Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
US Warns of ‘Irreparable Harm’ Caused by Polish Legislation Closing Off Holocaust Restitution Claims
Divisions between the US Administration and Poland widened this week, as a top State Department official condemned the passage of new legislation in the upper...
US Jews More Likely to Support COVID-19 Vaccine Push Compared With Other Religious Groups, New Survey Finds
Jewish Americans are among the demographics with the greatest readiness to vaccinate against COVID-19, a survey published on Wednesday found. The survey, conducted by the Public...
Erdan to UN Security Council: ‘Extremist Narratives’ Will ‘Keep Region Stuck in the Past’
Israeli Ambassador to United Nations Gilad Erdan warned against "adopting the narratives of the extremists in the Middle East" during a UN Security Council session...
PA Expert, Operational Veteran Emerge as Two Top Candidates to Head Israel’s Shin Bet Security Service
Two candidates have emerged as the most likely to be appointed as the new head of the Shin Bet, N12 reported Tuesday. The current director of...
NY Police Arrest Three Men for Antisemitic Robbery of Jewish Man Walking From Synagogue
Three men have been arrested for carrying out an antisemitic assault and robbery against a Jewish man in the village of Fleischmanns, located in the...
Israel May Cancel Joint Declaration With Poland Amid Fury Over Holocaust Property Law: Report
The Israeli government is considering the cancellation of a 2018 joint declaration with Poland that ended a dispute between the two countries, following the passage...
Herzog Receives Annual Assessment of Israel’s Strategic Challenges, From Iran Threat to Divisions at Home
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Tuesday received the annual report by the Institute for National Security Studies on Israel’s primary strategic challenges and how to...
UK Antisemitism Monitor Alleges Twitter ‘Cut Off Contact’ After Reporting on Online Hate
A top UK group monitoring antisemitism claimed Monday that Twitter has been inconsistent in dealing with antisemitism on its platform, and has ended a partnership...
Jewish Groups Praise Germany for Skipping UN Anniversary Event Marking Durban Conference
Major Jewish groups applauded Germany’s decision to boycott the event marking the 20th anniversary of the UN’s World Conference Against Racism to be held in...
Another Supermarket Chain Takes Action Against Ben & Jerry’s Over Boycott
A major New York supermarket chain has taken punitive action against Ben & Jerry’s after the ice cream company declared that it was ending sales...
London Police Arrest 17-Year-Old in Connection With Antisemitic Abuse Against Jewish Man on Public Transport
British police have arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection with an antisemitic incident at an underground station in central London that targeted a Jewish man...
New Jersey Township Officials Reject Court Claim of Discrimination Against Orthodox Jews
Officials in the New Jersey township of Jackson have pushed back against claims made in court that Orthodox Jews were discriminated against over land use...
NY State Comptroller Warns Unilever That Pension Fund Investments at Risk Over Ben & Jerry’s West Bank Boycott
The New York state comptroller's office has warned Unilever that Ben & Jerry's' West Bank sales boycott could threaten state pension fund investments in the...
US Justice Department Recovers Valuable Scrolls and Manuscripts Stolen During Holocaust, Pledges to Restore Them to ‘Rightful Jewish Communities’
The US Justice Department has announced the seizure of 17 funeral scrolls, manuscripts and community records looted from Jewish communities in different parts of Eastern...
