Commentary
Lethal Journalists React to the Al Durah Report: Insights Into the NGO-Journo Matrix
It’s well known here in Israel that the journalists, the NGOs and the UN folk party together, that within a few weeks of coming to the Middle East, even fair-minded journalists get “turned” into partisans of a particularly weaponized version of the Human Rights Complex. The senior journalists (like Charles Enderlin), UN employees, and the NGO folk form the “honor group” which, above...
April 28, 2013 11:11 am
Imagine a Boston Bombing Every Week
I genuinely empathize with the victims of the Boston bombing. They were killed, maimed,...
April 28, 2013 10:57 am
Lag B’Omer: Matisyahu Tops Noteworthy Jewish Shaving Stories
For the first 32 days of the Omer period between Passover and Shavuot, many men in the Orthodox...
April 26, 2013 3:09 pm
Pope Francis and the Argentine Rabbi
One of the first things Argentinian native Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio did after being elected...
April 26, 2013 2:54 pm
Boston, Cameras, and Civil Liberties
America is a crazy land of contradictions, and yet if ever there was an argument in favor...
April 26, 2013 2:53 pm
Gun Control, Mental Health, and the Holocaust
While the gun control debate intensifies in the U.S., a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pointing...
April 25, 2013 6:50 pm
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (REVIEW)
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (Ontario: Freedom Press, 2013). The first two...
April 25, 2013 7:33 am
The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life (INTRODUCTION)
The Algemeiner Jewish 100 List 2013 In honor of The Algemeiner’s 40th Anniversary Gala,...
April 25, 2013 7:13 am
Algemeiner Jewish 100: The Full List
The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life 2013 ACADEMIA Ruth Wisse Robert Wistrich Hagit...
April 23, 2013 1:52 pm
The Boston Marathon Bombing and America’s So-Called Faith Privilege
The Boston Marathon bombing provoked enactment of what has emerged, since 9/11, as a ritual...
April 23, 2013 2:29 am
Syria, Hezbollah, and EU Appeasement
The Syrian civil war may undo the European Union’s attempts to appease Hezbollah, and has...
April 23, 2013 2:22 am
Why Abe Foxman Was Wrong on Islamic Attack on the Boston Marathon
Abe Foxman, the ADL’s longtime National Director, seemed to want to do everything possible...
April 22, 2013 2:17 am
Israeli Biotech Field Blossoming but Held Back by Slow Approval Process, Experts Say
JERUSALEM –While Israel is fast becoming a leader in the biomedical and biotechnology fields,...
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Arts and Culture Blogs
Film Review: Fill the Void (VIDEO)
Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void (Lemale et ha’halal) is the second film in as many years to emerge from Israel with not only a strong international presence, but a unique perspective on religious Judaism. Just as Footnote before it, this was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards after a run of significant festival appearances (including winning Best Actress at the 2012 Venice Film Festival). The film represents the crowning jewel of an emerging religious women’s cinema [...]
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Arts and Culture Blogs
EXCLUSIVE: Gal Gadot on Jewish Identity, American Films and Representing Israel in Hollywood (INTERVIEW)
Gal Gadot is arguably Israel’s second hottest export at the moment. The former Miss Israel 2004 and Miss Universe contestant has a starring role in the most recent film from the Fast and the Furious Franchise and is one of the faces of Israel’s largest clothing brands, Castro. Now she’s teaming up with Vine Vera skin care products,which incorporates the breakthrough ingredient Resveratrol, which she tells The Algemeiner is “a new innovative discovery which helps slow down the aging process [...]
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Arts and Culture Blogs
Jonathan Ames, ‘Herring Wonder’ and HBO Series Creator, Does Israel
Writer Jonathan Ames, creator of the HBO television series “Bored to Death,” is known for his fearless and exhibitionistic persona. One can find YouTube videos of him eating herring and boxing at the same time, having knives thrown at him by a person called “Throwdini,” and ranting drunkenly at an awards ceremony. And when it comes to writing, Ames’s essays tend to cover racy topics. Given these exploits, it’s a bit surprising to learn that Ames’s recent trip to Israel [...]
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Arts and Culture Beliefs and concepts
Jewish Presence in Contemporary Art
The Jewish presence and identity in the contemporary world of art is one truly worth noting. At the 3rd annual conference of “Jewish Arts & Identity in the contemporary world” in Baruch College’s Jewish Studies Center, at a panel entitled “Jewish Ways of Seeing: The Visual Arts and the Jewish Tradition”, the Jewish impact on the creative world is exemplified through the discussion of artist Audrey Flack and her various works. Flack was born in 1931 to a fairly Orthodox [...]
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Blogs Features
Black Jazz Musician Encounters Mixed Reactions to Subway Renditions of Hatikvah, Hava Hagila
At first you may be skeptical of Isaiah Richardson Jr. He doesn’t look like somebody who would be playing Hava Nagila for passengers waiting for their train in the subway. Firstly, he seems too young, and secondly, he’s a black kid from the Bronx, dressed sharply, derby hat and all. But when upon meeting Isaiah, the 32-year-old ticked off “Hevenu Shalom Aleichem,” “Bashana Haba’ah,” and “Zum Gali Gali” as some of his favorite songs to play passing crowds, I knew [...]
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Blogs Music
Mother’s Day Performer Blends Israeli Independence and the Jewish Side of Verdi
This Mother’s Day, the music of opera singer Sharon Azrieli Perez will integrate the varied threads that have made up the fabric of her life. Perez, in a Mother’s Day concert May 12 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, will weave a musical experience that brings together intimations of Israeli independence, Giuseppe Verdi’s use of Jewish melodies, medieval Ladino music, and modern Jewish show music. These musical elements are particularly personal for Perez, whose Juilliard education has [...]
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Blogs Jewish 100 Social
Harvey Weinstein to Elie Wiesel: Without You There Would be no ‘Schindler’s List’ (VIDEO)
Famed film producer Harvey Weinstein presented Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel with the Algemeiner newspaper’s ‘Warrior for Truth’ award at its recent star studded 40th anniversary ‘JEWISH 100’ Gala. “My mother, the Miriam of Miramax […] was so thrilled when she heard that I was presenting to Professor Wiesel,” Weinstein said as he called on the professor to accept the award. “I am happy to be here on the Algemeiner’s 40th anniversary and to celebrate their top 100,” Weinstein added. Commenting [...]
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Israel Sports
Israeli Soccer Star Victim of Anti-Semitic Abuse on Twitter
Israeli soccer star Yossi Benayoun, who currently plays for FC Chelsea in the English Premier League, was recently the victim of anti-Semitic abuse on Twitter. After thanking his Twitter followers for sending him birthday wishes, Benayoun, who many consider to be the greatest Israeli soccer player ever, was sent the following message: “f***in Jew a**hole.” Benayoun posted a response, saying, “Some nice people in the world.” His team has called on the police to investigate the matter, according to the Britain’s [...]
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