Google doodle

Google Doodle celebrates ancient statues in Jordan

“Today's hand-crafted Doodle celebrates the Ain Ghazal statues — roughly 9,000 years old and considered one of the earliest large-scale representations of the human form."

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Ain Ghazal statue
A screenshot of the Google Doodle for July 25, 2023, honoring the 122nd birthday of Dr. Mohammed Helmy, the Egyptian doctor who saved Jews during the Holocaust. Art drawn by Noa Snir.

Google Doodle honors Egyptian doctor who saved Jews in the Holocaust

The Google Doodle, made by Israeli artist Noa Snir, depicts Dr. Mohammed Helmy, the first Arab to be recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Yom Ha'atzmaut Google Doodle

Israeli Independence Day honored by new Google Doodle

Clicking on the doodle takes users to search results for Israel Independence Day, followed by a series of blue fireworks exploding across the screen, including some in the shape of Israeli flags.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Google Doodle marking the 58th birthday of Israeli director and actor Ronit Elkabetz

Google Doodle honors Israeli filmmaker and activist Ronit Elkabetz

The illustration was created by Israeli artist Maya Shleifer and celebrates what would have been Elkabetz's birthday.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Google Doodle celebrates summer solstice

The Summer Solstice, June 21, is the longest day of the year because the Earth's axis "is tilted most closely toward the sun," National Geographic explains.

JUNE 21, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK
The Summer Solstice Google Doodle

Google Doodle animation honors falafel

In Tuesday's animated Google Doodle, three falafel balls jump into a pita bread spread with either hummus or tahini and a salad, to replace Google's daily logo.

JUNE 18, 2019ByALON EINHORN
Google Doodle honors the falafel balls

Google Doodle celebrates Jewish inventor of EKG

The scientist, whose father was Jewish, won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his invention in 1924.

MAY 21, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Google Doodle celebrating Willem Einthoven, who invented the EKG