Birthday
As I turn 80, I hope my life is and continues to be a journey that inspires others - opinion
Will I ever be religious? I do not know. But, as Baruch ben Michael said in his Ethics, “All things perfect are as difficult as they are rare.”
'Days only get harder': Released hostage Yarden Bibas honors murdered son Ariel on seventh birthday
It's a boy! JD Vance and wife Usha celebrate birth of fourth child
This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers
America did not begin in a single language - opinion
Could Jonas Phillips have imagined what this experiment called America would look like 250 years on?
Still Rocky after all these years: Beloved actor Sylvester Stallone celebrates 80th birthday
“To all the Rockys in the world, I love you,” he said as he stood onstage at the Oscars, accepting the Best Picture Award in 1977.
Celebrating the ‘United States of Possibility,' and an Israel of impossible possibles - opinion
For all the tensions of the moment, Israelis and Americans should celebrate America’s 250th, toasting both countries as miracle-makers that keep making the impossible not just possible but routine.
Mazal tov to Mel Brooks: The 100-year-old man
Brooks, best known for directing irreverent films that became comedy classics, including The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs, was born in Brooklyn on June 28, 1926.
Netanyahu, Herzog wish Trump a happy 80th birthday, praise his support of Israel-US alliance
"I wish you continued strength and vigor as you lead America towards a bright future of peace through strength, and as we ... bring the US - Israel alliance to greater heights," Netanyahu wrote.
This month in Jewish history: Revelation, thrill of victory, agony of defeat
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.
British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts
The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.
Police officials criticized for attending Ben-Gvir's birthday party
During the party, the minister’s wife, Ayala Ben-Gvir, presented him with a cake decorated with a drawing of a hanging noose.
Israel at 78: An appropriate birthday gift - opinion
Nations, like individuals, are not defined by how they celebrate their birthdays, but by how they respond to the clarity those moments provide.
This month in Jewish history: History, memory, destiny
A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.
