From mourning to celebration: Inspiring essays for Israel’s 74th Independence Day

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, May 5, 2022 From the blogs [74 reasons to love Israel]( By [Talya Woolf]( [From Yom Kippur bike-riding to sea turtles, the meditative power of the Negev and good-looking men, Krembos, hummus, wine, and how simply everyone helps everyone else]( [Irene Rabinowitz]( [Dawn’s child at 74]( [The Jewish state and I were born in the same year, but regardless of my focus on the news from Israel, it was not a given that I would make aliyah – until I did]( [Yuval Cherlow]( [The PTSD impact of fireworks: An ethical dilemma]( [How far should the public go to accommodate the needs of audience members who could be triggered by sounds, sights, and more?]( [Israel 1948: Vidal Sassoon in combat]( By [Zack Rothbart]( [Fighting for Israel’s independence was formative, leaving the legendary stylist with confidence, grim memories, and a commitment to Zionism and the Jewish people]( [Kenneth Jacobson]( [On Yom HaAtzmaut, celebrating the new era of normalization]( [As Arab states normalize relations with Israel, others continue to criticize the Jewish state, and in starker terms than ever]( [CRM]( [No more miracles]( By [Naftali Moses]( [I am no longer the starry-eyed immigrant to the miraculous modern Jewish state; 14 years ago, my teenaged son was killed by Hamas terrorists]( [Benjamin Miller]( [My combat experience in the Yom Kippur War]( [The bravery of low-ranking soldiers committed to protecting their country and families was key in 1973 – but victory came at a terrible price]( From the blogs [What if remembering was an act of loneliness?]( By [Sherri Mandell]( [Suppose the killers of your son were never found and it was always Memorial Day for you – how would you comfort yourself on Yom HaZikaron?]( [Ayala Shalev]( [It’s not just Israelis hurting on Yom Hazikaron]( [Our annual joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony helps remind us that we are all slaves to this devastating cycle of bloodshed, and the only way out is together]( [An Israeli mother’s prayer before Memorial Day]( By [Sarah Tuttle-Singer]( [They say that all Israeli mothers look at their children at some point knowing that we have to give them away]( Top Ops [Jacob Herber]( [Deplorable politicians, AIPAC and safeguarding Israel’s precarious security]( [In today’s broken Washington, the crucial efforts to strengthen US-Israel ties must include working with Republican members who are anathema to me]( [Dana Levinson Steiner]( [Millennial Jews are choosing between Israel and social acceptance]( [An alarming number of young, non-religious Jews say they’ve had to hide their identity because of the anti-Israel climate]( [Unsubscribe from this List]( Email not displaying correctly? [View in browser]( © 2022 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved