The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/memorial/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 03:10:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png memorial | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/memorial/ 32 32 Kibbutz Be’eri chooses single burned-out house to bear testimony to October 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/kibbutz-beeri-chooses-single-burned-out-house-to-bear-testimony-to-october-7/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:17:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3731351 Home on community's periphery belongs to the Dvori family, who were overseas when Hamas went on killing spree; other wrecked structures scheduled for demolition

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]]> October 7 spurs new memorials honoring Israel’s fallen female soldiers https://www.timesofisrael.com/october-7-spurs-new-memorials-honoring-israels-fallen-female-soldiers/ Sat, 11 Oct 2025 04:59:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3651711 From Nahal Oz to Petah Tikva’s 'Daughters of Deborah,' new monuments reflect Israel’s long-overdue recognition of women’s sacrifice in battle

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]]> ‘We will rise’: Grief, defiance and hope as 30,000 gather in Tel Aviv two years after Oct. 7 https://www.timesofisrael.com/grief-defiance-and-hope-30000-gather-in-tel-aviv-to-mark-two-years-since-oct-7/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:35:12 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3659005 At the nation’s largest memorial since Hamas's attack, bereaved families and survivors honor those lost in the war and call for the release of the 48 hostages still held in Gaza

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]]> Two years on, Nova festival survivors gather to honor the dead — and the living https://www.timesofisrael.com/two-years-on-nova-festival-survivors-gather-to-honor-the-dead-and-the-living/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:37:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3657426 At a Tel Aviv memorial, bereaved families and survivors of Hamas’s October 7 massacre vow to remember, rebuild, and bring home the hostages still in Gaza

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]]> Events worldwide to focus on healing, unity as Jews gather to mark Oct. 7 attacks https://www.timesofisrael.com/events-to-focus-on-healing-unity-as-jews-worldwide-gather-to-mark-oct-7-attacks/ Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:05:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3653507 On 2nd anniversary of devastating Hamas-led atrocities that sparked the ongoing Gaza war, Diaspora organizers say memorials will be safe spaces to mourn together, free of politics

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]]> Kfar Aza Oct. 7 memorial forms unforeseen stop on trail envisioned by murdered Ofir Libstein https://www.timesofisrael.com/kfar-aza-oct-7-memorial-forms-unforeseen-stop-on-trail-envisioned-by-murdered-ofir-libstein/ Sun, 23 Mar 2025 06:21:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3504021 The Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council head had opened the tourist route 10 days before he was killed by terrorists; station includes carved signatures of murdered residents

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]]> Oct. 7 ceremonies across Israel see mix of searing grief, political tensions https://www.timesofisrael.com/oct-7-ceremonies-across-israel-see-mix-of-searing-grief-political-tensions/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 20:55:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3392351 One year after massacre, several major and countless smaller ceremonies take place, as the country grapples with grim anniversary at same time as ongoing war and internal division

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]]> After 40,000 planned to attend, alternative Oct. 7 memorial limited to 2,000 people https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-40000-planned-to-attend-alternative-oct-7-memorial-limited-to-2000-people/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 01:03:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3390751 Organizers say wartime cap on gatherings will limit crowd, invite public to watch in their own communities; Herzog says Israel can't fully heal while hostages remain in Gaza

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]]> Huge alternative Oct. 7 memorial ceremony to be held in Tel Aviv; state event in Ofakim https://www.timesofisrael.com/tens-of-thousands-expected-to-attend-alternative-october-7-ceremony-in-tel-aviv/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:47:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3362337 Tens of thousands expected at Yarkon Park gathering to be emceed by Hanoch Daum and Rotem Sela, include speeches by bereaved families, relatives of hostages, Gaza border residents

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]]> Regev dismisses families’ objections as ‘noise’ as she pushes ahead with Oct. 7 ceremony https://www.timesofisrael.com/regev-dismisses-families-objections-as-noise-as-she-pushes-ahead-with-oct-7-ceremony/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:22:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3359382 She likens communities' planned events to 'alternative ceremonies, such as Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on Memorial Day'; is accused of ignoring pain of bereaved, hostages' families

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]]> Israeli peace activist murdered by Hamas is memorialized in Gaza evacuee camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-peace-activist-murdered-by-hamas-is-memorialized-in-gaza-evacuee-camp/ Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:10:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3349667 Sign with Vivian Silver’s name and photo graces community facility in humanitarian zone in south Gaza

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]]> Israel observes national day of mourning, one month after October 7 massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-observes-national-day-of-mourning-one-month-after-october-7-massacre/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 12:58:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3146942 A minute of silence is held and flags are lowered to half staff as memorial ceremonies get underway across country to remember 1,400 dead, advocate for 242 hostages

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]]> ‘Always a spark about her’: Ex-PM May shares Queen stories at Jewish memorial event https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-uk-pm-theresa-may-addresses-jewish-memorial-event-for-queen-in-london/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 23:59:31 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2836897 May offers a series of warm insights, and then stresses, above all, that Elizabeth II 'believed in the importance of faith, and recognized the value of other faiths'

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]]> Discover a fallen poet and WWII heroine at the Hannah Senesh House near Caesarea https://www.timesofisrael.com/discover-a-fallen-poet-and-wwii-heroine-at-the-hannah-senesh-house-near-caesarea/ Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:31:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2614295 Recently opened to visitors, a newly renovated museum honors the Hungarian-born writer and paratrooper killed when she returned to Europe from the Holy Land to save her fellow Jews

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]]> You can’t look it up… yet: Siblings seek to honor late dad with ‘orbisculate’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/you-cant-look-it-up-yet-siblings-seek-to-honor-late-dad-with-orbisculate/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 01:35:36 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2506481 After losing their father Neil to COVID-19 last year, his children are on a mission to commemorate him by having a term he coined officially added to the English lexicon

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