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Jerusalem Day
The Israeli Dance of Flags at Jaffa Road, 2007
Official name
יום ירושלים (Yom Yerushaláyim)
Observed by
Israelis, Jews
Type
National
Significance
Marks the reunification of East Jerusalem with West Jerusalem under Israel; the first time the whole city came under Jewish rule since the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE during the Jewish–Roman wars
Celebrations
Dance of Flags
Date
28 Iyar (Hebrew calendar)
2023 date
Sunset, 18 May – nightfall, 19 May
2024 date
Sunset, 4 June – nightfall, 5 June
2025 date
Sunset, 25 May – nightfall, 26 May
2026 date
Sunset, 14 May – nightfall, 15 May
Frequency
Annual
First time
12 May 1968
Part of a series on
Jerusalem
History
Timeline
City of David
Second Temple Period
Aelia Capitolina
Middle Ages
Early Muslim period
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Mutasarrifate
British Mandate
Israeli takeover of West Jerusalem
Jordanian annexation of East Jerusalem
Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem
Sieges
Before Common Era
701 BCE
597 BCE
587 BCE
63 BCE
37 BCE
Common Era
70
614
637
1099
1187
1244
1834
1917
1948
Places
East
West
Old City
Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa
Dome of the Rock
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Western Wall
Synagogues
Mosques
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Hebrew University
Knesset
Biblical Zoo
Tomb of Lazarus
Al-Quds University
People
Demographic history
Mayor
Chief Rabbi
Grand Mufti
Greek Orthodox Patriarch
Crusader kings
Political status
Religious significance
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Jerusalem Law
Jerusalem Day
Quds Day
Judaization
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US recognition
Other topics
Names
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Jerusalem Day (Hebrew: יום ירושלים, Yom Yerushaláyim) is an Israeli national holiday that commemorates the "reunification" of East Jerusalem (including the Old City) with West Jerusalem following the Six-Day War of 1967, which saw Israel occupy East Jerusalem and the West Bank, effectively annexing the former. It is celebrated annually on 28 Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, and is marked officially throughout Israel with state ceremonies and memorial services.
A notable celebrations that marks the holiday is a flag-flying parade known as the Dance of Flags. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel declared Jerusalem Day to be a minor religious holiday, as it marks the regaining for Jewish people of access to the Western Wall.[1][2]
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^Adele Berlin (2011). "Yom Yerushalayim". The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion. Oxford University Press. p. 803. ISBN 978-0-19-973004-9.
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