Category Press Release
ZOA to Trump: Allow Jerusalem-Born Americans to List “Israel” on Their Passports

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praised the Trump administration today for considering permitting U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem to list “Israel” as their birthplace on their U.S. passports, and strongly urged the administration to authorize that listing as soon as possible. In an interview published last Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told […]

ZOA Forming a New More Effective Pro-Israel Program for Millennials

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) will no longer be sponsoring Fuel For Truth (FFT) as a part of the ZOA, following a parting of the ways due to an increasing divergence of policy views. Our […]

Jewish Standard Article on ZOA’s Klein’s Upcoming Speech in Teaneck, NJ

Activist Morton A. Klein, the longtime president of the Zionist Organization of America, does not mince words. And when he offers his strong opinions about Israel and anti-Semitism, he’s ready with facts and figures to buttress his claims. For example, in discussing BDS — the movement, flourishing on college campuses, that seeks to discourage people […]

ZOA JPost Letter: ZOA is Pro-Israel, J Street is Anti-Israel

ZOA and JStreet: No comparison Your article about the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) (“Who is William Daroff, the Next CEO of the Conference of Presidents?” August 6) falsely and inaccurately states that the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) was “accepted” into the CoP. The ZOA was not voted into the […]

Brown University Professor Lecture to ZOA Leadership on the Scourge of Islamic Antisemitism

Brown University Professor Dr. Andrew Bostom gave a presentation for the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Tuesday, July 30, 2019, entitled, “The Rising Scourge of Islamic Antisemitism”. Dr. Bostom summarized extensive, and unprecedented Anti-Defamation League (ADL) survey data revealing the current disproportionate 2.0 to 4.5-fold excess of extreme Antisemitism amongst Muslims vs. all other religious […]

JPost’s Leibler: ZOA Almost Alone Among Establishment In Defending Israel

Over the past decade, the Jewish establishment leadership in America – with the exception of the Orthodox, the Zionist Organization of America, and other small groups – has failed to speak up in defense of Israel and imposed a curtain of silence. This became blatantly evident during the presidency of Barack Obama, who diplomatically related […]

ZOA Urges NY Times: Fire & Investigate Antisemitic, Racist NYT Senior Editor Tom Wright-Persanti

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein, ZOA Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. and ZOA Director of Special Projects Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America urges the New York Times to fire its Senior Staff Editor Tom Wright-Piersanti, in light of Wright-Piersanti’s antisemitic and racist tweets that were recently uncovered. Further, we urge […]

ZOA: AIPAC’s Demand that Antisemitic Israel-Haters Omar/Tlaib be Allowed to Enter Israel is Wrong

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein and Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq. released the following statement: The ZOA respectfully urges AIPAC to retract its mistaken criticism of Israel’s just and proper decision to refuse to admit Jew-haters Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar for their planned visit to incite hatred and boycotts against Israel, […]

ZOA Debunks Rep. Omar’s & Tlaib’s Egregious Anti-Israel Lies at Their Press Conference Today

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein, ZOA Chairman Mark Levenson, Esq., and ZOA Director of Special Projects, Liz Berney, Esq. released the following statement, refuting and debunking antisemitic, Israelophobic Congress members Ilhan Omar’s and Rashida Tlaib’s egregious lies in their press conference this afternoon: Tlaib/Omar repeatedly falsely claimed that Israel occupies “Palestinian […]

ZOA’s Western Region Executive Director David Kadosh on Morton Klein’s Addess to the SF Bay Area, August 15, 2019

“Last week  in Palo Alto, CA, Mr. Morton Klein addressed a gathering of the ZOA West Coast chapter at the Oshman Family JCC. Prior to the main event, Mort was able to meet with ZOA regional board members and supporters during a VIP reception. Major ZOA donor Myron Zimmerman and the full staff of the […]