Yad Kennedy
Yad Kennedy, located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Memorial in Mateh Yehuda Region, Israel
- Also known as: “Yad Kenedi” and “Yad Qenedi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rubinstein memorial and Hurvat Seadim.
Rubinstein memorial
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Avi1111, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rubinstein memorial is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 250 metres north of Yad Kennedy.
Hurvat Seadim
Ruins
Photo: שומבלע, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Hurvat Seadim is a ruins, which is situated 540 metres west of Yad Kennedy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aminadav and Even Sapir.
Aminadav
Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aminadav is a moshav in central Israel. Located southwest of Jerusalem near Yad Kennedy, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 914.
Even Sapir
Village
Even Sapir is a moshav in central Israel. Located on the outskirts of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 715.
Ora
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ora is a moshav in central Israel. Located southwest of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,358.
Yad Kennedy
- Categories: cenotaph, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.74929° or 31° 44′ 57″ northLongitude
35.13476° or 35° 8′ 5″ eastElevation
822 metres (2,697 feet)Open location code
8G3QP4XM+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 498805290OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Yad Kennedy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب كينيدي التذكاري”
- Arabic: “ياد كينيدي”
- Azerbaijani: “Yad Kennedi”
- Cebuano: “Yad Kennedy”
- Chinese: “肯尼迪纪念馆”
- Czech: “Jad Kennedy”
- Czech: “Yad Kennedy”
- French: “Yad Kennedy”
- German: “Jad Kennedy”
- German: “Yad Kennedy”
- Hebrew: “יד קנדי”
- Macedonian: “Меморијален Центар Џон Кенеди”
- Polish: “Pomnik Kennedy’ego (Izrael)”
- Polish: “Pomnik Kennedy’ego”
- Slovak: “Jad Kennedy”
- Spanish: “Yad Kennedy”
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