Birthday

The ultimate guide to gifting in Israel: How to surprise your loved ones without leaving home

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The birthday I forgot and the leverage I lost - opinion

 Kfir Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity.

'I'm sorry for bringing you into such a cruel world': Yarden Bibas mourns Kfir on his 3rd birthday

PORTRAIT OF Jewish poet Naftali Herz Imber, from The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1920.

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Four dead, including high school football player, in Alabama birthday party shooting

In addition to the four people whose lives were lost, 28 people were injured, some critically.

 A view of the crime scene a day after a shooting at a teenager's birthday party in a dance studio, in Dadeville, Alabama, U.S., April 16, 2023

Border Police celebrate with suicidal man who was lonely on birthday

Hila Avraham, who was in command of the Border Police Coastal Command unit, stopped together with the two vehicles, buying balloons and a birthday cake on their way.

Illustrative photo of a birthday cake.

Israeli musician Stephen Horenstein celebrates 75th birthday in style

What better way for a musician to celebrate than to get together a multigenerational bunch of like-minded artists to get down and dirty, in the best possible off-the-cuff musical sense?

 HORENSTEIN GETS together with longtime sparring guitarist Stephen Peskoff.

Israeli Knesset Liberty Bell ended up in a park. Now we know why

Letters have been found that finally explain how the Liberty Bell ended up in a park in Jerusalem instead of in the Knesset where it once was

 The Liberty Bell replica statue is seen inaugurated at the Knesset in 1955. But how did it end up in Jerusalem's Liberty Park?

Eight shot dead at birthday party in South Africa - police

The incident occurred between 1715 and 1730 local time at a house in Kwazakele, Gqeberha, when two gunmen shot at guests gathered for a birthday party.

 A police car in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Happy 50th anniversary of the Dry Bones cartoons

The Dry Bones cartoonist, who has been called a “national treasure of the Jewish people,” has received many awards, such as the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Award and The Golden Pencil Award.

 Yaakov Kirschen at work, and one of his Dry Bones classic cartoons.

What is the secret to Adele's longevity?

Asked about her wry sense of humor, passed down from generation to generation, she says: “I’m glad I’m responsible for something good.”

 Adele Samuelson

Characters in the corridor: Memories of an ‘old-timer’ at JPost

The names of the journalists who helped make the paper, and helped form me, are too numerous to mention here, but they have a place in my heart, as well as the archives.

 ‘INTERNATIONAL JERUSALEM POST’ editor Liat Collins rereads a 75th-anniversary edition interview with Meir Ronnen. In the background is hardworking social media manager Noemi Szarkacs, who made aliyah from Hungary.

Jpost at 90: What the anniversary means to me as editor

It brings me great pleasure to introduce this issue on the 90th anniversary of The Jerusalem Post’s founding.

 (FROM L) John Adler; Lea Ben-Dor; ‘Palestine Post’ founder Gershon Agron; and Ted Lurie, 1956. The latter three all served as editors-in-chief.

A tribute to my mother on her 80th birthday - opinion

Mom, on your 80th birthday, your son wishes to offer you a Biblical item of praise. Said by King Solomon, “Many women have behaved with valor. But you have surpassed them all."

 THE WRITER (left) poses with his brother Chaim, wife Debbie, sister Ateret, and their mother Eleanor Paul.