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Two remembrance days in memory of October 7 - opinion

What are the chances of the two ceremonies being united next year? Well, that depends on who wins the election in two weeks.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 Massacre, marking three years since Oct 7.
Israeli army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur, gives a press conference following Operation Entebbe, in which Israeli special forces rescued 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 3, 1976.PremiumPremium

The other legacy of Entebbe: Israel’s forgotten African partnerships - opinion

Fifty years after the famous rescue, Israel should remember not only a military triumph, but the African partnerships that made it possible – and the lessons they hold for the future

|BySHIRI FEIN-GROSSMAN
Dov Bleich writing a Yiddish prayer for America’s next 250 years at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

America did not begin in a single language - opinion

Could Jonas Phillips have imagined what this experiment called America would look like 250 years on? 

|ByDOV BLEICH
An Israeli hostage is greeted on her return to Israel after Operation Entebbe on 3rd July 1976, in which, Israeli special forces rescued 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine following their hijack of Air France Flight 139.

Sorin Hershko, soldier most severely wounded in Entebbe, honored on operation's 50th anniversary

The recognition was awarded by the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, whose chairman is Chemi Peres, son of former prime minister Shimon Peres.

|ByMAARIV

Culture Ministry announces plans for Israel's 70th anniversary

In April, Israelis will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Jewish state, as marked by the Hebrew calendar.

JANUARY 15, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
Israeli flag.

From their headquarters in Haifa, Baha’is seek to ‘unify humanity’

The religious group celebrates on Sunday the 200th anniversary of its founder, Bahaullah.

OCTOBER 21, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
The Bahai gardens, Haifa