Dovid Efune
ARTICLES BY: Dovid Efune
‘Frightening’ Firework Attacks Target New York City’s Heavily Jewish Diamond District
Multiple arrests have reportedly been made after violent attacks, including with incendiary devices, appeared to target Jews in the Times Square area of New York...
‘Heavy Police Presence’ Outside Jewish Centers in Bronx After Four Synagogues Targeted Overnight
The New York Police Department has mobilized to protect Jewish institutions in the Bronx borough of the city after the targeting of synagogues in the...
A Jewish Child’s First Encounters With Antisemitism, on New York’s Upper West Side
I wrote this column because my 8-year-old son asked me to. He felt it was important to let people know about an experience we shared on...
US State Department Planning Expanded Campaign Using ‘All Legal and Policy Tools’ to Combat ‘Antisemitic’ BDS Movement Against Israel
The United States government is planning to significantly ramp up its efforts to combat the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, The Algemeiner...
Israel’s Outgoing UN Envoy Danny Danon Says He Aimed to ‘Dilute the Hatred’ at Global Body
The Jewish state's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, is even more optimistic about the country's prospects at Turtle Bay than he was...
Remembering My Grandfather Peter Kalms — Businessman, Philanthropist and Activist for Soviet Jewry
Last Tuesday morning, accompanied by an intimate group of family and close friends, my grandfather Peter Kalms was laid to rest on the Mount of...
Netanyahu Delivers for Israel, Israel Delivers for Netanyahu
After general elections in Israel on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now headed for a historic fifth term. It’s a strong victory for Netanyahu in...
Police Detain Suspect After Man Wearing Keffiyeh Photographed Waving Machete Outside Los Angeles Synagogue
A suspect was arrested by North Hollywood police on Saturday after a man in a keffiyeh was photographed waving a machete in front of a...
‘We’ll Go on Forever’ — A Witness to Kristallnacht 80 Years Ago, My Grandmother Looks Back
I have long known that my grandmother witnessed Kristallnacht. But it is only this year -- as we mark the 80th anniversary of the vicious...
Special Editorial: #WeAreAllJews
The following is a joint editorial drafted by Jane Eisner, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward, and Dovid Efune, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of The Algemeiner, and signed...
Is America Any Different When It Comes to Antisemitism?
On November 9th, communities around the world will mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous antisemitic pogrom that symbolized the acceleration of Hitler’s murderous campaign...
Helicopter Tour of Israel’s Borders Root of Bond Between Haley and IDF Chief of Staff Nominee
In an unusual move on Friday morning, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley tweeted her congratulations to an IDF general on his selection by...
Son of Elie Wiesel Responds to Antisemitic Graffiti on Father’s House: ‘Holocaust Memory and Jews Are Under Attack’
The only child of the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has responded to the antisemitic desecration of his father's childhood home in northwestern...
Ahead of Religious Freedom Summit, Secretary of State Pompeo Cautions Against Legislative Efforts to Curtail Circumcision, Ritual Slaughter
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cautioned on Thursday against efforts in various European countries to curtail religious practices sacred to Jewish and Muslim communities,...
