Mitzvos
Ehud Barak’s Ex-Wife Works to Get Troubled Israeli Youths Off the Street
ELEM vans go where the children are in Israel—venturing into dark and dangerous streets. The vans, and the volunteers on them, go to places where already-troubled children—some involved with vagrancy, drugs, homelessness, sexual exploitation, or other criminal or anti-social behavior—can encounter greater peril. At the forefront of these efforts to get troubled youths off the street is the ex-wife...
May 23, 2013 9:41 am
Funders, Advocates, Providers Rally Around Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Jewish Life
NEW YORK—When Pascale Bercovitch took a chair next to the podium at ADVANCE: The Ruderman...
May 21, 2013 12:12 pm
ZOA Regains Tax-Exempt Status Amid IRS Controversy
The Zionist Organization of American (ZOA) has had its tax-exempt status reinstated by the...
May 12, 2013 7:12 am
Mother’s Day Flowers From Jewish Women International Raise Spirits, Awareness
As the director of a shelter for victims of domestic abuse, Naomi Taffet sees a lot of women...
May 10, 2013 1:26 pm
‘A Crime and a Disgrace’ (VIDEO)
An 83-year-old Holocaust survivor has told the Israeli parliament that its treatment of her...
May 5, 2013 3:40 am
Love to Israel, From Windsor Via Brooklyn
This year, I’m running the Windsor Half Marathon to raise funds for Israel’s oldest charity,...
May 2, 2013 6:58 pm
EXCLUSIVE: Amar’e Stoudemire Shows Up at Trendy Kosher Eatery Sporting ‘Huge’ Yarmulke
NBA basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire stopped into downtown New York City Kosher hotspot...
April 10, 2013 7:02 am
Israel Begins Harvesting Organs Even After Donors’ Hearts Stop
Inspiring hope among patients waiting for life-saving organ transplants, the Israel medical...
April 3, 2013 1:52 am
The Wandering Jew of Kosher Wines
It was eight years ago, on a rainy afternoon at New York City’s Javits Center, while I was...
March 31, 2013 2:01 am
No More Gorging on Matzah for a Week: Delicious Passover Recipes for Every Day
While planning what to cook to feed the whole Mishpucha (family) on Passover’s big seder...
March 25, 2013 9:34 am
Whose Chometz?
It’s into the final stretch now. Soon we’ll be conducting the search for chometz (leavened...
March 14, 2013 12:52 am
Obama Will Stick to Kosher-for-Passover Diet During His Stay at King David Hotel
With workers at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel preparing for Passover, including clearing...
March 11, 2013 9:43 am
Non-Profits and Kids
I am blessed to sit on a number of non-profit boards but no charity work is as rewarding as...
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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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Arts and Culture Blogs
Gary Baseman and The Jewish Home “The Door Is Always Open”
This weekend, a retrospective of the works of Gary Baseman titled The Door Is Always Open, opened, at the Skirball Cultural Center. ‘Door’ recreates the artists’ childhood home filled with famous Baseman characters and Jewish subjects peppered about. Baseman has had a long and successful career with iconic characters and big clients to fill his CV, but recent works are the first time he is dealing directly with his Jewish identity and the value that it holds for him now. [...]
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