers on October 27, 2024

A Taste of Memory: Fattal honors October 7 victims with culinary tribute

Hotel chain presents stands in all restaurants dedicated to the fallen, murdered, and kidnapped with favorite dishes and personal stories, connecting national pain with personal memory.

 The position of the late Nitzan Rahum and the late Lidor Levy

Pillars of Eternity: Sderot Memorial honors victims of October 7 attack

"The site will tell the story of the impossibility of the city of Sderot, whose life is now mixed with blood but holds extraordinary resilience, faith, heritage, and community."

 Sderot memorial

October 7, 2024: Israel and the world mark one year since massacre

Memorials held nationwide in memory of those fallen, honoring hostages still held in Gaza, one year later

 October 7, one year later

IDF Capt. Roi Nahary, 23: Saving lives – in life and in death

Captain Roi Nahary was one of the 12 active and reserve soldiers who fell on October 9, following another dozen who had fallen the previous day, and 284 who fell on the infamous Oct. 7, 2023.

 Israeli soldiers take position as other paratroopers land behind them during the US-led Swift Response exercise in Europe in June 2018.

A Torah scroll of unity: In memory of the victims and fallen of October 7 - opinion

 An illustrative image of a Torah scroll and a shofar for Yom Kippur.

New York City event honors legacy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

The atmosphere that evening was both meaningful and emotional for me personally, as I had met Rabbi Sacks in England and in New York City, when he signed my Koren Sacks Siddur.

 An artistic portrait of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

Names of five victims of Jaffa terror attack announced

The names of two other victims have not yet been released.

 Star of David and yizkor candle.

Knesset remembers: Memorial for victims of terror to be established in Knesset plaza

The Knesset Spokesperson announced that it will unveil a memorial this month honoring victims of terror attacks, featuring a unique design by artist Ella Littwitz.

 The newly planned Knesset memorial for Israeli terror victims.

Fifty years without my father - opinion

My father, Abraham ben Odes and Fischel, died 50 years ago this week. To me it feels impossible that he’s been gone so long and yet is such a strong presence in my mind and heart.

 ABRAHAM SLOPAK, the writer’s father, 1933.