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.”

|ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
RABBI ABRAHAM Joshua Heschel presents the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr., 1965.
Ariel Bibas, who died in Hamas captivity, with his dog Tonto, who was murdered on October 7.

'Days only get harder': Released hostage Yarden Bibas honors murdered son Ariel on seventh birthday

“Chuki, I can't lift you up in your birthday chair, and I also don't get to see you excitedly open all the presents you would have received," his father, Yarden Bibas, wrote.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
US Vice President JD Vance with his wife Usha Vance visit the preliminary women ice hockey group A match of Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics between USA vs Czech Republic at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena on February 5, 2026 in Milan, Italy.

It's a boy! JD Vance and wife Usha celebrate birth of fourth child

Vance said the baby, Alec Neel Vance, was born on Sunday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

|ByREUTERS
‘SS EXODUS,’ now derelict, in Haifa Port, 1952.

This week in Jewish history: The SS Exodus, Tisha B’Av, and Nobel pioneers

From the destruction of the Temples to Nobel Prize breakthroughs, the coming weeks mark defining moments of Jewish loss, resilience and achievement.

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER

Happy Birthday, Hal Linden

A Q&A with the actor, musician and Jewish National Fund-USA spokesperson on his 90th birthday

MARCH 17, 2021ByRYAN TOROK
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.'"

MARCH 2, 2021BySARAH CHEMLA
Holocaust survivor Miriam Linial

Grapevine January 17, 2021: Surprise encounters

Movers and shakers in Israeli society

JANUARY 16, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

JANUARY 4, 2021ByREUTERS
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."

JANUARY 1, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NOVEMBER 30, 2020ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
KURT ROTHSCHILD

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

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN, EVE YOUNG
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.

NOVEMBER 14, 2020ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
100 year old Righteous Among The Nations Jozef Walaszczyk

PM Benjamin Netanyahu's supporters celebrate his birthday across Israel

A group known as "Netanyahu's loyalist" flew a helicopter draped with a banner wishing the PM a happy birthday.

OCTOBER 23, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Netanyahu's supporters celebrate his birthday