Monday, May 09, 2016

The Way We Are

yom haZikaron, memorial day, remembrance day, Israel, yom haAtzmaut,independence, israel day,holiday,Tuesday evening May 10 through Wednesday May 11 is Yom HaZikaron, Israel's National Remembrance Day for the Fallen & the Victims of Terror.
Wednesday evening May 11 through Thursday May 12 is Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence day.
The official "switch" from Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut takes place a few minutes after sundown, with a ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl Cemetery in which the national flag is raised from half staff to the top of the pole.

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