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The Algemeiner Journal is a New York-based newspaper, covering American and international Jewish and Israel-related news. CNBC called it “the fastest growing Jewish newspaper in the United States”[1] and former Senator Joseph Lieberman described the paper as an “independent truth telling advocate for the Jewish people and Israel”.[2] The Algemeiner’s Advisory Board is chaired by Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel.
Its website, Algemeiner.com, is updated throughout the day, and has been referred to as "the Jewish Huffington Post,” due to its similar democratized content model, with a combination of original reporting, blogs, and aggregation.[3]
In 1972, Gershon Jacobson founded Der Algemeiner Journal, serving as editor and publisher from its inception until his death in 2005.[4]
The inaugural issue was published by Der Algemeiner Journal Corporation on February 23, 1972. The ten-page paper was priced at 25 cents. Twenty thousand issues were printed.[5] Der Algemeiner Journal aimed to fill the gap created by the 1971 closing of the daily Yiddish paper
In April 2013, The Algemeiner unveiled its first annual ‘Jewish 100’ list celebrating the “top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life”[42] at its 40th anniversary gala in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The event featured Jewish community leaders and celebrities, including, Elie Wiesel, Harvey Weinstein, Ronald Lauder, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, William Kristol, Alan Dershowitz, Tony Orlando, and others.[43]
As a prelude to the 2012 Republican primaries, The Algemeiner ranked the party's eight candidates in order of how good they would be for Israel. Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich were viewed as the three best candidates for Israel, while Ron Paul was viewed as the least beneficial for Israel's needs.[41]
Beginning in 2010, The Algemeiner has put out an annual list of the top non-Jews having a positive influence in shaping the Jewish future. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was named first in 2010,[37] Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2011,[38] Mitt Romney in 2012,[39] and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2013.[40]
Since 2006, in conjunction with the Gershon Jacobson Foundation, The Algemeiner hosts an annual lecture series featuring a politician, Jewish leader or scholar. In 2011, Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman spoke on politics and religion.
On January 16 2014, The Algemeiner was the first to report on UNESCO's decision to pull a Jewish exhibit following a request from the Arab League. [36]
On December 29, 2013 The Algemeiner exposed NBA star Tony Parker's use of the 'Anti-System' quenelle salute, and reported exclusively on a call from Jewish human rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center for the athlete to apologize.[30] The story made international headlines and The Algemeiner was cited by many other major news outlets including Fox News,[31] CBS,[32] Sky News,[33] ESPN, Sports Illustrated, the New York Post[34] and NBC.[35] Within twenty four hours Parker apologized and pledged not to repeat the salute.
On December 16, 2013, The Algemeiner was the first to report that Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox Jewish American who was held captive in Bolivia since June 2011, arrived home in America. [29]
In February 2013, four Jewish students were evicted from an anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event at Brooklyn College. The Algemeiner published exclusive audio of the event. A report concluded that the students had been unjustly evicted due to their political views.[28]
Twelfth-century Jewish scholar Maimonides, who is often cited as the father of modern Jewish intellectualism, was mentioned alongside Muslim scholars in UNESCO's December 2010 report on science in the Arab world. Several Jewish blogs and websites called out UNESCO for making it appear as if Maimonides is a Muslim scholar. In an email to The Algemeiner's Shmuel Bruck, UNESCO admitted the error, writing, "UNESCO acknowledges that there was indeed an important and regrettable error in the chapter devoted to Arab States in the UNESCO Science Report published in 2006, which refers to Maimonides as a Muslim scholar."[27]
