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


Grapevine June 30, 2021: Happy Birthday BG!!!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN meets with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

Twins celebrate fourth birthday in the ambulance where they were born

"Thanks to the work of these volunteers and their equipment, my children are healthy and happy – and it is because of the help that I received that night."

United Hatzalah volunteers celebrate birthday of twins they helped deliver.

Study reveals link between household birthdays and COVID infection rates

While the study hypothesized that birthdays would not lead to an increase in COVID-19 cases due to their random distribution, the results clearly proved otherwise.

Birthday cake.

An 80th birthday party to remember for prominent businessman

Alfred Akirov, one of the most prominent businessmen in Israel, celebrated his birthday in style — complete with a show by Israel's leading artists

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A wild birthday party for an up-and-coming celebrity

The location chosen for the birthday celebration: Ronit Farm. The concept: INTO THE WILD.

Gil Ofer at his birthday bash

Happy Birthday to Israel! A celebration in pictures

Take a look at Israel's celebrations of the country's 73rd Independence Day.

Israeli soldiers dance during the 73rd anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 14, 2021.

Happy birthday Tel Aviv! The city turns 112 on Sunday

In 1909, families gathered on the beach outside Jaffa and planned a neighborhood they called Ahuzat Bayit that later came to be known as Tel Aviv.

A nighttime view of Tel Aviv from the municipality building

Happy Birthday, Hal Linden

A Q&A with the actor, musician and Jewish National Fund-USA spokesperson on his 90th birthday

Hal Linden on a JNF-USA mission in Israel

Holocaust survivor Miriam Linial celebrates 100th birthday with friends

"We did not know what a day would bring. It was a difficult and unbearable time in the ghetto and every day we saw people being sent to die 'like lambs to the slaughter.'"

Holocaust survivor Miriam Linial

Grapevine January 17, 2021: Surprise encounters

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

Jerusalem's usually busy Old City is seen virtually empty during Israel's third coronavirus lockdown.