Category Archives: Algemeiner
The Monumental Importance of Yom Hazikaron
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – This year, more than most, Jews internationally need to commemorate Yom Hazikaron. Israel’s Day of Remembrance was created more than 70 years ago with a unique purpose — to honor soldiers and civilian fighters killed during the efforts to establish its nationhood. Read more » »
Rapper Macklemore Donates Proceeds From New Anti-Israel Song to UN Agency Allegedly Linked to Oct. 7 Attack
Macklemore performs at Alcatraz Milan on May 3, 2023 in Milan, Italy. Photo: Roberto Finizio via Reuters Connect Seattle-based rapper Macklemore said on Tuesday that he will donate all proceeds from his new song to a controversial UN agency Read more » »
‘A Month of Crying Every Day’: Canadian Jewish Politician Resigns From Left-Wing Party Over Antisemitism
Canadian Jewish politician Selina Robinson resigned from the New Democratic Party (NDP). Photo: Screenshot A Jewish politician who was forced to resign from her cabinet post in the government of British Columbia over remarks she made that were deemed Read more » »
Remembering France’s Minister of Justice Who Was Shaped by Holocaust Past
Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Until 1981, the guillotine continued to be used as the means of implementing death sentences in France. Read more » »
The Cauldron of Horrors Is Both Real and Unreal
A Hanukkiyah, a candlestick used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, stands on the remains of a burnt windowsill, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, in Kibbutz Be’eri in southern Israel, Oct. 17, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun JNS. Read more » »
American Jews and BLM: Antisemitism Must Sharpen Focus on Jewish Alliances
A poster from a protest in London linking Black Lives Matter movement to the situation facing the Palestinians. Photo: Apartheid Off Campus via Facebook. Speaking in somber, contemplative tones, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently delivered a 40-minute floor speech on the current rise of antisemitism in the United States. Read more » »
Pro-Russian Parties Stoking Antisemitism in Bulgaria, Jewish Leaders Warn
Supporters of Hamas demonstrating in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. Photo: Screenshot The tiny Jewish community in Bulgaria is facing a wave of antisemitism stoked by pro-Russian parties, two of its leaders have said. In the wake of the Hamas pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. Read more » »
Middle East War Reporting: Avoiding the Pitfalls
Illustrative: Thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators from the Midwest gather in support of Palestinians and hold a rally and march through the Loop in Chicago on Oct. 21, 2023. Photo: Alexandra Buxbaum/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Since Hamas’s unprecedented onslaught in Israel on Oct. Read more » »
‘A Stain on The UN’: US Leads 27 Countries in Condemning UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel
Miloon Kothari, member of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, briefs reporters on the first report of the Commission. Read more » »
US to Rejoin UNESCO After Quitting Over Anti-Israel Bias, Concern Raised by Jewish Org
Former French Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s newly elected director-general. Photo: UN/Manuel Elias. Read more » »
