Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Even more reasons have emerged why Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) must be rejected as chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). During a question-and-answer period with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Forum, philanthropist and leading Democratic donor […]

Zionist Organization of America(ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA commends the ADL and ADL Director Jonathan Greenblatt for finally reversing course and stating (on Dec. 1, 2016) that Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair candidate Congressman Keith Ellison’s statements were “deeply disturbing and disqualifying” to chair the DNC.  ZOA had criticized […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: New information reveals that an article written by Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn), called for an optional separate country for Black Americans; his condemning Zionism; his affiliation for 10 years and defending Jew-hating, white-hating Louis Farrakhan as a role model for Black youth; […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its boots.”  – Mark Twain “Keep far away from falsehood.” –Exodus 23:7 I, Morton A. Klein, am a child of holocaust survivors born in a displaced persons […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA recently documented Congressman Keith Ellison’s anti-Israel Congressional initiatives, tweets and statements; Ellison’s work to defeat a pro-Israel Democratic Congressman in a far-away district (something that Ellison may repeat throughout the country as Democratic  National Committee Chair); Ellison’s efforts to insert […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA calls upon former Democratic National Chair Howard Dean to retract and apologize to President-elect Trump’s appointee Stephen Bannon for absurdly and disgracefully calling Mr. Bannon a “Nazi,” anti-Semitic and other untrue epithets on CNN-Canada on Sunday, November 20, 2016.  When […]

Over 1200 people attended the Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) 118th Louis B. Brandeis Award National Dinner on Sunday, November 20 at New York City’s elegant Grand Hyatt Hotel. Major ZOA donors provided tables for 255 student activists from various universities and colleges around the country.   Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA is concerned about the potential appointment of Marine General James Mattis as Secretary of Defense, and urges that Mattis not be appointed. Mattis’s statements at a 2013 Aspen Institute conference were hostile to Israel, and revealed a lack of appreciation […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA urges former ADL Director Abe Foxman to publicly correct his false accusations that ZOA misled Mr. Foxman regarding ZOA’s gala dinner, that took place Sunday, November 20, 2016.  Mr. Foxman claims he wanted to come ZOA’s Dinner because his friend Home […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: As a bi-partisan organization, the ZOA treasures opportunities to work with lawmakers and opinion makers on “both side of the aisle.”   Alarmingly, Congressional bipartisanship on pro-Israel issues, as well as on issues related to U.S. security, is likely to be immeasurably harmed […]