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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


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.

Swedish teenage climate activist Thunberg turns 18

"Thank you so much for all the well-wishes on my 18th birthday!," Thunberg said on Twitter.

Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg attends the 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020.

Israel's first babies of 2021 bring new hope for the new year

"This year has been challenging, and I hope for all of us and our children that 2021 will be a better year."

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman welcomes the new arrival to the family

Honoring Kurt Rothschild at 100

The president of the World Mizrachi movement is one of the most indefatigable and loyal soldiers the Jewish People has been blessed with over the past century.

KURT ROTHSCHILD

Grapevine November 20, 2020: Happy birthday, Mr. President-elect

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

YARON MEYER and President Reuven Rivlin point to Meyer’s flower sculpture in the garden pool of the presidential compound.

Happy birthday, Joe Biden: President-elect turns 78 on Friday

Biden may ring in his birthday with ice cream which is one of his favorite foods, according to President Barack Obama.

Democratic US prJoe Biden gets ice cream at La Michoacana during the state's Democratic presidential primary election on Super Tuesday in Los Angeles, California, US, March 3, 2020.

Holocaust rescuer’s 101st birthday draws video greetings from 49 countries

Walaszczyk rescued his Jewish girlfriend and 50 others during the Holocaust. He also fought the Germans as part of the underground, smuggling allied troops across borders.

100 year old Righteous Among The Nations Jozef Walaszczyk