Diaspora and Israeli Jews remember the fallen at English-language Memorial Day events

AsIsraelmarksMemorialDay,English-speakingJewsfromacrosstheglobewillgatheratthreemajorcommemorativeeventsinLatrunandJerusalemtohonorthecountry’sfallensoldiersandvictimsofterror,manyofwhomwereimmigrantswhomadeIsraeltheirhome. Theceremonies—heldatYadL’ShiryoninLatrun,AmmunitionHillandtheJerusalemTheater—aimtomakeMemorialDayaccessibletoEnglish-speakingaudiencesinIsraelandtheDiaspora.Eacheventisexpectedtodrawhundredstothousandsofattendeesinpersonandthousandsmoreonlinevialivestreams. 4Viewgallery HereBecauseofThem—Together:RememberingtheFallenLoneSoldiers (Photo:NefeshB’Nefesh) Latrun:GlobaltributesthroughMasaIsraelJourney AtYadL’ShiryoninLatrun,MasaIsraelJourneywillhosttheworld’slargestEnglish-languageMemorialDayceremony,nowinits17thyear.Theevent,themed“TogetherWeRemember,”comesamiddeepnationalmourningfollowingtheOctober7massacre,ongoingwarandrisingglobalantisemitism. Over4,500peoplearee