Category ZOA in the news
OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein Mort Klein in Breitbart Urges Nations: Leave UN Human Rights Council

Last week, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley attempted to have the U.N. Human Rights Council cease its perpetual preoccupation with condemning Israel. But our European allies would have none of it. Europe refused to join the U.S. in seeking to terminate the Council’s permanent agenda item devoted to Israel –– the only […]

LA Jewish Journal: ZOA Demands Firing of MSNBC Host for Anti-Semitic & Other Comments

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is calling for MSNBC to fire host Joy Reid for promoting “sinister anti-Semitic canards” in old blog posts. The June 11 statement on the ZOA’s website highlights old posts from Reid in which she echoes former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s statement that Israel doesn’t have a right to exist, […]

Israel-Hating Site Calls ZOA “Powerful” Palestinian-Bashers on Beacon School Mourning Hamas Deaths

On Tuesday, May 15th, students at the Beacon School, an “elite” public high school in Hell’s Kitchen, decided to commemorate the 62 Palestinians who were killed the day before in Gaza during the Great March of Return. A simple announcement over the loudspeaker that lasted a minute somehow warranted a witch hunt on the administration […]

Qatar’s PR Gambit Falls Apart; ZOA’s Morton Klein Blasts Regime

Qatar’s public relations campaign in the United States is collapsing as the businessmen, community leaders, and media consultants it employed have began to abandon the effort. As Breitbart News noted last year, Qatar had employed an American team — including Nick Muzin, a former aide to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — to improve its image in the […]

ZOA Letter in NY Jewish Week Explaining ZOA Criticisms of Jewish Groups

The JTA article you published (“These Jewish Groups Are Fighting — Even Physically…”, May 18) about ZOA criticizing some Jewish groups for their troubling policies and positions had many inaccuracies. In fact, ZOA legitimately criticized National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) for signing a letter demanding that people stop “smearing” Linda Sarsour. It was not […]

ZOA’s Klein Being Honored this Weekend in Los Angeles

Andrew Friedman, President of Congregation Bais Naftoli, has announced that the synagogue will be celebrating its 26th Annual Breakfast on June 10, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. This year’s honorees will be Morton Klein, National President of Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), and Dr. David Frey, Director of Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, U.S. Military […]

OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman, Esq. ZOA Op-ed in JNS: Beacon School’s Serious Mistake Authorizing a Tribute to Terrorists

The Beacon School, an elite New York City public high school, rarely, if ever, holds silent tributes. It’s never mourned the deaths of the estimated 500,000 Syrians killed by the government of President Bashar Assad and its allies. It’s never mourned the murders of 2,000 Israelis in the last two decades. That’s why so many parents […]

ZOA Quoted in Article on New Pro-Israel NSC Official Fred Fleitz

Organizations and individuals entrenched in the Obama administration’s pro-Iran echo chamber are engaging in a new plot to defame top White House national security officials, a campaign that mirrors a successful effort by these same groups to oust former Trump administration National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to sources familiar with the new effort. After […]

ZOA’s Klein Speaking at NYC Israel Day Parade Rally Sunday

The world’s largest Celebrate Israel parade will fill Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue with tens of thousands of marchers and watchers this Sunday, June 3. As always, Long Island schools, shuls and other Jewish organizations will be well-represented. The parade, from 54th to 74th streets and 11 am to 4 pm, is a must-do event for friends […]

ZOA President Morton Klein to Speak at NHBZ

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), will be the featured speaker at a Shabbat program hosted by Nusach Hari B’nai Zion congregation May 26. Klein, known for his outspoken views on Israel, will discuss, “The Orwellian Lies About Jerusalem, Settlements and Occupation.” Klein is widely known as a passionate advocate for […]