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Antisemitism Chair Leo Terrell of U.S. Dept. of Justice Announces, to Delegates at ZOA Mission to Washington, Launch of 14-City Initiative to Combat Antisemitism — TheJ.Ca

By TheJ.Ca Staff (June 9, 2026 / TheJ.Ca) The U.S. Department of Justice will launch a 14-city nationwide initiative aimed at combating antisemitism, Task Force on Antisemitism Chair Leo Terrell announced Monday evening during an address to delegates of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) ahead of the organization’s annual advocacy mission in Washington. Speaking […]

GOP, Dem Lawmakers Back Israel, American Jews at ZOA Mission to Washington—JNS

By Andrew Bernard (June 10, 2026 / JNS) Republican and Democratic members of Congress reiterated their support for Israel and the American Jewish community at the Zionist Organization of America’s fly-in to Washington on Tuesday. Representatives and senators, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Reps. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.Y.), George Lattimer (D-N.Y.), Shri […]

Congressional Leaders Lambast Iran & Antisemitism at Zionist Organization of America’s Washington Mission

Sen. Ted Cruz Praises “ZOA’s and Mort Klein’s indomitable, fearless and inspiring commitment to speak and advocate for truth, Israel & the Jewish People” Leo Terrell, a Leader of the Trump Administration’s Fight Against Antisemitism, opened ZOA Mission with Passionate Speech Promising to Work Closely With ZOA and Morton Klein  WASHINGTON – As attacks on […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted: ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Plea Deal, With Just a Year in Jail, for Man Who Killed Elderly Jew in LA, Jewish Groups Say — JNS

“This will send a terrible message that Jewish life is cheap and that the consequence for murdering a Jewish person will be a slap on the wrist,” Klein said. By Aaron Bandler (May 6, 2026 / JNS) The plea deal, under which Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, who admitted to charges related to the 2023 death […]

ZOA President Says Iran Strikes Signal Collapse of Ceasefire and Renewed Regional Threat — TheJ.Ca

By TheJ.Ca Staff (May 5, 2026 / TheJ.Ca) A leading American Jewish organization is warning that recent Iranian-linked attacks in the Gulf region signal the breakdown of ceasefire efforts and a renewed escalation in regional tensions. According to Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, a series of missile and drone strikes […]

NJ Democratic Congressional Nominee Compares Anti-ICE Activism to Hiding Jews in Nazi Germany—ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted—JNS

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman (Jun. 3, 2026 / JNS) Adam Hamawy, who won the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday night, said he supports activist groups that monitor and protest immigration enforcement, comparing their efforts to those of non-Jews who helped hide Jews during the Holocaust. In a video provided to JNS […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted: Support Grows for Caroline Glick as NY Consul Post Considered — JNS

Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein told JNS, “She can make Israel’s case in a powerful and persuasive way that will translate into bringing a large and new group of Israel supporters to the fore. She would cause a small revolution in Israel’s PR problems. She is an inspired choice.” By JNS Staff (May […]

ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted: NY Governor, Attorney General Say Jewish State’s Finance Minister Unwelcome at Israel Parade — JNS

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that the “left wing always talks of unity, yet hypocritically they fight to harm unity by wishing to exclude an elected and effective Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich.” By JNS Staff (Jun. 1, 2026 / JNS) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Letitia […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Government Relations Deputy Director Adam Turner’s Wash Examiner Op-Ed on Iran

No Trump Agreement Could Be as Bad as Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal By Adam Turner (May 27, 2026 / Washington Examiner) The United States may have negotiated a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran to end the war, but the specifics of the deal are, so far, opaque, with much misinformation circulating. This has […]