Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Jewish Groups Applaud Adoption of International Antisemitism Definition by Lower House of Czech Parliament
The adoption on Friday by the Czech Parliament’s lower house of an international working definition of antisemitism has been welcomed by prominent Jewish groups. The resolution...
British Jews Furious Over Fresh Labour Party Call to Suspend UK Arms Sales to Israel
As the UK continues to wrestle with the absence of a political deal to accompany its departure from the European Union on March 29, the...
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel’s Yad Vashem Memorial Launches Ambitious Online Commemoration Project
As the world prepares to mark International Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday, Israel's national memorial to the Holocaust has launched a massive online project to commemorate...
Belgian Jews, Muslims Cite Religious Freedom in Challenging Shechita Bans in Court
A hearing was held on Thursday at the Constitutional Court of Belgium in a lawsuit challenging prohibitions on the ritual slaughter of animals in two...
Israel Expresses ‘Disgust’ After ‘Occupied Territories’ Boycott Bill Wins Crucial Vote in Irish Parliament
Lawmakers in the Republic of Ireland on Thursday voted in favor of a bill that would implement a draconian ban on goods produced by Israeli communities in the...
Miami Police Officer Fired Over Video of Him Calling Hebrew Bible ‘Trash’
A police officer in Florida who was suspended two months ago after a video surfaced of him calling a Hebrew Bible “trash” and throwing it...
Publishers of Viciously Antisemitic, Women-Hating Toronto Newspaper Found Guilty of Inciting Hatred
Two men behind a Toronto newspaper whose favored topics include Holocaust denial and the degradation of women were found guilty of inciting hatred by a Canadian court...
Corbyn Will Meet Hamas, Hezbollah Without Preconditions, but Not Me, British PM May Tells Parliament
British Prime Minister Theresa May took a verbal jab at opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's sympathies for terror groups on Wednesday, during a bitter parliamentary debate...
Israel Slams The Guardian Over ‘Killing With Impunity’ Allegation
An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson slammed the British newspaper The Guardian on Wednesday over an editorial that accused the Jewish state of “killing with impunity”...
Israeli UN Envoy Reveals: Iran Spends $7 Billion Annually on Terror Activities in Middle East
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon revealed to the Security Council on Tuesday details of Iran’s terror activities throughout the Middle East. "The Iranian regime’s obsession with...
Newly-Born Baby Rhinoceros Takes First Steps at Israeli Zoo
A new rhinoceros calf has been taking its first steps at Israel’s Ramat Gan Safari zoo. According to Hebrew news site Mako, the baby rhino was born...
American Jews Mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day With Tributes to Late Civil Rights Leader
American Jewish groups on Monday paid their customary tributes to the most beloved leader in the US civil rights movement's history, as the country marked...
ADL Offers Reward of Up to $5,000 for Info on Latest Anti-Jewish Assault in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights Neighborhood
The Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator of an alleged assault on...
Anti-Israel Activist Linda Sarsour Touts BDS in Speech at Women’s March in Washington
Prominent anti-Israel activist and Women’s March co-leader Linda Sarsour used an address to thousands of demonstrators in Washington, DC, on Saturday to advocate on behalf...
