Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Dutch Chief Rabbi to Meet With Soccer Fans Following ‘Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the Gas’ Crowd Chant
The chief rabbi of the Netherlands will meet with fans of soccer team Vitesse Arnhem, in the wake of last week's clash with Ajax during...
Netanyahu Offers Condolences to Leader of Chad, Killed on Frontline, Who Mended Ties With Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined world leaders on Tuesday in remembering Idriss Deby, the longtime president of Chad who died while visiting battlefront troops,...
Dutch Art Museum Overrides Restitution Panel, Will Pay 200,000 Euros to Heirs of Jewish Man for Painting He Was Forced to Sell by the Nazis
Despite a recommendation not to do so from a government committee, a Dutch museum has decided to pay restitution for a painting in its collection...
Fallout of Decision to Excuse Accused Antisemitic Killer of Sarah Halimi From Trial Continues to Rock France
The fallout from last week's decision by France's highest court to excuse from trial the accused antisemitic killer of Sarah Halimi, a Jewish woman murdered...
Jewish Leaders Urge Pope Francis to Intervene on Behalf of Jailed Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny
Prominent Jewish leaders added their signatures onto a letter on Tuesday calling upon Pope Francis to intervene on behalf of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition...
Minivan Driver Arrested After ‘Horrific’ Hit-and-Run Assault on Brooklyn Hasidim
New York police have arrested the driver responsible for a deliberate hit-and-run attack Saturday on five Brooklyn Hasidim, the New York Daily News reported Monday. The...
‘Heroic’ Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Remembered With Personal Stories, Symbolic Flowers on Anniversary of Outbreak
The largest act of Jewish military resistance during World War II was remembered by world Jewish groups as well as diplomats from Israel and Poland...
Editor of Major Dutch Daily Apologizes for Publishing Cartoon That ‘Evokes Memories of Nazi Era’
One of the leading newspapers in the Netherlands has apologized for publishing a cartoon that lampooned a well-known Dutch pollster using antisemitic tropes. Pieter Klok, editor...
Hit Social Media App Clubhouse Under Fire for Antisemitic Content
The social media app Clubhouse, which allows large numbers of people to interact by live voice chat in “rooms” on specific topics, faced a new...
‘Every Day There Are Three Antisemitic Attacks in Berlin’: New Report Illustrates Threat Faced by Jews in German Capital
More than 1,000 antisemitic incidents were recorded in Berlin during 2020, marking a rise of nearly 20 percent on the previous year, new research published...
Sudan’s Only Jewish Cemetery Restored: ‘I Kept Thinking That These Were People’s Families, Aunts, Uncles, and Parents’
“I kept thinking that these were people’s families, aunts, uncles and parents,” said Chaim Motzen of Sudan’s only Jewish cemetery, which he rediscovered and has...
Israeli Government’s Arabic-Language Twitter Account Shares Sympathetic Video From Iraq
The Israeli government’s Arabic-language Twitter account posted on Sunday a video it said had been received from an Iraqi paying tribute to the State of...
Last-Ditch Appeal Denied for Men Convicted of Firebombing New Jersey Synagogues, ‘Terrorizing’ Jewish Communities
A state appeals court upheld the convictions on Thursday of two men previously convicted for a monthlong spree of antisemitic crimes in northern New Jersey,...
‘Israel Reminds Us That It Is Possible to Overcome’: Ritchie Torres Gives Israeli Independence Day Speech From House Floor
US Congressman Ritchie Torres took to the floor of the US House of Representatives Thursday to mark Israel's Independence Day. "Israel embodies the resilience, the ingenuity,...
