Iranian Presence in Crisis-Ridden Venezuela is Growing, Warns Top Organization of American States Official by Ben Cohen Venezuela remains the center of Iranian ambitions in Latin America, a top official from the Organization of American States (OAS) told The Algemeiner this...More

 

Weekend Edition January 1, 2021 WORLD ISRAEL MIDDLE EAST OPINION CULTURE FEATURES Top News Iranian Presence in Crisis-Ridden Venezuela is Growing, Warns Top Organization of American States Official by Ben Cohen Venezuela remains the center of Iranian ambitions in Latin America, a top official from the Organization of American States (OAS) told The Algemeiner this...More Amid Fears of Escalation, Iran Puts Maritime Forces in Persian Gulf on Higher Alert: Report by Algemeiner Staff Iranian maritime forces in the Persian Gulf have raised readiness levels in recent days, CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr tweeted Friday, citing a US...More Israel Stuns Observers With Lightning-Fast COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout by Algemeiner Staff Over one million Israelis have now been vaccinated against the coronavirus in the first weeks of the country’s rollout, a per capita rate that is by far the fastest in...More Iran Execution of Man Convicted of Murder When 16 Draws UN Condemnation by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he was 16, a Western rights group said, drawing condemnation from the...More Munich Olympics Official Who Negotiated With Palestinian Terrorists Dies at 91 by Algemeiner Staff The International Olympic Committee announced yesterday the death of Walther Tröger, a former Mayor of the Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich...More ‘Israel Must Transition From the Startup Nation to the Innovation Nation’ by Yafit Ovadia The year 2020 was marked by a global pandemic, yet the State of Israel wasn’t deterred and marked many impressive feats in scientific research...More E-Paper Culture ‘Tehran’ Actress and Singer Liraz Charhi on Her Music and the ‘Rage’ of Missing Iran More... Opinion Goodbye to 2020, and Looking Hopefully Ahead by Pini Dunner On the first night of Pesach, we begin our Seder by asking Mah Nishtana Halayla Hazeh Mikol Haleilot? — “why is this night different from all other nights?” It is a classic question of Jewish tradition...More The Twelfth Night by Jeremy Rosen As a child, I felt fortunate to have eight days of Hanukkah, whereas Christian children only had one day of Christmas. But then I learned that was not quite correct; they had 12. In theory at least. One of Shakespeare’s most loved comedies is Twelfth...More Trump’s Flaws Enabled His Middle East Successes by Benjamin Kerstein For those of my particular political persuasion, who might be called liberal conservatives or conservative liberals, the spectacle of the Trump presidency has not been edifying. Donald Trump has always...More Zoom Can’t Be the Formula for a Post-Pandemic Jewish Future by Jonathan S. Tobin After a horrendous year of pandemic, poverty, and polarization, will the coronavirus vaccine soon return the Jewish world to a semblance of normalcy? That’s the question without a clear answer as...More   DOWNLOAD OUR NEW APP TODAY!   BECOME AN ALGEMEINER MEMBER SIGN UP A FRIEND SEND A NEWS TIP  FACEBOOK  TWITTER