Anniversary

The other legacy of Entebbe: Israel’s forgotten African partnerships - opinion

Fifty years after the famous rescue, Israel should remember not only a military triumph, but the African partnerships that made it possible – and the lessons they hold for the future

Israeli army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur, gives a press conference following Operation Entebbe, in which Israeli special forces rescued 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on July 3, 1976.Premium
Dov Bleich writing a Yiddish prayer for America’s next 250 years at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

America did not begin in a single language - opinion

An Israeli hostage is greeted on her return to Israel after Operation Entebbe on 3rd July 1976, in which, Israeli special forces rescued 100 hostages held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine following their hijack of Air France Flight 139.

Sorin Hershko, soldier most severely wounded in Entebbe, honored on operation's 50th anniversary

Captives returning after the Entebbe Operation.

Beyond the Headlines: Fifty years since the Entebbe rescue - opinion


WIZO Battered Women’s Shelter celebrates 40th anniversary

WIZO and government officials, formerly sheltered women and children speak. 200,000 women and 500,000 child domestic violence victims annually.

 Workers in the daycare educational system   protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021

The Israel Defense Forces celebrate 75th anniversary

Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, signed the order to establish the IDF on May 26 and the IDF began is existence on May 31, 1948.

 One of 75 pictures chosen from the IDF archives, on the occasion of the IDF's 75th anniversary.

Grapevine March 1, 2023: Between Jerusalem and Rome

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 SOME OF the members of the Indian Embassy team who ran in the Tel Aviv Marathon.

Israel's Kamea Dance Company brings new show for 20th anniversary

Kamea Dance Company will present Wide Awake for the company’s 20th anniversary. This work features 14 of the company’s 24 dancers.

 KAMEA DANCE Company’s ‘Wild Awake.’

Naale program bringing Diaspora teenagers to Israel celebrates 30 years

Naale, which is an outgrowth of Nativ, has brought 20,000 teenagers to Israel since its inception.

Na'ale - Nurit Greenager

Happy 50th anniversary of the Dry Bones cartoons

The Dry Bones cartoonist, who has been called a “national treasure of the Jewish people,” has received many awards, such as the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Award and The Golden Pencil Award.

 Yaakov Kirschen at work, and one of his Dry Bones classic cartoons.

Characters in the corridor: Memories of an ‘old-timer’ at JPost

The names of the journalists who helped make the paper, and helped form me, are too numerous to mention here, but they have a place in my heart, as well as the archives.

 ‘INTERNATIONAL JERUSALEM POST’ editor Liat Collins rereads a 75th-anniversary edition interview with Meir Ronnen. In the background is hardworking social media manager Noemi Szarkacs, who made aliyah from Hungary.

Jpost at 90: What the anniversary means to me as editor

It brings me great pleasure to introduce this issue on the 90th anniversary of The Jerusalem Post’s founding.

 (FROM L) John Adler; Lea Ben-Dor; ‘Palestine Post’ founder Gershon Agron; and Ted Lurie, 1956. The latter three all served as editors-in-chief.

JPost at 90: What I’ve learned - opinion

I will be forever grateful to the Post. It has provided me with a livelihood from the moment I made aliyah (though it would have been extra special had it paid hi-tech salaries).

Front cover of The Jerusalem Post featuring Operation Magic Carpet, September 25, 1950

JPost at 90: The power of a story - opinion

I wrote the following story in March 17, 2005. After it ran in the Post, I learned that hundreds of additional hungry families had received Shabbat food as a result.

 ‘FROM NOW on, please include two chickens with the scraps.’