Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut events 2022/5782
Reading Megillat Ha’atzmaut at the Egalitarian Kotel
Sunday May 1st
11:30am ET/ 8:30am PT
Every year between Yom HaShoah and Yom Ha’atzmaut, the World Zionist Organization holds a festive event of reading Megillat Ha’atzmaut at the Egalitarian Kotel. They broadcast it live in different languages to the whole Jewish world. This is their way to celebrate Israel’s independence and it strengthen our sense of Jewish peoplehood in Israel and abroad.
Running in Their Memory
Tuesday May 3rd
10:30am ET/ 7:30am PT
The WZO Department of Irgoon and Connection with Israelis Abroad in collaboration with the “Derech Haraglaim” NGO
“Running in their Memory” is a unique commemorative venture.
This is an event where at one o’clock at the end of Remembrance Day, we will all set out to paint the streets blue and white for the memory of the fallen.In the “Running in their Honor” event, there is no music or a launch film, nor are times measured and there are no winners or losers. This is an event that everyone participates in with one national intention – to remember the fallen.
MASA Yom HaZikaron Memorial Ceremony “These are Our Stories”(In English)
Tuesday May 3rd
1:00pm ET/ 10:00am PT
Join for the annual Masa Yom HaZikaron Memorial Ceremony. On the eve of Yom HaZikaron, we will commemorate IDF soldiers and victims of terror at the largest virtual ceremony for the Jewish world. For Israelis, this day is one of the most important of the year as we recognize those who sacrificed their lives for Israel.
Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
Tuesday May 3rd
1:30pm ET/ 10:30am PT
The Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony will be live broadcast on May 3, 2022. The
Ceremony is hosted by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle–Families Forum! Featuring presentations by Israeli and Palestinian artists and speakers, this year’s event is sure to inspire.
Halev Od Sham- The Ceremony
Embracing Israeli families of the fallen living in the diaspora
Tuesday May 3rd 3:30pm ET/ 12:30pm PT
The WZO Department of Irgoon and Connection with Israelis Abroad in collaboration with the Petah Tikvah Municipality invite you to the Yom HaZikaron ceremony for Israeli communities around the world.
Commemorating Israel’s Fallen – A North American Reform Movement Yom HaZikaron Ceremony
Tuesday May 3rd
8:00pm ET/ 5:00pm PT
Join us as we mark Yom HaZikaron / Israeli Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Terror. Yom HaZikaron is the national Remembrance Day observed in Israel for all Israeli military personnel who lost their lives in the struggle that led to the establishment of the State of Israel and for those who have been killed subsequently while on active duty in Israel’s armed forces.
Join the Reform Movement in North America as we come together in prayer and song with Israeli Reform Israeli musician Shimon Smith and Rabbi Josh Weinberg to mark this moment and remember all those who gave their life in service of the State of Israel.
Celebrate Yom Haatzmaut with the IMPJ
Thursday May 5th
1pm ET/ 10am PT
Join the IMPJ and partner organizations in celebrating Yom Haatzmaoot – Israel’s Independence Day.
