The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has noted continuing acts of disloyalty by certain Arab Members of Knesset voted in under the Joint List and called for the removal of parliamentary immunity for MKs who commit gross disloyalty verbally or by actions.  The ZOA’s concern is prompted by the latest incident in which Arab Joint […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: The ZOA condemns Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s appalling, blatant disrespect for President Donald Trump, and recent threats, power plays and falsehoods regarding President Trump’s recognition of Israel’s capital Jerusalem – the capital of […]

The Zionist Organization of America’s National  President, Morton A. Klein, released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) urges the U.S. State Department to rescind their proclamation not to act in conformance with President Donald Trump’s legal,  just and moral declaration on December 6, 2017, formally recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.  Specifically, the […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA strongly praises and gives our heartfelt thanks to President Donald Trump for today officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and moving the US Embassy there. President Trump’s important, historic, moral and just action paves the way to move the US […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement:   At the Saban Forum yesterday (December 3), Haim Saban opened his half hour conversation with White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner by thanking Mr. Kushner for his efforts to try to stop the infamous anti-Israel United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) expressed its support for the nomination of Kenneth L. Marcus to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education, and urged that his nomination be confirmed as soon as possible.  The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights heads the Office for Civil Rights, whose […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has  called upon President Donald Trump to honor his pre-election promise to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, and not to exercise the presidential waiver in the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy law that has enabled successive presidents to defer this move for six […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA has just learned that one of the most antisemitic plays of all time, Christopher Marlowe’s “The Jew of Malta” (written in 1565) is scheduled to be performed in a few days at the Center for Jewish History (CJH) headed by […]

November 29, 1947 — seventy years ago today — was a momentous day in Jewish history. Jews throughout the world sat glued to their radios, listening as the United Nations General Assembly voted for UNGA Resolution 181 (often referred to as the “partition resolution”). The Jewish community celebrated the resolution’s passage, for it confirmed that […]

On November 7, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing examining anti-Semitism on college campuses.  The ZOA’s letter to the Committee was included in the record of the hearing.  The text of the letter is below.    Dear Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and Honorable Members of the House Judiciary Committee:             On behalf […]