Israel @60

Below please find resources you can use with your classes to commemorate this most important Yom Hazikaron and celebrate this most enjoyable Yom Haatzmaut as we rejoice on the occasion of Israel's 60th birthday.

Yom Hazikaron

http://www.izkor.gov.il/ This website is devoted to Yom Hazikaron. You can view biographies in Hebrew of every fallen Israeli soldier and see where they are buried in an Israeli military cemetery.

Yom Haazmaut

Here are 3 links from the Jewish Agency:

http://www.60israel.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+Time/Festivals+and+Memorial+Days/Independence+Day/
http://www.60israel.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Focus+Areas/60Israel/Hatikva/tikva.htm
http://60israel.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Focus+Areas/60Israel

Jacob Richman has gathered 106 cool Israel videos from YouTube.
Enjoy the videos at:
http://www.jr.co.il/videos/israel-videos.htm

Yeshiva University has its Yom Haatzmaut to Go Package from YUTorah.org. Here is a direct link to download it: http://www.yutorah.org/togo/5768/yomhaatzmaut/
You can also listen to shiurim on YU Torah.org. Click here for Yom Haatzmaut.

A magical slideshow for Israel's 60th anniversary: ISRAEL AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! Click to see the miracles of the Promised Land: http://www.jerusalemonline.com/banner/abmc.asp?b=593&z=29

Israel's accomplishments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVvMJdvEX8

A one-minute "promo" PR for a movie/presentation that you can buy - or just enjoy as it is. Same guy who made the attached powerpoint: Israel Forever
http://www.uzitauber.com/main.asp?id_sel=69&cat=news&sCat=news_content&sel_nav1=107

60 years in 60 seconds: http://www.aish.com/movies/60years.asp

In the Blink of an Eye - Dr. Rahamim Melamed-Cohen: http://www.aish.com/movies/blinkofeye.asp

Here are links to audio and print shiurim on Yom Haatzmaut from TorahWeb:
Audio:
Rabbi Hershel Schachter - The Significance of the State of Israel; Celebrating Yom Ha'atsmaut
Rabbi Mayer Twersky - Eretz Yisrael's Central Role in Halacha and Hashkafa
Rabbi Michael Rosensweig - Eretz Yisrael: The Corporate Headquarters of Klal Yisroel
Rav Mayer Twersky - The Current Situation in Israel As Seen Through the Prism of Chanukah

Divrei Torah:
Rabbi Herschel Schachter - The Boundaries of the Land
Rabbi Yaakov Haber - Mitzvot and Eretz Yisrael
Rabbi Yaakov Haber - The Desired Land
Rabbi Herschel Schachter - Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach!!
Rabbi Mordechai Willig - Kibud Av V'aim vs. Living in Israel
Rabbi Mordechai Willig - Shmitah for the Consumer
Rabbi Herschel Schachter - Are We Still the Am Hanivchar?
Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger - The Interdependence of Generations
Rabbi Michael Rosensweig - Reflections on Yom ha-Atzmaut: Eretz Yisrael as a Framework for Kedushah and Spiritual Opportunity
Rabbi Mordechai Willig - Cheit Hameraglim: Then and Now