In July 2011, Gantz appointed a special committee to talk about a controversy that had started after a concerning mention of the word "Elohim", "God", in the military Yizkor prayer. The committee determined that a passage should read "Yizkor 'Am Yisrael", "May the Nation of Israel remember", and not "Yizkor Elohim", "May God remember". Gantz supported the committee's ruling.