After the end of Shavuot, the holiday in which Jewish people joyfully commemorate the giving of the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, the Jewish community of Los Angeles concluded it by the new ritual of going to clean off the hateful graffiti from their houses of worship while picking up the broken glass from the […]

From remarks delivered on June 25th, 2017, at the 73rd memorial Ceremony for Major General Orde Wingate, at Arlington National Cemetery, where he is interred. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are different than other armies. Their tactics often involve unexpected solutions to standard problems, and their junior officers lead from the front at all times, […]

I am simply blown away by the readiness and desire of young Israelis to sacrifice for the greater good. Periodically, I get reminders of this patriotic devotion from the occasional call or CV containing email prospecting for even a modest opportunity to work with ZOA Israel. Many of these individuals have served with distinction in […]

I came across John Pierre Jones on a public Facebook page, where he was spewing outrageously obscene anti-Jewish hate propaganda. There was the Octopus, labeled with the Star of David, clenching the US Capitol building with its tentacles. The tentacles were labeled with the names of Jewish organizations. Then came a racist caricature of an […]

I have been active with my local Jewish Federation, Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Israel Advocacy Committee for the past 25 years. I am hawkishly pro-Zionist and pro-American — which has made me a minority in these organizations. Despite their good intentions, these groups have lost sight of their true mission and purpose, and have abdicated […]

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 […]

The ZOA is appalled by, and continues to condemn the threats against U.S. and Canadian Jewish Centers and day schools, and the recent ugly vandalism of Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis and Philadelphia.  ZOA President Morton Klein visited the Mt. Carmel cemetery in Philadelphia yesterday, and talked to law enforcement officials involved in the Philadelphia […]

ANN ARBOR, MI – Several community members urged the University of Michigan Board of Regents and administrators to voice their support for the Jewish student population following anti-Semitic emails sent to students last week. The calls for the university to support Jewish students who were targeted by anti-Semitic emails came with the belief from some […]

With Donald Trump in the White House, speculation is mounting: Does he intend to act on his pre-election promise, dating back to January 2016 and reaffirmed both before and since his election, that he will transfer the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, in accordance with standard diplomatic practice and the 1995 […]

With Donald Trump in the White House, speculation is mounting: Does he intend to act on his pre-election promise, dating back to January 2016 and reaffirmed both before and since his election, that he will transfer the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, in accordance with standard diplomatic practice and the 1995 […]