Bari Weiss recently resigned from her position as a writer and editor at The New York Times. A self-described “centrist,” Weiss did not hesitate in her writing to call out anti-Semitism on the right and the left. She stood up for Israel. Even as a college student at Columbia University, Weiss challenged anti-Israel professors who tried to intimidate and silence students […]

The Democrat-controlled House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs officially adopted an amendment to send $250 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority, despite an ongoing pay-to-slay Israelis policy. (July 13, 2020 / JNS) Two years ago, Congress cut off funds to the Palestinian Authority because it pays salaries to terrorists. Now a group of Democratic […]

Zionist Organization of America President Morton A. Klein, Chair Mark Levenson, Esq., and Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: Note: ZOA does not endorse or reject any candidates for public office. The ZOA is alarmed and appalled that Vice President Joe Biden joined the following notorious Jew-haters and Israel-bashers at the […]

ZOA President Morton A. Klein and Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America strongly praises and thanks former NBA greats Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Charles Barkley, as well as current Pittsburgh Steeler Zach Banner, for their moral clarity in publicly calling out and criticizing entertainers Nick Cannon and Ice Cube, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) calls on Fox to fire television host Nick Cannon for his recent antisemitic comments, including praising Louis Farrakhan, a vicious anti-Semite who has described Hitler as “a very great man” and compared Jews to termites. While Cannon eventually apologized for his remarks, he failed to renounce and retract his […]

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 […]