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Double Standard in NY Taking Action Against Betar, Not Anti-Israel Groups, Critics Say, ZOA Quoted – JNS

“This will encourage more attacks on Jews and discourage Jewish self-defense,” said ZOA’s Morton Klein. (January 15, 2026 / JNS) Letitia James, the attorney general of New York, announced a settlement agreement with Betar US on Tuesday, drawing criticism of a double standard for not taking similar legal action against anti-Israel groups. The settlement came […]

Legislator Says He Has to Accuse Israel of Genocide Due to Political Pressure, ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted | JNS

Klein said: “The dangerous, Islamist and media inspired evolving U.S. culture has made it ‘cool’ and almost obligatory to promote ugly propaganda lies against the Jewish state.” By Aaron Bandler (January 13, 2026 / JNS) It feels necessary, due to political pressure, to accuse the Jewish state publicly of committing “genocide” in Gaza even though […]

Steve Feldman: ZOA’s Phila. Director Continues to Devote His Career to Jewish Community – Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

By Braden Hamelin (January 12, 2026 / Jewish Exponent) Steve Feldman’s career has been dedicated to the Jewish community, spending two decades working at Philadelphia Jewish Exponent before joining the Zionist Organization of America as the executive director of the Philadelphia chapter, where he’s advocated for the local Jewish community since 2002. Feldman said he […]

Trump, Who Received ZOA’s Rarely Given, Highest Theodor Herzl Award, Said, “We Should Condemn People Who Espouse Antisemitism” | JTA

Trump: “We Don’t Need Them, We Don’t Like Them” By Grace Gilson (January 12, 2026 / JTA) As tensions have risen in the Republican Party over antisemitism within the party, one voice has been notably absent. Now, President Donald Trump, the party’s leader, has weighed in, indicating to The New York Times that he does […]

OP-ED Why Moshe Glick Faces Prison After Defending a New Jersey Synagogue by Irit Tratt (ZOA Brandeis Defender of Israel Award Winner With Husband Jonathan) | Fox News

Standing up to antisemitic mobs shouldn’t land you in prison By Irit Tratt (January 7, 2026/FoxNews.com) “Rape their daughters!” “We are Nazis and proud!” “F— the Jews!“ These are antisemitic chants made by anti-Israel protesters in Australia, England and France, where there have recently been deadly attacks against Jews. But that’s not America, right? “The Jew is here.”  Those […]

OP-ED A Warning from History: Antisemitic Mayor Mamdani and the Dismantling of Jewish Protections — Bryan Rigg, PhD (Yale, Cambridge University), American Military and Holocaust Historian

January 5, 2026 Dear Friends, I am writing out of serious concern regarding actions taken by Mayor Zohran Mamdani on his first day in office and what they signal for New York City’s Jewish community in particular and the world in general. As a Holocaust historian, I have spent decades studying how antisemitism takes hold—not […]

ZOA Praises Pres. Trump’s Capture of Communist Dictator, Narco-Terrorist and Iranian/Hezbollah Ally Nicolás Maduro

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Thank you, Pres. Trump, Sec’y Rubio & Hegseth & General Caine, etc.: The ZOA strongly praises President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, General Dan Caine, and the elite U.S. troops […]

OP-ED JNS Op-Ed by ZOA’s Morton Klein: Tucker Carlson Is Not Only a Jew-Hating Enemy of Israel — He’s an Enemy of America

By Morton A. Klein (January 3, 2026 / JNS) Tucker Carlson is not a patriot. In fact, he’s an enemy of America. Why? Because American patriots don’t side with sworn enemies, such as the Iranian regime that daily plots and calls for death to the United States, and has murdered thousands of Americans. American patriots […]

ZOA Condemns Mamdani’s Ending Exec. Orders Protecting Jews & Appt. of Israel-Bashing, Lawyer-for-Muslim Terrorists, Ramzi Kassem, as NYC Chief Counsel, Endangering Jews and America

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli: “Mamdani Is an Overt Antisemite and Terror Supporter” Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemns Communist, Jew-hating, radical Muslim, NYC Mayor Mamdani’s first acts in office, which endanger New York’s Jews and all Americans. […]

Hanukkah Candle Lighting Event on Capitol Hill Attended by Democrat & Republican Leaders & Jewish Leaders, Including ZOA’s Morton Klein

By Emily Jacobs (December 11, 2025 / Jewish Insider) Democrats and Republicans gathered for a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill on Wednesday at the pre-Hanukkah menorah lighting ceremony hosted by congressional leadership. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hosted the gathering […]