Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Edgar Hilsenrath, Holocaust Survivor and Controversial Satirist, Dies at Age of 92
Edgar Hilsenrath -- a leading German-Jewish author who fled the Nazi regime in 1938 -- has died at the age of 92. Hilsenrath passed away on...
One in Five Israelis Live in Poverty, Annual Report Finds as 2018 Draws to Close
One in five Israelis -- around 1,780,500 -- live in poverty, according to an annual report published by the National Insurance Institute on Monday, as...
European Jewish Leader Sounds Alarm Over Impending Shechita Bans in Belgium
A top European Jewish leader expressed alarm on Monday ahead of the impending implementation of prohibitions on the ritual slaughter of animals in two regions of...
Kanye West-Inspired IDF Video Shows Surprise of Hezbollah Operatives Over Tunnel Destruction
The IDF published a video on Friday -- with American rapper Kanye West’s song “Runaway” playing in the background -- showing Hezbollah operatives being surprised...
Satellite Images Show ‘Completely Destroyed’ Iranian Rocket Storage Site Near Syrian Capital After Reported Israeli Strikes
Satellite images published on Thursday show the damage caused by reported Israeli air strikes in Syria earlier this week. The photos -- taken by ImageSat International...
Charges Filed Against Three Penn State Students for Stealing, Damaging Hanukkah Menorah
Police filed charges against three Pennsylvania State University students for removing and damaging a Hanukkah menorah on campus, in the first of two such recent incidents. The...
Israeli UN Rep Danon Pushes Back on Reports of Resignation
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon pushed back on media reports on Wednesday that he had resigned his post and was returning home to compete in...
Tehran Regime Walks Back Zarif Claim That Iranian Leaders Have Never Called for Israel’s Destruction
Iranian leaders have never called for Israel’s destruction, the Tehran regime’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, claimed in an interview this past weekend. Speaking with the...
Bereaved Aunt in Poignant Letter to Baby Nephew Killed in Palestinian Terror Attack: ‘They Will Never Break Us’
The 14-year-old aunt of the Israeli baby boy who was delivered early and subsequently passed away after his mother was seriously wounded in a Palestinian...
Cornell University, Technion Partnership ‘a Major Selling Point’ in Attracting Amazon to NYC
Cornell Tech was recently reported to be one of the factors that convinced Amazon to open a headquarters in Long Island City -- a decision bolstered by...
Netanyahu Slams Turkey’s Erdogan as ‘Antisemitic Dictator’ Who Is ‘Obsessed’ With Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued a verbal spat with Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, calling the Turkish president an “antisemitic dictator” who was “obsessed”...
Last Surviving Fighter From Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Remembered for Heroism After Passing Away at Age 94
Simcha Rotem -- the last surviving fighter from the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising -- died in Jerusalem on Saturday at the age of 94. Rotem, also...
Australian School Principal Poses With Children in Blackface, Hitler Costume
A leading Australian Jewish group has condemned a primary school in the country after students were photographed wearing racist costumes -- including donning blackface and dressing...
Temple University Board Chair: Marc Lamont Hill’s Comments on Israel Caused ‘Immeasurable’ Damage to School
The head of Temple University's Board of Trustees rebuked a faculty member who called for "a free Palestine from the river to the sea" --...
