Nakba Day (15 May) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, Nakba Day (Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakba, meaning “Day of the Catastrophe”), an annual day of mourning for the displacement of Palestinian Arabs following the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. The day, inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998, is generally commemorated annually on 15 May (the day after David ben Gurion officially read the Proclamation of the Establishment of the State of Israel).
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A Jewish Prayer for Nakba Day (يوم النكبة), by Rabbi Brant Rosen

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Nakba Day (15 May), Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession

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ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Palestinian refugees, Palestinian Diapsora, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Needing Translation (into Arabic), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Refugee Crisis

A Jewish Prayer for Nakba Day, by Rabbi Brant Rosen. . . .

תְּפִלָּה יְהוּדִית לְיוֹם הַנַּכְּבָּה | A Jewish Prayer for Nakba Day (يوم النكبة), by Sarah M.

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Sarah M. and Rasheed Agbaria (translation)

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Nakba Day (15 May), Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession

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58th century A.M., Children of Avraham, Israeli Arabs, Israeli Palestinians, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Palestinian refugees, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Palestinian Diapsora, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., Needing Vocalization

A Jewish prayer for Nakba Day, as commemorated on May 15th in the civil calendar of the Dawlat Filasṭīn. . . .