Just hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry‘s landmark speech justifying the recent anti-Israel UN resolution, the famed Algemeiner newspaper launched its major year-end crowdfunding campaign.
“At The Algemeiner, our mission is to fight for the triumph of truth over falsehood and, with so many willing to accept the lies that are told about the Jewish people, we believe that our mission is now more important than it ever has been before,” said Algemeiner editor and director Dovid Efune, in a video posted online.
The Algemeiner also highlighted its groundbreaking coverage of many important issues facing Israel and the Jewish people, including the ongoing efforts to isolate the Jewish state at international forums; the great, looming Iranian nuclear threat; and widespread antisemitism in Europe. This year, most notably, the outlet opened a new Campus Bureau to shine a much needed spotlight on the plight of Jewish students at college campuses around the world.
The campaign — with the target of $360,000 — also includes a video featuring terror survivor Mette Bentow who was hosting a Bas Mitzvah celebration when a terrorist struck her shul in Copenhagen, Denmark early last year. In the video, she speaks about how The Algemeiner’s coverage was vital to her recovery.
Founded by famed journalist Gershon Jacobson, The Algemeiner — sometimes called “the Rebbe’s newspaper” — serves as a foremost media voice addressing the most important issues facing Israel and Jewish communities around the world.
Factual reporting and educated opinions, presented by a broad range of writers, and over 1,250 bloggers, combat misinformation and the endemic biases of many mainstream media outlets.
CNBC has recently described The Algemeiner as the fastest-growing Jewish newspaper in the United States, and Technorati ranked it #1 in the ‘World Authority’ index. Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, called The Algemeiner “the voice of the Jewish People and Israel.”
The Algemeiner’s stories have been referenced and quoted by the most prominent international outlets including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph and many others.
while what the US govt has just done seems unfair, still we must show appreciation for all the good that it did do. That Pollard was freed, that Israel had Iron Dome funded, that our garbage is taken care of every week…imagine if we ended up like Venezuela? Their money is worthless, there’s nothing there for anyone. B”H we don’t have that and we should never ever take what we DO have for granted