Memorial

WATCH: Final hostage pin removed from National Memorial Hall for Israel's Fallen

The pin was removed in a solemn ceremony organized by the Families, Commemoration and Heritage Division at the Defense Ministry, following the return of Gvili's body to Israel from Gaza.

A HOSTAGE pin on St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili's memorial brick.
Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

The Holocaust Memorial in Hyde Park, London.

After 10 years of dispute, UK Holocaust memorial may finally break ground

Soon, memory of the Holocaust will rely not on firsthand accounts but on documentation, interpretation, and increasing technological forms of representation.

AI and fading survivors reshape how we remember the Holocaust - analysis


‘Yizkor’ - short story

The word yizkor means 'He shall remember.'

‘WHAT WILL they remember about their mother?’ Illustrative.

President Donald Trump, dignitaries, pastors and 90,000 others pay tribute to Charlie Kirk 

Charlie Kirk’s funeral drew 90,000 mourners to State Farm Stadium, with tributes from Trump, Musk and faith leaders honoring his legacy in faith, family and American liberty.

Candles are placed next to a picture of Charlie Kirk during a vigil under the line "In Memory of Charlie Kirk, for freedom, patriotism and justice" in front of the Embassy of the United States in Berlin, Germany September 11, 2025.

Trump, Vance to headline memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona

President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and top officials will attend a large-scale memorial for slain activist Charlie Kirk, as security tightens and political tensions rise.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance point to the stage during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 15, 2024.

After 40 years: Gvar’am amphitheater reopens as memorial for Operation Protective Edge fallen

After decades abandoned, Gvar’am Forest Amphitheater reopens as an official memorial with 68 circles, oak trees, and a wall honoring the fallen of Operation Protective Edge.

The Gvar’am Forest Amphitheater

One year on: Jerusalem honors Hersh Goldberg-Polin, ‘beautiful six’ slain hostages

Their bodies were found by the IDF in the Hamas tunnel last year in August, after enduring horrific conditions, including torture and starvation.

Slain hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin's family seen at his memorial ceremony in Jerusalem on August 19, 2025, one year since his death by Hamas.

A decade after Facebook: Instagram enables memorializing people after their death

Instagram now lets users appoint a memorial contact to manage parts of their account after death - without posting or reading messages - joining Facebook in offering tools to cope with loss.

Instagram

Navigating loss in the digital world: Instagram adds memorialization option for deceased users

This feature was introduced following a legislative initiative by Shas MK Erez Malul, who has worked to raise awareness of users' post-death rights and enable memorialization on social media.

Instagram app.

Vandals deface Holocaust memorial in Polish Jewish cemetery with anti-Israel, Nazi graffiti

This incident occurred just days after far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun referred to the Auschwitz gas chambers as “fake” and accused the Auschwitz Museum of promoting “pseudo-history.”

 The Holocaust memorial that was defaced over Friday night with a swastika and anti-Israel graffiti In Dulka Poland on July 11, 2025.

‘They destroyed beacons of hope’: Netanyahu attends memorial for two Israelis killed in DC attack

Netanyahu dedicated a memorial corner in the honor of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, which features a mezuzah made from the remains of an Iron Dome interceptor.

 The families of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim attend a memorial held at the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, US, July 10, 2025

Bat Yam holds memorial for Ukrainian family slain by Iranian missile

Addressed by representatives of the Ukrainian mission to Israel as well as Bat Yam mayor Zvika Brut, mourners viewed the five coffins on display in front of the crash site.

 Bat Yam municipality held a memorial ceremony for a family of five Ukrainians, slain by an Iranian ballistic missile on June 30, 2025.