The ZOA was reacting to the resignation of Times opinion editor Bari Weiss on Tuesday, who left the Times over what she alleged was an increasingly intolerant environment, including antisemitism directed toward her: “My own forays into Wrongthink have made me the subject of constant bullying by colleagues who disagree with my views. They have called me a Nazi and a […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. have released the following statement: In light of the shocking resignation by NY Times journalist Bari Weiss, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has established a hotline for journalists at the NY Times or any other media outlet to call to […]

In the summer of 2019, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and others wrote to the California Department of Education condemning a proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum ESMC that was, among other problems, antisemitic and anti-Israel.  Fortunately, the California Board of Education listened.  It rejected the draft ESMC, determining that it “falls short and needs […]

In 2016 I wrote an op-ed demanding that Black Lives Matter rescind the portion of its platform that describes Israel as an “apartheid state” involved in “genocide … against the Palestinian people.” I pointed out that the platform refers to no other country but Israel, despite the egregious records of many foreign countries with regard to police […]

Dear Friends: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and his co-sponsors (11 other leftwing Democratic Senators plus anti-Israel socialist Bernie Sanders) have proposed an outrageous anti-Israel, anti-American amendment (S. Amdt. 2435) to the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2021 (S. 4049) that would damage Israel’s defense, if Israel exercises her lawful sovereign rights in […]

It is ironic. As the majority of American Jews continue to distance themselves from the tribe, I find that the most appropriate way to describe them is by using Yiddish terminology. The English language simply does not provide a fitting term that conveys the intrinsic nature of their behavior. Nokhschleppers are people who tag along where […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) demands that the Philadelphia Eagles terminate wide receiver DeSean Jackson immediately, based on Jackson’s despicable and inexcusable anti-Semitism. As reported by ESPN, Jackson recently featured a quote on Instagram that he attributed to Adolph Hitler, which said that white Jews “will blackmail America. [They] will extort America, their plan for […]

Likud MK and former chief of the Shin Bet internal security agency Avi Dichter urged Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to move forward with plans to apply sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria – even if an agreement has not yet been reached with the Trump administration over the precise boundaries of the sovereignty […]

ZOA President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: ZOA strongly criticizes a dangerous draft letter authored by Israelophobes Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Betty McCollum (D-MN) being circulated among House members and addressed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The letter threatens damage […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America demands an apology and retraction from Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) President Rick Jacobs and other Jewish leaders for libeling ZOA President Morton Klein. After Mr. Klein appropriately called out the Black Lives Matter (“BLM”) […]