Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA strongly praises the Trump administration and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for today announcing that the U.S. Consulate General (which really dealt with Palestinian Arabs) in Jerusalem will be merged into a single diplomatic mission, in the beautiful new U.S. […]

Russian Jews have suffered great persecution over the centuries. Many of them have chosen to come to America to seek refuge and freedom from oppression. It is disturbing that the New Yorker, in a recent article by Sheelah Kolhatkar titled “The Growth of Sinclair’s Conservative Media Empire,” chose to focus on the nationality of such […]

ZOA NY Metro hosted its second successful program, Eastern, Central and Western Europe, 2018:  70+ Years Post-Holocaust – is it safer to be a Jew and/or Zionist in Warsaw or in Paris?   on October 9th at ZOA headquarters in NYC. Matthew Tyrmand, author, journalist and advisor to the Polish government spoke to the quality of […]

We are issuing the following press release, drafted two years ago, regarding detailed polling of prevailing Palestinian Arab attitudes towards Israel, Jews, terrorism, peace and so on, as an illustration of the regrettable and tragic reality that little to nothing has changed in the intervening two years.  All these attitudes are all-too-faithfully represented by the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended the University of Michigan (U-M) today for disciplining Professor John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to write a recommendation letter for a deserving student because she wanted to study in Israel.  The Detroit News reported last evening that it obtained a letter signed by Elizabeth Cole, the interim dean of […]

October 8, 2018 VIA EMAIL President Mark S. Schlissel University of Michigan 2074 Fleming Administration Building 503 Thompson Street Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1340 University of Michigan Board of Regents 500 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI  48109 Dear President Schlissel and Honorable Members of the Board of Regents:            On September 21, we submitted a complaint […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has urged the European Parliament to cease aid to Mahmoud Abbas’ anti-Jewish hatred-inciting Palestinian Authority (PA), a measure which is currently under consideration. The EU is the largest financial donor of the PA.   The European Parliament’s Budgetary Control Committee is due to vote in late October on an […]

VIA EMAIL Professor Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet Director, University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center 228 Fisher-Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6203   Dear Professor Kashani-Sabet: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S., whose mission includes fighting anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Director of Special Projects Elizabeth Berney, Esq. released the following statement:   The ZOA urges the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to cancel its plan to honor Trevor Noah as the headliner at the ADL’s upcoming “unity” event in Connecticut, due to Trevor Noah’s long history, continuing […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended Congress for passing the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATC Act), and praised President Trump for signing it into law yesterday. The ZOA strongly advocated for this much-needed legislation, which will close loopholes in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992, and help American victims of terrorism abroad to hold […]