Birthday

This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers

From the destruction of the Temples to Nobel Prize breakthroughs, the coming weeks mark defining moments of Jewish loss, resilience and achievement.

‘SS EXODUS,’ now derelict, in Haifa Port, 1952.
Dov Bleich writing a Yiddish prayer for America’s next 250 years at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

America did not begin in a single language - opinion

Kennedy Center Honors recipient actor Sylvester Stallone poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, US, December 7, 2025.

Still Rocky after all these years: Beloved actor Sylvester Stallone celebrates 80th birthday

The Statue of Liberty is lit up ahead of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of US independence, on July 1, 2026.

Celebrating the ‘United States of Possibility,' and an Israel of impossible possibles - opinion


South African Jewish woman celebrates 111th birthday

It is this active lifestyle and exercise that she credits for her long life, even weathering the coronavirus pandemic.

Birthday cake.

Arrivals - Celebrating her 100th birthday and 47 years in Israel

Rosalind has two daughters in Israel and one daughter in North Carolina, five grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren in Israel, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren in the United States.

Rosalind Lerner Groob, 100

Happy 50th: Now I can really give advice

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. – Satchel Paige

Calculating taxes

KFC takeout order leads to $18,000 coronavirus fine in Australia

According to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus map, as of Saturday, Australia has had 9,553 cases of the virus since the beginning of the crisis, including 107 deaths.

An illuminated sign stands atop a KFC outlet in the Sydney suburb of Villawood April 27, 2012

Yuli Edelstein attends party hours after declaring coronavirus regulations

Organizers claimed that 48 people had attended the celebration.

Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on July 6, 2020.

Dalai Lama marks 85th birthday with album of mantras

"Inner World" kicks off with the track "One Of My Favourite Prayers" and continues with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader reciting meditations and sayings with accompanying music.

 The Dalai Lama laughs

Paul McCartney gets birthday wishes from Israel

McCartney's last performance in Israel was in 2008 and was a massive success. Rumors began to spark in late 2019 that McCartney was planning a return sometime in the near future.

British musician Paul McCartney performs during the "One on One" tour concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Holocaust survivor celebrates 100th birthday with car parade

A new documentary, “The Accidental Spy,” tells her story, and Cohn co-wrote a memoir in 2002, “Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany.”

MAP OF occupied France during World War II

Holocaust survivor celebrates 97th birthday amid coronavirus pandemic

"We should always live in positive thoughts," she said.

Ester Wienrib, an Israeli Holocaust survivor celebrates her 97th birthday with her caretaker and friends at her assisted living facility in Tel Aviv

Birthday blues

"If he says 'Good morning' and then 'Happy birthday,' he has no heart. If he says 'Happy birthday' before 'Good morning,' he’s an idiot."

Birthday blues