Jewish Holidays

Yom Yerushalayim

Jerusalem Day

“Never has a city had such power over a people’s imagination. Never were a people more loyal than our ancestors who endured 20 centuries of exile and persecution so that their children or grandchildren or great-grandchildren could come home to Jerusalem, ir hakodesh, the holy city, the home of the Jewish heart.” — Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

When is Yom Yerushalayim 2026

28 Iyar 5786

Begins: Sundown on Thursday 14 May 2026
Ends: Nightfall on Friday 15 May 2026

Videos on Yom Yerushalayim

Jerusalem, the Beating Heart of Jewish Faith

On the 28th day of the month of Iyar (in the Hebrew calendar), we celebrate Yom Yerushalayim. Im eshkachech Yerushalayim....

Three Dreams for Jerusalem

In May 2017, Rabbi Sacks joined World Mizrachi at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem for their Yom Yerushalayim mission...

What Jerusalem Means to Me

As we approach Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) on the 23rd / 24th May 2017, and the 50th anniversary of the...

Animations

Connecting to God (animated video)

Transcript In Judaism, we believe we connect to God in three different ways; creation, revelation, redemption. So how do we...

Short Clips

Rabbi Sacks visits Ir David

During a special visit in June 2014, Rabbi Sacks shared this short thought on how it feels to visit the...

JInsider Videos

Rabbi Sacks on Jerusalem

Transcript When my great-grandfather Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin made Aliya in 1871, the old Yishuv of Jerusalem asked him to...

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From The Archives

Essays and writings from Rabbi Sacks' extensive body of work

ARTICLES

We never forget Jerusalem

There are moments that make Jerusalem feel like no other place on earth; when you feel yourself lifted beyond time...

ARTICLES, ARTICLES

Jerusalem and the Power of Faith

There are times when you know you are living through history: that what you are witnessing will be remembered for...