Yom HaAtzmaut

Our Resources

Hatikvah - The Hope
http://www.jafi-ed.org.il/festivls/zkatz/atz/tikva.html

Israel at 50
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/100/index.html
Activities, resources, maps, concepts
Comprehensive resource on Israel with background, activities, photos, links to discussion groups, timeline, downloadable files

Yom HaAtzmaut
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/festivls/zkatz/atz/

Best of the Web

Aish HaTorah http://www.aish.com/holidays/Israel_Independence_Day/holiday_page.asp
16 contemporary articles on the issues and meaning of life in Israeli today, including of those who choose to come and those who do not.

Hagshama Dept, WZO
http://www.wzo.org.il/en/resources/view.asp?id=182
Focus on the sequence from Memorial to Celebration, and the notable features of the day.

MFA (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00050
Israel at 50 and Beyond - Zionism, Independence, History, Laws

OU (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
http://www.ou.org/chagim/yomhaatzmauth/default.htm
Together with Pride & Hope! Thought for the Day; Prayers and discussion; audio & video links; a dozen top links to articles and special features from 1998-1999 onwards.

WUJS (World Union of Jewish Students)
Activities: http://www.wujs.org.il/activist/activities/programmes/yom_haazmaut/index.shtml