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Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut

Yom Hazikaron is Israel's official Memorial Day. It's followed by Yom Ha'atzmaut ("Independence Day"), which commemorates Israel's declaration of Independence in 1948. The below titles focus on Israel through a variety of genres and perspectives. For our Israel Classics list, click here. Plus, read some Israel-focused posts and posts written by our Israeli Visiting Scribes:
- Shani Boianjiu (The People of Forever Are Not Afraid)
- Yuval Elizur and Lawrence Malkin (The War Within)
- Evan Fallenberg (When We Danced on Water, Light Fell)
- The Best Part of Traveling by Martin Fletcher
- Matti Freedman (The Aleppo Codex)
- Assaf Gavron (Almost Dead)
- Daniel Gordis (The Promise of Israel)
- Miriam Libicki (jobnik!)
- Haim Watzman (A Crack in the Earth)
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