Birthday

This month in Jewish history: Revelation, thrill of victory, agony of defeat

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
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

The famed BBC broadcaster, whose family rescued Jewish sisters before the Holocaust, has never backed Israel boycotts and once praised Israel’s climate innovation.

|ByJAMES GENN
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

During the party, the minister’s wife, Ayala Ben-Gvir, presented him with a cake decorated with a drawing of a hanging noose.

|ByALON HOCHMON/MAARIV
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

Nations, like individuals, are not defined by how they celebrate their birthdays, but by how they respond to the clarity those moments provide.

|ByJEFFREY KAHN

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.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByREUTERS
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.

DECEMBER 31, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
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.”

DECEMBER 16, 2022BySTEVE LINDE
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.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByLIAT COLLINS
‘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.

Jpost at 90: What the anniversary means to me as editor

It brings me great pleasure to introduce this issue on the 90th anniversary of The Jerusalem Post’s founding.

DECEMBER 3, 2022ByERICA SCHACHNE
(FROM L) John Adler; Lea Ben-Dor; ‘Palestine Post’ founder Gershon Agron; and Ted Lurie, 1956. The latter three all served as editors-in-chief.

A tribute to my mother on her 80th birthday - opinion

Mom, on your 80th birthday, your son wishes to offer you a Biblical item of praise. Said by King Solomon, “Many women have behaved with valor. But you have surpassed them all."

OCTOBER 18, 2022BySHMULEY BOTEACH
THE WRITER (left) poses with his brother Chaim, wife Debbie, sister Ateret, and their mother Eleanor Paul.

Putin receives tractor, mountain of melons for 70th birthday

From tractors to melons to special prayers, what would you give Russian President Vladimir Putin for his birthday?

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Denis Pushilin, Leonid Pasechnik, Vladimir Saldo, Yevgeny Balitsky, who are the Russian-installed leaders in Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, attend a ceremony to declare the annexation of the Russian-controlled territories

Yom Kippur: When your birthday falls on the holiest Jewish fast day

In general, feelings toward having a birthday on Yom Kippur range from relative indifference to downright disdain.

OCTOBER 4, 2022ByEMILY CRASNICK
‘THE SPECIAL feeling of ‘It’s my birthday’ is not the same when it’s on Yom Kippur.’

Grapevine September 9, 2022: Happy Birthdays

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Ronny Fuchs, Liora Ofer, Ehud Olmert and Gil Riba.

International Fellowship of Christians and Jews celebrates Israelis' 100th birthdays

The gathering was part of the With Dignity and Fellowship program, which provides elderly Israelis who do not have a support network with weekly food deliveries, medicine and other services.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IFCJ celebrates Israelis' 100th birthdays