Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Israel Donates Wheelchairs to Coronavirus-Stricken Ecuador
Israel donated a shipment of wheelchairs on Friday to the mayor of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, one of the Latin American nations hardest hit...
Amid US Racial Unrest, Black-Jewish Congressional Caucus Calls for ‘Justice for All’
Amid the ongoing nationwide unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations issued a statement...
Norway Withholds Funding to Palestinian Authority Over Antisemitic and Jihadist Content in School Textbooks
Norway's foreign minister on Thursday announced that funds earmarked for the Palestinian Authority's education sector would be withheld until changes were made to schoolbooks that...
Growing Calls to Expel Penn State University Student Over Swastika Photo
More than 30,000 people have signed a petition urging Penn State University to expel a student who posted a photograph on Twitter displaying a hand-drawn...
Israel Donates Large Shipment of Medical Aid to the Philippines for Coronavirus Fight
Israel donated a large shipment of medical supplies to the Philippines on Tuesday to help the southeast Asian nation cope with the coronavirus pandemic. The shipment...
Democratic Congressman Slammed for Comparing Trump Loyalist to Nazi Propaganda Minister
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell of California was criticized on Wednesday after he compared ex-US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell -- a stalwart loyalist to President...
US Congressional Candidates Tainted by Antisemitism Defeated in Iowa, New Mexico Primaries
Two high-profile candidates in Tuesday's election primaries who were tainted by racism and antisemitism lost their bids to serve in the US Congress. In Iowa, nine-term...
Czech Jewish Community Highlights Major Increase in Online Antisemitism in New Report
Antisemitic incidents doubled in the Czech Republic in 2019, a new report by the country's Federation of Jewish Communities (FZO) disclosed on Wednesday. None of the...
Serbia Joins Ranks of Countries Who Have Adopted International Antisemitism Definition
Serbia has become the latest country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. The Israeli Embassy in Belgrade tweeted on Monday, “We...
New Presidential Executive Order Boosts US Efforts for International Religious Freedom
US President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Tuesday that boosts American efforts to promote religious freedom internationally by providing a $50 million...
Veterans Affairs Department Will Remove Swastika-Engraved Tombstones of German Soldiers Interred in US Military Cemeteries
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has agreed to remove a series of headstones engraved with Nazi symbols from military cemeteries in Utah and...
Israel’s Relations With China ‘Purely Economic,’ While India Is ‘Strategic Partner,’ Diplomat Says
Israel’s envoy to New Delhi sat down for an interview on Monday to discuss the Jewish state’s burgeoning ties with India. Speaking with The Print journalist...
Jewish World Mourns Passing of Former Yeshiva University Head Rabbi Norman Lamm
Dr. Norman Lamm -- the former head of Yeshiva University in New York City and one of the leading Jewish scholars in the United States...
‘Farhud’ Massacre of Iraqi Jews Remembered, 79 Years Later
Jewish leaders and organizations on Monday marked the anniversary of the 1941 Baghdad pogrom known as the "Farhud," which began the ethnic cleansing of the...
