Algeria

Fewer than 200 Jews; community representatives report few day-to-day problems with the authorities, who allow prayer gatherings in homes. In October 2024 the Ministry of Culture cancelled events for the book "L'Algérie juive", and on 14 January 2025 the Boumerdès wilaya sealed its publisher, Éditions Frantz Fanon, for six months for content said to harm "public order" and "national identity", after an Islamist MP called the book "cultural normalisation" because its preface was written by a French-Israeli author.

Last reviewed 26 Oct 2026

1. 2023
   Jewish community reports good relations with authorities
   Representatives of the small Jewish community said they had few day-to-day problems with authorities. U.S. officials raised registration difficulties faced by Ahmadi, Christian, Jewish and other minority groups.
   Source: US State Department, 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom