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


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

Yuli Edelstein attends party hours after declaring coronavirus regulations

Organizers claimed that 48 people had attended the celebration.

Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein speaks during a press conference about the coronavirus COVID-19, at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on July 6, 2020.

Dalai Lama marks 85th birthday with album of mantras

"Inner World" kicks off with the track "One Of My Favourite Prayers" and continues with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader reciting meditations and sayings with accompanying music.

 The Dalai Lama laughs