Category ZOA in the news
NY Post: ZOA Urges Cuomo to Cancel CUNY Honoring Anti-Israel Bigot Sarsour

The head of a pro-Israel Jewish-American group is urging Gov. Cuomo to block an invitation to have Muslim civil rights activist Linda Sarsour speak at a CUNY commencement ceremony. In a letter to Cuomo, Zionist Organization of America president Morton Klein called Sarsour, the keynote speaker at the CUNY Grad School for Public Health graduation […]

OP-ED BY: Eytan Sosnovich and Susan Tuchman, Esq. NY Jewish Week Op-Ed: ZOA Fights Anti-Semitism at Food Coop

Two year ago, four individuals spoke out against hate.  As a result, they, and every member of their households, were barred from their community for an entire year. The community is the Park Slope Food Coop and the form of hate is anti-Semitism. The Coop’s mission is worthwhile: to make healthy and affordable food available […]

OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel ZOA Op-Ed: Israel’s Anti-BDS Supporter Law was Way Overdue

Last week, the Knesset in Jerusalem passed a law barring the entry of visitors who have called for a boycott on Israel or are otherwise actively engaged in the Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment (BDS) movement, which has been the subject of several anti-boycott laws passed in US states. The new law bars the entry into Israel foreign […]

ZOA Brooklyn Brings Mishloach Manot to IDF Soldiers

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) Brooklyn Region, is planning to distribute 9,000 Mishloach Manot baskets to Israeli soldiers serving on bases in Israel, as part of a tradition spearheaded by ZOA Board Member and President of its Brooklyn Region, Rubin Margules. The ZOA leads the effort, together with Emunah of America, Mizrachi and The […]

Michigan ZOA Op-Ed on Anti-Israel Problems at U of Michigan

Zionist Organization of America-Michigan Region members returned, for the third time in 12 months, to address the University of Michigan Board of Regents’ meeting. Sheldon L. Freilich, Irving Ginsberg, Ed Kohl and I spoke at the Feb. 16 meeting. We voiced concerns over the university’s silence over the past three years when Jewish/pro-Israel students had […]

Prager: Why Do U.S. Jews Want So Many Jew Haters in America?

Last week, the Jerusalem Post and other news agencies reported that in a Paris suburb, two Jewish brothers wearing kippot (Jewish skullcaps) were attacked while driving their car by Middle Easterners driving another car. According to a case report: “While the vehicle was in motion, the driver and a passenger shouted anti-Semitic slogans at the […]

OP-ED BY: Morton A. Klein ZOA Op-Ed: The Impossible Deal – A Palestinian Arab State Solution

It was exhilarating to watch US President Donald Trump, at his press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, refuse to parrot the tired, irrational, dangerous mantra that a Palestinian state is the only option for peace. Instead, Trump wisely spoke about real peace; creative solutions; ending the Palestinian-Arabs’ teaching of “tremendous hate” to their […]

ZOA’s Klein Quoted Extensively About PA State in JNS Article

For the second time in a month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has informed the leader of a major Western power that Israel will retain full security control over all of the disputed territories in any future arrangement with Palestinians.  Netanyahu told Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in a closed-door meeting Sunday that Israel would […]

Wash Post: ZOA’s Klein Says Trump is Being Treated Unfairly, He’s Most Pro-Israel President Ever

President Trump on Tuesday denounced racism and anti-Semitic violence after weeks of struggling to offer clear statements of solidarity and support for racial and religious minorities. During a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Trump read carefully from prepared remarks decrying bigotry and specifically condemning a wave of recent threats […]

Even Mort Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America and a Leading Trump Defender, Said the President Should Issue a Statement Against the Incidents

The day a fourth wave of bomb-threatening phone calls was placed to Jewish community centers across the U.S., experts on extremism said that the lack of specific condemnation directly from President Donald Trump is encouraging the anti-Semitism. The only response to the attack, after several questions, came from the White House press secretary. And his […]