Yizkor

Remembering the fallen on Simchat Torah

A new initiative seeks to collect the names of all those fallen on Simchat Torah to be distributed to various congregations for the traditional Yizkor prayer for the deceased.

Out of the woodwork

|Kol Nidre, Neilah, Yizkor, always bring crowds to the synagogue, even if this is the only time they come during the entire year.

Watch: Rabbi Leo Dee recites Yiskor at Independence Day ceremony

At Yizkor, remember the Jews murdered by Arabs in 5782

When you rise up at Yiskor, read this list of just this past year's terror victims. And weep for the lost promise of these innocents.

Yizkor: Recalling our dearly departed on Shavuot

What are the memories and thoughts that should fill our minds and hearts as we are about to recite Yizkor on Shavuot?

Yizkor, on the last day of Passover

This soulful prayer resonates acutely 4 times a year in Ashkenaz services, bringing even the non-observant to synagogue. A personal story.

“Yizkor” in 60 countries: Masa’s Virtual Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

Hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world, from Morocco to New Zealand, will take part tonight in Masa’s Virtual Yom HaZikaron Ceremony

Yizkor in corona times

RIP Rabbi Yeshua Ben Shushan

War hero, kabbalist and father of 10 was 73. He was a member of the "Jewish Underground."

The Koren Yizkor: Memory and meaning, remembrance and hope

Yizkor: Remembering

Yom Kippur: Israel Stops and Reflects

Yom Kippur – the solemn Day of Atonement-begins Friday night. The Yom Kippur War broke out in 1973 during prayers.

'G-d' – Out of IDF Prayer

'G-d' Taken Out of Military Prayer

Chief of Staff approves committee's recommendation to restore the pre-1967 version of the military Yizkor.

Kippah Wearing General to Head Yizkor Team

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yishai Bar will head a team to decide controversy regarding memorial prayer formula.

Tzohar Rabbis: Unite ‘Yizkor’ Memorial Formulas

Zionist rabbis propose an IDF "in memorium" text that unites “May G-d remember” with “May the Nation of Israel remember.”

Gantz: IDF Units Free to Choose Yizkor Formula

Under pressure from secular public, press, Chief of Staff takes step back from controversy over memorial text.