Fourth of July

No injuries after Delta plane hit by July 4 fireworks while preparing to land at a Chicago airport

"We just had a firework hit our plane," a pilot told air traffic control, a recording of the incident shows. The pilot said it had occurred at about 200ft (61m), according to BBC reporting.

|ByJAMES GENN, ESTHER DAVIS
Boats sail along the East River, July 4, 2026; illustrative.
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

America’s Founding Fathers, devout Christians for the most part, saw themselves as the Children of Israel, and their journey from Europe to freedom on the new continent as an Exodus from Egypt.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
Former Israeli hostage Alon Ohel at the Muni Expo 2026 conference in Tel Aviv, on June 24, 2026.

Former hostage Alon Ohel performs song to honor Oct. 7 victims at New York Fourth of July event

Alon Ohel was a musician prior to October 7 and has reignited his love for piano after 737 days in Hamas captivity, performing original songs, often with lyrics about his experience in the war.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
A 1776 copy of the US Declaration of Independence, one of the 11 surviving copies of the so-called "Exeter Declarations", and the first to be found outside the United States, which has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew, is displayed in this handout image obtained by Reuters on July 3

'Vanishingly rare' copy of US Declaration of Independence unearthed in UK archives

The one found in London, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in mid-July 1776, is the 11th surviving copy of the so-called "Exeter Declarations," and is the first to be found outside the United States.

|ByREUTERS

Grapevine June 18, 2020: Independence and annexation... or not

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 27, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Udi and Anat Angel

Google Doodle celebrates American Independence Day

Though America's Jewish population was around 2,500 people in 1776, numerous Jews played a role in fighting for the country's independence

JULY 4, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The July 4 Google Doodle