Birthday

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THE PALMAH’S ‘German Squad’ on a training march, 1942.
A drone view shows an artist from the Sand In Your Eye art team putting the finishing touches to a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark the conservationist's 100th birthday, on the beach in Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026.

British broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100, notable for not joining anti-Israel boycotts

GUESTS ARRIVE to the birthday celebrations of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in Moshav Emunim, May 2, 2026.

Police officials criticized for attending Ben-Gvir's birthday party

The  turbulence of the past year fuelled by the Iranian regime’s war on Israel has fashioned Israel’s 78th birthday as a critical moment for self reflection.

Israel at 78: An appropriate birthday gift - opinion


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

Bar Refaeli names her first son David

The couple celebrated the baby’s bris at their home with close friends and immediate family.

Bar Refaeli

North Korea will not negotiate with US, despite Trump's birthday wishes

While Kim may personally like Trump, he would not lead his country on the basis of personal feelings, Kim Kye Gwan, an adviser to the North Korean foreign ministry, said in the statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands before their one-on-one chat during the second U.S.-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam February 27, 2019.

Holocaust survivor, world’s oldest living Olympic champion, marks 99th birthday

The outbreak of World War II, when Keleti was 18, halted her athletic progress.

AGNES KELETI receives the Israel Prize from Education Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem

Screen legend Kirk Douglas turns 103

Becoming a star in Hollywood's golden age and appearing in nearly 100 movies since, he rediscovered Jewish spirituality late in life, following a visit to Jerusalem that moved him.

Actor Michael Douglas poses with his father Kirk Douglas and son Cameron Douglas during the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 6, 2018

Netanyahu celebrates 70th birthday with his ‘Team Bibi’ soldiers

“Two of us are absent, Udi and Uri who have passed away, but the unity has been maintained over the years," Netanyahu said.

PM Netanyahu at 50th reunion of 'Team Bibi'

Donald Trump on Netanyahu's birthday: ‘You’re Great!’

The U.S. President spoke about the partnership between America and the Jewish State and said it has never been more productive.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they pose in the Rose Garden at the White House this week