When Muammar Gaddafi's Libyan regime was falling, he attempted to hire a public relations firm to influence public opinion in his favor. The Algemeiner were the first to publish the full text of an email sent by Libyan official Ali Darwish to worldwide PR firms.[25] Many PR firms who received the email assumed it was a hoax, but it was confirmed as legitimate by an official at the Libyan Mission in New York.[26]
The CUNY board ultimately reversed its decision, awarding Kushner the honorary degree.[24]
In 2011, City University of New York rescinded an offer of an honorary degree to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, after he was accused of being overly critical of Israel by CUNY trustee and pro-Israel activist Jeffrey Wiesenfeld. Kushner strongly denied the allegations, declaring himself "proud to be Jewish" and calling Wiesenfeld's portrayal of him a "grotesque caricature."[20][21] Wiesenfeld responded with an op-ed on Algemeiner.com, defending his stance and calling Kushner an extremist.[22] Past CUNY honorees Barbara Ehrenreich and Michael Cunningham asked to return their honorary degrees in protest of CUNY's treatment of Kushner.[20] Ronn Torossian defended Wiesenfeld in The Algemeiner, writing that Wiesenfeld "should be commended for speaking truth to power,” while former New York mayor Ed Koch and the CUNY faculty union called for Wiesenfeld's resignation.[23]
In 1989, former New York mayor David Dinkins, shaking hands with Jesse Jackson. This was seen as an attempt to gain the Jewish vote by grouping Dinkins with the controversial Rev. Jackson, who had referred to New York City as "Hymietown" (later apologizing).[19]
Publisher Simon Jacobson has said the paper attempts to provide a Jewish perspective on current events to people of all backgrounds, including secular readers.[3]
The Algemeiner is often referenced by various other news media outlets, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Telegraph, Arab News,[11] New Yorker,[12] The Daily Mail, The New York Post, USA Today, Politico, The New York Daily News, Fox News and others. The Philadelphia Inquirer has called the Algemeiner "a major Jewish newspaper"[13] and The Huffington Post has referred to the paper as "a leading Jewish newspaper."[14] Editor Dovid Efune makes frequent TV appearances on channels including CNBC,[15] Fox News,[16] CBS,[17] Real News[18] and others to address topics relating to Israel and the Jewish community.
Contributors and bloggers include Alon Ben-Meir, Elie Wiesel, Dore Gold, David Brog, Jonathan Sacks, Shmuley Boteach, Daniel Pipes, Abraham Foxman, Alan Dershowitz, Shlomo Shamir, Don Seeman, Morton Klein, Oleksandr Feldman, Danny Danon, Robert S. Wistrich, Irwin Cotler, Ronn Torossian, Danny Ben-Moshe, John Bolton, Arik Elman, Gabriel Martindale, Moshe Averick, Jeremy Rosen, Sam Westrop, Gabriel Latner, Bernard Starr, Simcha Weinstein, Vanessa Van Petten, Robert Singer, Ben Cohen and Oliver Karp among hundreds of others.[3][10]
The Algemeiner‘s print edition is published weekly every Friday, except for the weeks of Passover and Sukkot. The paper's circulation is between 18,000 and 23,000. It is sold at newsstands internationally and is available for subscription. It can also be viewed as an ePaper on Algemeiner.com. The vast majority of The Algemeiner readership and content is online.
In 2011, the GJCF launched the website Algemeiner.com. The site has grown rapidly since, and now boasts a roster of over 600 bloggers.
and Director of the GJCF. The Algemeiner That year, Dovid Efune became the Editor-In-Chief of [3] was reconceived as an English publication, dropping the Yiddish "Der" in its title for "The".The Algemeiner Journal In 2008, [9] In May 2005, after Gershon Jacobson's passing, his elder son, [8] began printing a four-page English supplement in the middle of the paper, bringing in a wider and more diverse Jewish audience.Der Algemeiner Journal In 1994, in response to the increasing marginalization of the Yiddish language,
’s circulation neared 100,000 copies. The Algemeiner At its peak, [4], he "defied easy categorization."New York Times. Although Jacobson himself was an observant Jew, he was not formally affiliated with any sect. According to the Satmar and Lubavitch sects, most notably Hasidic emphasized Jewish community news, with a politically independent viewpoint, and did not hesitate to report on tensions between rival Der Algemeiner Journal [7] The largest circulation Yiddish weekly in the United States,[7] for whom Jacobson had written and served as its city editor.[6]
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