US initiative sees New York's Cuomo Bridge and city halls in Austin, Boston, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco light up in colors of Jewish state's flag

Albert Bourla hails partnership between the Jewish state and his pharma firm: 'We are demonstrating that through mass vaccination we can defeat the COVID-19 pandemic'

Crowds again allowed to observe annual flyover after COVID restrictions rolled back; other public events, private gatherings set to be held throughout country

At celebratory event in Jerusalem, Netanyahu contravenes tradition by issuing video speech; Pfizer CEO hailed as a Jewish hero, lauds 'groundbreaking' vaccination campaign

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Ofri Butbul,18, saved the life of an elderly man she had gotten to know as a volunteer, while 102-year-old Yemenite Torah scholar Yaish Giat owns a spice shop

Greenpeace slams Agriculture Ministry for rosy report on rising beef consumption; Adam Teva V'Din vows to bring Israel into line with Europe via law to ban single-use plastics

Latest stats find 73.9% of population are Jews, 21.1% are Arabs, and 5% are members of other groups

As it does for every holiday, military announces closure for Palestinians, beginning Tuesday night and continuing through Thursday; exceptions to be made for humanitarian cases

Spiritual mentor Yaish Giat will wish that 'our nation love one another, that people will respect one another'