Birthday

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.

Mel Brooks speaks onstage at the "Spaceballs" screening during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 21, 2024 in Hollywood, California.
US President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, April 16, 2026.

Netanyahu, Herzog wish Trump a happy 80th birthday, praise his support of Israel-US alliance

THE PALMAH’S ‘German Squad’ on a training march, 1942.

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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


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

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.

 Netanyahu's supporters celebrate his birthday

How to not celebrate a birthday during corona

I turned 60 a couple of weeks ago, but we did not return to Nepal to hike again. Nor did we fly to Peru or Georgia or Slovenia or anywhere else on my bucket list of trails because, you know, corona.

BIRTHDAYS PAST: On the Annapurna trail

Marcel Adams passes away after a hundred years of loving Israel and life

It’s a larger-than-life tale: born in Romania’s Carpathian mountains, surviving forced labor during World War II, making it to Palestine as a pioneer...

ADAMS STANDS with a senior officer near Kibbutz Ruhama, 1948.

Ramat Gan Safari elephant celebrates 46th birthday

Born on August 11, 1974, Yossi was a small baby elephant who grow up to mighty size, reaching the impressive height of 3.8 meters (12.46 feet) and weighing 7 tons.

Elephant (illustrative).

South African Jewish woman celebrates 111th birthday

It is this active lifestyle and exercise that she credits for her long life, even weathering the coronavirus pandemic.

Birthday cake.

Arrivals - Celebrating her 100th birthday and 47 years in Israel

Rosalind has two daughters in Israel and one daughter in North Carolina, five grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren in Israel, four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren in the United States.

Rosalind Lerner Groob, 100

Happy 50th: Now I can really give advice

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. – Satchel Paige

Calculating taxes

KFC takeout order leads to $18,000 coronavirus fine in Australia

According to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus map, as of Saturday, Australia has had 9,553 cases of the virus since the beginning of the crisis, including 107 deaths.

An illuminated sign stands atop a KFC outlet in the Sydney suburb of Villawood April 27, 2012