Israel’s Memorial Day
“Jews fought, and never more so than in the State of Israel, with the courage that you find only in those whose ultimate aim is not victory but peace, not triumph but life. Let us remember them and their past, and look today at the Israel they have built. A land of freedom and energy and creativity and life.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
4 Iyar 5786
Begins: Sundown on Monday 20 April 2026
Ends: Nightfall on Tuesday 21 April 2026
In this livestreamed shiur, Rabbi Sacks reflects on Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut 2020 - and how we are observing...
In honour of Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha'Atzmaut, here is a short video created in April 2020, the audio of...
Essays and writings from Rabbi Sacks' extensive body of work
BOOK EXTRACTS, BOOK EXTRACTS
Many of Rabbi Sacks’ readers and listeners remember him describing his experiences before, during, and after the Six Day War,...
SPEECHES, STATEMENTS, SPEECHES
This speech was delivered by Rabbi Sacks at the National Holocaust Memorial Commemoration Ceremony in Hyde Park, London in May...
YOM HA'ATZMAUT SPEECHES
Rabbi Sacks delivered this Yom HaZikaron-Yom Ha'atzmaut address at the Bnei Akiva ceremony in May 2006, at Finchley Synagogue (Kinloss)....
YOM HA'ATZMAUT SPEECHES
Rabbi Sacks delivered this Yom HaZikaron-Yom Ha'atzmaut address at the Bnei Akiva ceremony on Wednesday 11th May 2005 at Finchley...
YOM HA'ATZMAUT SPEECHES
This extract was delivered by Rabbi Sacks as part of his Yom HaZikaron-Yom Ha'atzmaut address at the Bnei Akiva ceremony...
YOM HA'ATZMAUT SPEECHES
This address was delivered in 2001 in Finchley Synagogue, as part of Bnei Akiva’s annual service for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut.
