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


Planning your wife's 60th birthday: Looking at ChatGPT, Israel Jubilee - opinion

The Wife’s 60th birthday was creeping up, and not only did I not know what to buy, I also did not know what to do.

 Cakes for a happy birthday (Illustrative).

Israel at 75: How the Jewish state compares to other countries

HISTORICAL AFFAIRS: What Israel’s history teaches us is that while there are major disputes in the country and various groups that do not agree on many issues, the country is stable.

 THE US CAPITOL, as seen soon after the 75th birthday of the US in 1851.

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.