Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
US State Department Report Highlights ‘Urgent’ Need for Holocaust Restitution
The US State Department published a report on Wednesday on steps being taken by countries to provide restitution or compensation for property taken during the...
Conference of Presidents Denounces Chinese Regime’s Persecution of Uyghur Muslims
The umbrella body representing the main US Jewish advocacy groups on Tuesday added its voice to the growing revulsion among Jews worldwide at the repression...
Heroic Security Guard Prevents Ax-Wielding Assailant From Attacking Ukrainian Synagogue During Morning Prayers
An ax-wielding man who attacked a synagogue in Ukraine on Tuesday managed to escape after being fought off by a security guard, local news outlets...
Israeli Actress Shira Haas Gets Emmy Nomination for Role in Netflix Hit ‘Unorthodox’
Israeli actress Shira Haas was nominated for an Emmy Award on Tuesday for her performance in the Netflix hit "Unorthodox." Haas was nominated for Best Actress...
New York Police Seeking Suspects in ‘Antisemitic Grand Larceny’ Cases
The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is seeking two suspects in four separate recent acts of antisemitic harassment in Brooklyn. The Task Force...
Orthodox Jewish Runner Aiming for Tokyo Pleads With Olympic Committee Not to Hold Marathon on Shabbat
An Orthodox Jewish woman who hopes to represent Israel at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year is trying to persuade International Olympic Association not...
UK Lords Urge Pressure on Poland Over Holocaust Restitution
Prominent members of Britain's upper legislative chamber on Monday expressed concern at the Polish government's continued opposition to the restitution of properties seized during the...
Jewish Leaders Call for Removal of Local Philadelphia NAACP Head After Antisemitic Facebook Post
Jewish leaders called for the removal of the head of the Philadelphia branch of the NAACP over the weekend after he posted an antisemitic picture...
Russian Police Arrest Suspect in Murder of Holocaust Survivor
Russian police have detained a woman suspected of murdering a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor in her Moscow apartment. The body of Irina Shur -- an academic who...
US Military Chief Visits Israel, Amid Heightened Tensions on Northern Border
US Army General and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley arrived on Friday in Israel, where he met with his IDF counterpart,...
Director of UK Muslim Charity Quits After Antisemitic Posts Are Exposed
A leader of Britain’s largest Muslim charity labelled Jews the “grandchildren of monkeys and pigs” and called Egypt’s president a “Zionist pimp,” The London Times reported...
German Antisemitism Tsar Urges Investigation Into Celebrity Chef Turned Conspiracy Theorist
The German government's top antisemitism official on Friday called for federal prosecutors to launch an investigation into a celebrity chef who has reinvented himself as...
Israel and India to Cooperate on Testing New Coronavirus Diagnostic Technology
Israel’s Defense, Foreign Affairs and Health Ministries will cooperate with India’s Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to test a number of new diagnostic techniques...
Memorial to Holocaust Victims Unveiled in Moldova
A new Holocaust memorial was unveiled in the ex-Soviet republic of Moldova this week on the site of a former Jewish ghetto. The memorial in the...
