Category Op-Ed
OP-ED JNS Op-Ed: ZOA’s Mort Klein’s Troubling Personal Experience with Rabbi Cosgrove’s One-Way “Diverse Viewpoints” Policy

By Morton A. Klein (December 16, 2025 / JNS) During a speech at the American Zionist Movement’s biennial this month, Elliot Cosgrove, a prominent Conservative rabbi in New York City, called for “a new chapter of American Zionism” that welcomed diverse viewpoints. At the same time, he condemned “intolerance in the American Jewish community toward differing political […]

OP-ED Heritage Fdn. Must End Ties With Jew-Hater Tucker Carlson or Fire Its Pres. Roberts, or ZOA Will End Ties With Heritage — ZOA’s Morton Klein JNS Op-Ed

As the child of Holocaust survivors who lost most of my family in the Shoah, I was taught by my parents that the foundations for the Holocaust began with extraordinary and frightening propaganda lies against the Jews. These lies spread against Jews and Israel by Carlson and his guests on his podcast are reminiscent of […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Karen Amouyal, Campus Social Media Mgr.’s JPost Op-Ed — Charlie Kirk: When Debate Dies by Bullet

By Karen Amouyal This wasn’t just a crime. It was a message: If you stand against the radical Left, if you refuse to parrot its ideology, your life may no longer be safe. Charlie Kirk with Morton Klein, touring Jerusalem together   (September 14, 2025 / JPost) Charlie Kirk was murdered for daring to speak. […]

OP-ED JPost Op-Ed by ZOA Honoree and Supporter Ali Meli: The Failure of Iran Opposition’s Proposed Transition Plan

Iranian opposition’s Emergency Booklet needs constitutional integrity – opinion By allowing an open dialogue, a well-planned vision can genuinely renew Iran, bolstering Israel’s security and the US-Israel alliance against mutual foes. By Daniel Jafari, Ali Saadat Meli (September 8, 2025 / Jerusalem Post) In their August 31 Jerusalem Post op-ed, “Backing Pahlavi’s transition plan,” Saeed […]

OP-ED ZOA’s Morton Klein Op-Ed in USA Today ─ a Palestinian Arab State Would Be a Terrorist Dictatorship Increasing Likelihood of More Wars

Giving violent regimes their own territory or statehood does not moderate them. Iran’s mullahs have a state. The North Korean communists have a state. These rogue regimes use the legitimacy of sovereignty to further oppress, propagandize and perpetrate violence. A Palestinian state would be no different. By Morton A. Klein (August 29, 2025 / USA […]

OP-ED ZOA Michigan’s Freilich & Erez: Detroit Should Not Roll Out the Red Carpet for Convicted Terrorists ─ JNS

ZOA-Michigan calls on Michigan Gov. Whitmer, the City of Detroit, the Detroit Regional Convention Authority, and the counties of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb to condemn the inclusion of terror-linked speakers and make it clear that Michigan rejects providing extremists a stage. By Sheldon L. Freilich and Kobi Erez (August 28, 2025 / JNS) The government-owned […]

OP-ED The Futility of Compassion for Those Who Want to Kill You – JNS

If there is a food shortage problem in Gaza, it’s not for a lack of money donated for the purpose, requiring American Jews to kick in an extra million. The problem in Gaza is Hamas and its allies in the international community. By Jonathan Tobin (August 12, 2025 / JNS) As far as most American […]

OP-ED Leo Terrell, Who Will Be an Honored Speaker at ZOA Gala Nov 9, Is a Civil Rights Attorney Who Leads Trump’s Mission to Combat Rising Antisemitism | Fox News

I’m leading Trump’s antisemitism task force. We must protect Jewish people now and forever Task force targets universities, street violence and economic discrimination affecting Jewish communities nationwide By Leo Terrell (August 11, 2025 / Fox News) When President Donald Trump asked me to lead the Department of Justice Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, I answered […]

OP-ED Former J Post Editor and Elite Liberal Journalist Yaakov Katz: We Should Apologize for Supporting Gaza Withdrawal

JPost: 20 years later – Lessons from Gaza Disengagement and Tisha B’Av By Yaakov Katz There was speculation – and even open accusations – that prime minister Ariel Sharon had conceived of the initiative to deflect criminal investigations and avoid indictment. Knowing what we know now, shouldn’t we, at the very least, acknowledge the possibility […]

OP-ED JNS Op-Ed by ZOA’s Tuchman/Klein: Title VI Protects Jewish Students Because of a ZOA’s 6-Year Campaign 21 Years Ago – JNS

In 2004, ZOA filed the first-ever Title VI complaint alleging campus antisemitism that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to investigate. Today, these legal tools—Title VI and the IHRA definition—are the backbone of efforts to protect Jewish students. They are now being used by many of the same organizations that once […]