4 July

Israeli-designed Palace of Versailles extended reality installation set to launch

The new "Light of Liberty" installation allows visitors to walk next to historical figures in a simulated eighteenth-century environment.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN
Rendering of the XR experience at Palace of Versailles.
Boats sail along the East River, July 4, 2026; illustrative.

No injuries after Delta plane hit by July 4 fireworks while preparing to land at a Chicago airport

"We just had a firework hit our plane," a pilot told air traffic control, a recording of the incident shows. The pilot said it had occurred at about 200ft (61m), according to BBC reporting.

|ByJAMES GENN, ESTHER DAVIS
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

America’s Founding Fathers, devout Christians for the most part, saw themselves as the Children of Israel, and their journey from Europe to freedom on the new continent as an Exodus from Egypt.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
People watch Macy's Fourth of July fireworks as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, from a ship at Brooklyn Bridge Marina, in New York City, US, July 4, 2026

Coast Guard removes environmentalist ship from US 250th anniversary parade over political banners

The ship had banners that read, "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions."

|ByREUTERS

Exclusive: Benjamin Netanyahu's 4th of July message to the American people

Freedom is the most precious gift humanity will ever know. And freedom isn’t free. You have to be willing to fight for it.

JULY 4, 2024ByPRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Israeli and American flags flown near the US Capitol.

The significance of first ‘Jewish July Fourth’ - opinion

The Grand Federal Procession was a milestone for America’s small Jewish community.

JULY 4, 2024ByRON RUBIN
American and Israeli flags

Highland Park shooter: Gunman pleads not guilty at arraignment

Robert Crimo III, the gunman who killed 7 people and injured 30 at an infamous 4th of July shooting, pled not guilty to the charges.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Robert E. Crimo III, suspect in the mass shooting that took place at a Fourth of July parade route in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, US is seen in initial booking photograph from the Highland Park Police Department released July 6, 2022

July 4 Highland Park shooter to be arraigned

The July 4 Highland Park shooter is to be arraigned on Wednesday on 117 counts connected to the attack. That is including the 21 charges of first-degree murder.

AUGUST 3, 2022ByREUTERS
Community members gather at a memorial site near the parade route the day after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, US July 5, 2022

Trump: I should be on Mt. Rushmore for doing 'more than' other presidents

South Dakota's governor was convinced he was joking. "I started laughing," she said, but "he wasn't laughing... he was totally serious."

AUGUST 10, 2020ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
US NAVY F/A-18E Super Hornets conduct a fly-by of South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore in 2006

While pandemic rages, July 4 hot dog record broken again in New York

Joey Chestnut ate 75 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, topping his previous record.

JULY 6, 2020ByREUTERS
Joey Chestnut poses after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest with a world record 75 hot dogs consumed in Brooklyn, in New York City, U.S., July 4, 2020

Grapevine June 18, 2020: Independence and annexation... or not

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 27, 2020ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Udi and Anat Angel