Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org - Despite his friends' and family's doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his...
Mensch of Steel
With the newest Superman film, "Man of Steel," set for release, it seems only fitting to look back at the two men who created the world's most famous superhero. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lived twelve...
Frank Lautenberg Leaves Legacy of American Jewry’s Profile
The late Senator Frank Lautenberg. Photo: United States Senate. JNS.org - Someone searching for the legacy of Frank Lautenberg, the longtime Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, might simply look to...
Remembering Stanley Abramovitch, for Seven Decades ‘the Embodiment of the Joint’
Stanley Abramovitch (left) receives rabbinical ordination from Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in Israel, November 1995. Photo: JDC. JNS.org - The year was 1935. Yehoshua Abramowicz, just 14, was leaving Poland to join his father in England....
Tell the Stories of Today’s Jewish Heroes
Every week I spend time in the library with my children, often reading the...
Family of Amy Winehouse Planning Exhibit to Celebrate Her Jewish Roots
Amy Winehouse might have been a world renowned musician to some, but to her family...
One Strike and You’re Out?
The news over the last few weeks of the sockpuppet scandal of Rabbi Michael Broyde...
Star Jewish High School Baseball Player Draws Comparisons to Koufax (VIDEO)
Robert Kaminsky is one of the best pitching prospects in high school. The lefty has...
Yair Lapid Featured in Time 100 Most Influential People List
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid was named one of the 100 most influential people in the...
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org - Despite his friends' and family's doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious...
Mensch of Steel
With the newest Superman film, "Man of Steel," set for release, it seems only fitting to look back at the two men who created the...
Frank Lautenberg Leaves Legacy of American Jewry’s Profile
The late Senator Frank Lautenberg. Photo: United States Senate. JNS.org - Someone searching for the legacy of Frank Lautenberg, the longtime...
Remembering Stanley Abramovitch, for Seven Decades ‘the Embodiment of the Joint’
Stanley Abramovitch (left) receives rabbinical ordination from Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu in Israel, November 1995. Photo: JDC. JNS.org - The year was 1935. Yehoshua Abramowicz, just...
Tell the Stories of Today’s Jewish Heroes
Every week I spend time in the library with my children, often reading the biographies of different heroes. It is easy to find...
Family of Amy Winehouse Planning Exhibit to Celebrate Her Jewish Roots
Amy Winehouse might have been a world renowned musician to some, but to her family she was just a simple Jewish girl from London. In this...
One Strike and You’re Out?
The news over the last few weeks of the sockpuppet scandal of Rabbi Michael Broyde is disturbing, but not for the reasons you might imagine....
Star Jewish High School Baseball Player Draws Comparisons to Koufax (VIDEO)
Robert Kaminsky is one of the best pitching prospects in high school. The lefty has that mixture scouts love: velocity and control. Kaminsky is a...
Yair Lapid Featured in Time 100 Most Influential People List
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine on Thursday. The Yesh Atid chairman is the...
Karel van Oordt, Founder of Christians for Israel, Dies at 84
Karel van Oordt, founder of Christians for Israel, died in his home last week in Amersfoort, Netherlands at the age of 84, a press release...
What is Leadership?
Over the next few weeks, a slew of different Jewish organizations are hosting dinners honoring leaders of the community. This very publication, The Algemeiner is...
Holocaust-Era British Rabbi will Receive Award for Rescue of 300 Children
The UK's Department for Communities on Monday will posthumously honor a British rabbi who saved about 300 Jewish children during the Second World War as a British...
Kirk Douglas, Jewish ‘Ragman’s Son’ Turned Movie Star, Still Earning Accolades at 96
Film historian Bob Birchard describes an anti-Jewish prejudice in American culture that existed well into the 20th century, not at the level of the Nazi...
The Inspiration of the Rebbe
Last Friday, the eleventh day of Nissan in the Jewish calendar, was the 111th anniversary of the birth of the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem ...
