Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton and a host of other foreign dignitaries and big-wigs have come and gone for Israeli President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday, whose big bash cost the taxpayers more than $450,000.

Most interesting, Peres was born on August 2, 1923. His 90th birthday according to the  Gregorian calendar is six weeks away.

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On the Hebrew calendar, his birthday is more than a month  from now, falling on the 20th day of  Av.

So for anyone who missed, there still is time, God willing, to wish him Happy Birthday.

Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton and a host of other foreign dignitaries and big-wigs have come and gone for Israeli President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday, whose big bash cost the taxpayers more than $450,000.

Most interesting, Peres’ was born on August 2, 1923. His 90th birthday according to the  Gregorian calendar is six weeks away.

Even on the Hebrew calendar, his birthday is more than a month  from now, falling on the 10th day of  Av.

So for anyone who missed, there still is time, God willing, to wish him Happy Birthday.

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Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu is a graduate in journalism and economics from The George Washington University. He has worked as a cub reporter in rural Virginia and as senior copy editor for major Canadian metropolitan dailies. Tzvi wrote for Arutz Sheva for several years before joining the Jewish Press.