Mount Herzl

Jerusalem razes Elie Wiesel Plaza for NIS 73m. underground passage to Shaare Zedek

SZMC’s director-general Prof. Ofer Merin told In Jerusalem that when construction is completed, he will make sure that the Elie Wiesel Plaza and its garden are restored.

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People visit the graves of Israeli soldiers at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 16, 2026, days before Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day).

Victims of terror honored at President's Residence

CHAIRMAN YAAKOV HAGOEL on the World Zionist Organization balcony in Jerusalem, in homage to Theodor Herzl’s iconic pose at the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, in the early 1900s.

Closing the circle: Inside the campaign to bring Theodor Herzl’s grandparents to Mount Herzl

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gal Hirsch, Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing in the Prime Minister's Office hold a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerursalem, January 27, 2026.

Gal Hirsch faces backlash over Independence Day torch-lighting amid tax fraud trial


Memorial Hall of Israel's Fallen soldiers wins international prize

The memorial site, designed by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects, combines light space and names of fallen soldiers to offer visitors a unique way to commemorate their friends and loved ones.

Memorial Hall of Israel's Fallen at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery

Bringing Herzl home

A salute to Chaplain Rabbi Oscar Mike Lifshutz who arranged Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl's re-burial in Jerusalem's Mount Herzl in August 1949.

Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Israel's first lady Nechama Rivlin laid to rest

Rivlin was buried on what would have been her 74th birthday.

President Reuven Rivlin is comforted by family at his wife's funeral on Mt. Herzl, in Jerusalem, June 5, 2019

IDF memorial wins architecture awards in China

Architect Etan Kimmel served as keynote speaker at the Chinese design award ceremony, broadcast live across Chinese national TV channels.

Architect Etan Kimmel accepting two awards at the 9th annual International Space Design Award Idea-Tops in Shenzhen, China, April 25, 2019

President Rivlin, Israeli officials remember Shimon Peres in Jerusalem

The memorial ceremony for the late president was held at the Great Leaders of the Nation section of Jerusalem's Mount Herzl cemetery.

Reuven Rivlin  commemorates the late Shimon Peres in Jerusalem

On This Day: Theodor Herzl re-interred 69 years ago atop Mt. Herzl

Known in Hebrew as Har Hazikaron (the Mount of Memory) as well as Har Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery is symbolically located adjoining the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and the Jerusalem

Herzl's grave at the top of Mount Herzl.

Hesder yeshiva students refuse to visit Rabin’s grave

The incident took place on Sunday, with the four individuals refusing to visit the grave together with their unit on ideological grounds.

A girl lays a red rose on the grave of slain prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl

Elite IDF soldier remembered as heroic during Mt. Herzl funeral

His commander called him "one of the best fighters" during his eulogy at the funeral.

Ronen Lubarsky Z"L