Birthday

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.

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

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Dov Bleich writing a Yiddish prayer for America’s next 250 years at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

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Kennedy Center Honors recipient actor Sylvester Stallone poses on the red carpet for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, US, December 7, 2025.

Still Rocky after all these years: Beloved actor Sylvester Stallone celebrates 80th birthday


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In addition to revitalizing the Hebrew language, the reborn State of Israel also made Hebrew birthdays a thing.

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'I'm sorry for bringing you into such a cruel world': Yarden Bibas mourns Kfir on his 3rd birthday

Kfir, his older brother Ariel, and his mother Shiri were all murdered by Hamas terrorists after being taken hostage on October 7. His father was the only survivor of the family.

 Kfir Bibas, who was murdered in Hamas captivity.

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

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

PORTRAIT OF Jewish poet Naftali Herz Imber, from The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1920.

Hostages Gali, Ziv Berman mark 28th birthday while in Hamas captivity

This is the second birthday they have had while in Gaza. A table marking their birthday was set up in Kfar Aza in their honor.

A table set up for hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, who turned 28 in Hamas captivity, is seen in their hometown of Kfar Aza, on September 10, 2025.

Your Investments: Reflecting on the past for a better future

Change is far from being a simple process. But just because you have lived a certain way financially for decades doesn’t mean you can’t change.

 SATCHEL PAIGE warms up before a game in Yankee Stadium in the Bronx in 1952.

This week in Jewish history: Yoni and Entebbe raid, Law of Return passed

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

 KIKAR YONI, Yoni Square in Jerusalem, is named for the heroic Netanyahu brother who fell in the 1976 raid on Entebbe.

Israeli playground concept 'YomHuledTech' announces international expansion

“I have no doubt that the people of Larnaca will embrace this project and that once the playground opens, we’ll see even more demand," said the mayor of Larnaca.

 YomHuledTech, a birthday playground concept that combines the Hebrew term “Yom Huledet” (birthday) with technology.

Sir David Attenborough premieres new documentary 'Ocean' ahead of his 99th birthday

He warns 'We are almost out of time' to save the Ocean from climate change.

 Sir David Attenborough premieres new documentary 'Ocean' ahead of his 99th birthday.

This week in Jewish history: Birthday of Frank Gehry, Yahrzeit of Avraham Ibn Ezra

A highly abridged version of Dust & Stars.

 MONUMENT TO Shalom Aleichem in Bohuslav, Ukraine.

Brother of hostage Alon Ohel: Without a deal, there may be no one left to save

After nearly 500 days, the Ohel family received the first sign of life from their son, but the harrowing descriptions of his condition raise fears that time is running out.

 "We cannot sabotage or lie—we saw with our own eyes what is happening to them there." – Ron Ohel, brother of Gaza captive Alon.