Algemeiner August 24th, 2012

French Police Investigate Nazi Death Camp Photos Sent to Rabbi

French police are on high alert in Lyon following a graphic letter and photographs that were sent to a local rabbi, including photos of Jewish...

Tel Aviv Researchers Design Straw to Detect Date Rape Drugs

Researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel have created a straw that can detect commonly used date rape drugs inside your beverage. "The device is extremely...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Furthers Call for Abbas’ Exit, Citing “Diplomatic Terror”

A day after calling for new Palestinian Authority elections, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman doubled down on his position that PA President Mahmoud Abbas must...

Obama’s Warning to Syria Comes Amid Iranian Directives to Transfer Chemical Weapons to Hezbollah

Information gathered by U.S. intelligence officials that Iran's leadership has pressed Bashar al-Assad in Syria to move stockpiles of his chemical weaponry to Hezbollah led...

Israeli Woman Delivers Her Own Baby, 3 Hours Before Medics Arrive

Hours before medical personnel arrived at her home, a Haredi woman in Elad, Israel, delivered her own baby. The woman went into labor and since her...

Toulouse Killer Made Calls to Israel, May Not Have Acted Alone

Before murdering 7 people in France earlier this year, including 3 Jewish children in Toulouse, Mohammed Merah reportedly made contact with someone in Israel, according...

Terrorist Behind 2001 Jerusalem Bombing Expresses Joy of Israeli Deaths in TV Interview (VIDEO)

In a television interview last month, Ahlam Tamimi explained her role in planning the deadly 2001 bombing of a Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and expressed...

America’s Got Talent Semifinalist Edon Pinchot is a Heartthrob Among Jewish Girls

Edon Pinchot will be competing in the semifinals of NBC's America's Got Talent program in the coming weeks, but the 14 year old yarlmuke wearing...

eBay User Mistakenly Sells Chai Necklace as “Vintage Navajo Moose” (PHOTO)

The user has a 99.8% positive feedback rating on eBay, but "alwaysbelisting" mistook a Chai pendant for a "Unique Vintage Navajo Moose". Sold on August 8th...

Journalist Accused of Attacking Morsi Faces Trial in Egypt

Egyptian authorities have arrested a man named Islam Afifi after he was accused of distributing false information and rumors that criticized president Mohamed Morsi,...

Holocaust Survivor Fights to Track Down Man Who Robbed Her

While Bertha Presz was shopping at Brach's Glatt Kosher Meat Market in Queens, a man went into her cart and stole her purse.  Now, the...

Aliyah to Israel Takes Hit Over Fears of Iranian Conflict

Despite an increase in the first 6 months of 2012 in aliyah participants (Jews who choose to immigrate to Israel from other countries around the...

Jewish Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman Inks First Local Sponsorship Deal with Poland Spring

Aly Raisman, the American-Jewish gymnast who won two gold medals at the London Olympics has become somewhat of a star in New England upon returning...