From Sadness to Joy

Tuesday evening May 7 through Wednesday May 8 is Yom HaZikaron, Israel's National Remembrance Day for the Fallen & the Victims of Terror.
Wednesday evening May 8 through Thursday May 9 is Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence day.
The official "switch" from Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut takes place a few minutes after sundown, with a ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl Cemetery in which the national flag is raised from half staff to the top of the pole.

The Way We Are

Tuesday evening May 10 through Wednesday May 11 is Yom HaZikaron, Israel's National Remembrance Day for the Fallen & the Victims of Terror.
Wednesday evening May 11 through Thursday May 12 is Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence day.
The official "switch" from Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut takes place a few minutes after sundown, with a ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl Cemetery in which the national flag is raised from half staff to the top of the pole.

Happy Birthday Israel

"Yom HaZikaron" (Hebrew for Day of Remembrance) ended today April 22 2015 at sundown.
It was the day on which we honored our fallen soldiers and victims of terror.

"Yom HaAtzmaut" (Hebrew for Independence Day) then began.
It is a day of Joy and celebration, picnics, barbecues, and the waving of our beautiful blue and white flags!

Our Sadness and Our Joy

"Yom HaZikaron" (Hebrew for Day of Remembrance) begins today April 21 2015 at sundown.
It is a moving and terribly sad day on which Israel honors its fallen soldiers and its victims of terror.

"Yom HaAtzmaut" (Hebrew for Independence Day) begins at sundown the next day, April 22 2015, as Yom HaZikaron ends.
It is a day of Joy and celebration, picnics, barbecues, and the waving of our beautiful blue and white flags!

Remembrance Day (1977)

April 13, 1977

Today's Golden Oldie has the flag at half-mast for Yom Hazikaron back in 1977.

This evening begins the 2012 Israeli Remembrance Day (Yom HaZikaron).
According to Ynet:

2012: Number of Israel's fallen stands at 22,993
"Total of 126 names added to sad list of fallen soldiers, victims of terrorism in past year. Government to discuss plan to build memorial hall in Mount Herzl A total of 126 new names have been added to the list of Israel's fallen soldiers and terrorism victims who will be honored at this week's Remembrance Day events. Israel now has 10,524 bereaved families who have lost 22,993 loved ones. The families include 2,396 orphans and 4,992 widows."-more

Israel Independence Day

Yesterday we marked Remembrance Day in memoriam of the nation's 22,570 fallen, both soldiers and civilians. The count is comprised of those who gave their lives for the State of Israel from 1860 and on, and includes members of the Jewish Brigade and all branches of the Israeli armed forces – the military, police, the Shin Bet and the Mossad. The past year has seen 133 new names added to the somber count. A sombre day of sadness and introspection. * * * And now, today, it's Yom Ha'Atzmaut, marking Israel's sixty-first birthday, a day of joy and celebration ...and our national picnic/barbeque day! Enjoy!! Hag Sameah! Happy Holiday! Live long and prosper!