Posts Tagged: Jewish people
Israelis Feel More Jewish Than Ever but Less Responsible for Diaspora Communities, Survey Finds
A record number of Israeli Jews now define themselves first and foremost as Jews rather than Israelis, according to a new government-backed survey that also...
The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2025
In honor of The Algemeiner's 12th annual gala, we are proud to present our "J100" list — 100 individuals who have positively influenced Jewish life...
Why the Jews Survived When so Many Civilizations Collapsed
Arnold Toynbee, the great 20th century historian, devoted his life to studying civilizations — how they rise, how they flourish, and then, inevitably, how they...
From the Editor: The Audacity of the Jews to Survive
History has returned for the Jews. For 78 years following the end of World War II, the Jewish people enjoyed an unprecedented period of peace...
Do the Jewish People Know That Our People Never Actually Left the Land of Israel?
Yossi Klein Halevi, senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, describes how anti-Zionists in academia have systematically challenged the moral basis of the Jewish/Zionist story....
Algemeiner Unveils 11th Annual ‘J100’ List at Gala Featuring Douglas Murray, Matisyahu
The Algemeiner unveiled its 11th annual "J100" list of the top 100 people "positively influencing Jewish life" on Tuesday night at a gala in New...
What Makes Israel and Jews Different: The Light in Our Hearts
This fall, my son joined the Me’ever Youth program at the Safra Center in New York City. Me’ever is focused on building teen leadership skills. In...
85 Years After Infamous Nazi Pogrom, Holocaust Survivors Say They Once Again Feel ‘Terrified’
To mark the 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht — the infamous Nazi assault on the German Jewish community on Nov. 9-10, 1938 — the International March...
Alan Dershowitz: The Rabbi Steinsaltz I Knew
The late Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was a remarkable man—a genius who made the Talmud accessible to so many. TIME magazine called him a “once in...
The People of the Journey
JNS.org - “To be a Jew is to be on a journey,” writes Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in his commentary on the upcoming weekly Torah portion...
Club Z Combats Silence in the Face of Antisemitism
JNS.org – At Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., students were asked to write positive messages in chalk on the pavement, but someone drew a...
Alan Dershowitz: Valerie Plame Knew Exactly What She Was Tweeting
Valerie Plame had to know what she was tweeting. Plame re-tweeted a virulently antisemitic article by a well-known bigot, which she characterized as “thoughtful.” Now...
A People That Dwells Alone
One of the most profound and influential comments ever made about Jewish destiny was made by the pagan prophet Bilaam in this week’s parsha: As I...
Celebrating Yom Haatzmaut in a World of Turmoil
Israel Independence Day symbolizes the empowerment of all Jews in the wake of the most successful renaissance of a nation after two thousand years of...
