Yom Yerushalayim
- What
- Yom Yerushalayim
- When
- 5/9/2021
- Where
- Jewish
Yom Yerushalayim, also known as Jerusalem Day is the anniversary of the liberation and unification of Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty that occurred during the Six Day War. The liberation of Jerusalem in 1967 marked the first time in thousands of years that the entire city of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism, was under Jewish sovereignty.
In Jerusalem, thousands of people march around the city and walk through the liberated Old City, where Jews were denied access from 1948 to 1967 while it was under Jordanian control. The march ends at the Kotel (Western Wall), one of the ancient retaining walls surrounding the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. Once everyone gets to the Kotel, there are speeches and concerts and celebratory dancing.