“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed an amicus brief with the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in support of a Jewish employee whose employer denied him the religious accommodation he needed. The employee, Jerome Sandberg, observed the Sabbath and thus could not work from sundown on Fridays through sundown on Saturdays. […]