Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Jewish 100, 2015: Malcolm Hoenlein – Community
Malcolm Hoenlein Executive Vice Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations As the longtime executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American...
Jewish 100, 2015: Howard Kohr – Community
Howard Kohr Executive Director of AIPAC As the leader of AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby in the United States, Howard Kohr worked tirelessly to block the American-backed...
Jewish 100, 2015: Adam Milstein – Community
Adam Milstein Chair of Israeli-American Council Philanthropist Adam Milstein is chair of the Israeli-American Council, which encourages cooperation between the United States and Israel, and whose stated...
Jewish 100, 2015: Li Ka-Shing – Business
Li Ka-Shing Venture Capitalist Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s venture-capital fund, Horizons Ventures Ltd., continues to make its mark in Israel: the fund is the biggest source...
Jewish 100, 2015: David Yarus – Business
David Yarus Founder of JSwipe David Yarus, the 28-year-old founder of the Jewish dating app JSwipe, has said that he first created it as “kind of as...
Jewish 100, 2015: Israel ‘Izzy’ Tapoohi – Business
Israel ‘Izzy’ Tapoohi President and CEO of Israel Bonds Israel “Izzy” Tapoohi, president and chief executive officer of Development Corporation for Israel/Israel Bonds, continues his outstanding sales...
Jewish 100, 2015: Yossi Cohen – Government
Yossi Cohen Head of Mossad Yossi Cohen, the new head of the Mossad, has already made clear that Iran remains a central threat for Israel, saying that...
Jewish 100, 2015: Vladimir Putin – Government
Vladimir Putin President of Russia Jewish life in Russia has undeniably flourished under President Vladimir Putin, representing a major development for the former Soviet nation. On issues...
Jewish 100, 2015: Uhuru Kenyatta – Government
Uhuru Kenyatta President of Kenya Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this year announced his intention to travel to central Africa this summer, in what would mark the...
Jewish 100, 2015: Tommy Remengesau – Government
Tommy Remengesau President of Palau In the United Nations, the Pacific nation the Republic of Palau tends to vote as Israel does, in no small part since Tommy...
Jewish 100, 2015: Nir Barkat – Government
Nir Barkat Mayor of Jerusalem As the mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat has a Herculean task: uniting a city that is the epicenter of the Jewish world,...
Jewish 100, 2015: Moshe Ya’alon – Government
Moshe Ya’alon Defense Minister of Israel As Israel’s minister of defense, Moshe Ya’alon is in effect responsible for protecting half of the world’s Jews. His military acumen...
Jewish 100, 2015: Miloš Zeman – Government
Miloš Zeman President of the Czech Republic At AIPAC’s 2015 conference, the president of the Czech Republic “wowed” a crowd of 16,000 with his unabashed support of...
Jewish 100, 2015: Michael Gove – Government
Michael Gove Politician British Conservative politician Michael Gove, a member of Britain’s parliament and the Secretary of State for Justice, is a self-described “proud Zionist.” At “We...









