For the sixth consecutive year, we will gather between Holocaust Remembrance Day and Independence Day for an emotional and festive tradition: reading the Declaration of Independence with traditional cantillation (Ta’amim) at the Egalitarian Kotel. The event will be hosted by Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice Chairman of the World Zionist Organization, and we will be joined by various organizations, rabbis, and public and spiritual leaders.
The event will be broadcast live in multiple languages to the Jewish world (broadcasting for the first time this year on The Times of Israel). This is our way of celebrating Israel’s Independence Day and Jewish Peoplehood in Israel and across the globe.
For those joining remotely, there will be a pre-event lecture by Yuval Malchi on the story of Israel’s founding document (starting at 10:45 a.m. Eastern).
Sunday, April 19, 2026 2nd of Iyar, 5786 | In person: 6:30 p.m. Jerusalem Time at the Egalitarian Kotel (Kotel HaMishpachot) | Online: 11:30 a.m. Eastern > Register to receive the Zoom link
