WASHINGTON. D.C. — The Zionist Organization of America has appointed long-time top Capitol Hill aide Joel D. Kassiday as Deputy Director of Government Relations.        “We are delighted to have a committed Zionist with Joel’s vast public affairs expertise and wide depth of congressional staff experience join us,” said ZOA President Morton A. Kein. The oldest […]

Amid American Jewish criticism over Otzma Yehudit Party, concern arises about language By Sean Savage and Jackson Richman (February 26, 2019 / JNS) The fallout over the recent merger of Otzma Yehudit with the Jewish Home Party—a bid by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bolster his right-wing coalition ahead of April 9 elections—appears to […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) condemns New York University (NYU) for inviting the anti-Semitic Linda Sarsour, one of the leaders of the national Women’s March, to speak on March 25 at an NYU program on immigration sponsored by NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute (APA). The event, one of NYU’s Skirball Talks, is being co-sponsored by the […]

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: It’s strange, troubling and hypocritical that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), AIPAC, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Israel Policy Forum (IPF) condemned the technical merger of two small right-wing […]

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: “In light of Rep Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) vicious anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, anti-American statements and positions, the Zionist Organization of America respectfully urges refugee resettlement contractor HIAS, Inc. to retract its statements honoring radical Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar, especially including HIAS’s statement that Omar […]

Though Israelis are scarcely surprised by the phenomenon of Palestinian terrorism, they were nonetheless sickened by the recent rape of a 19-year old girl, Ori Ansbacher, by Arafat Irfaiya, a 29-year old Palestinian Arab from Hebron. Upon capture by Israeli forces, Irfaiya made plain the motive underlying his foul deed when he told his interrogators, […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned Syracuse University for offering college credit to students who intern for the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC), an organization that promotes the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The two majors courses, ‘the Citizenship and Civic Engagement’ (CCE) and the ‘Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition’ majors issue college […]

On Sunday, February 10, 2019, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) presented a program on campus anti-Semitism to 35 parents and 20 high school seniors at the Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies (BCHSJS) in Bergen County, NJ.  Offering a variety of courses on Sunday mornings, as well as a breadth of social and […]

Click here to view ZOA’s letter to Dean Rimer as a PDF.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has applauded President Donald Trump’s call for Rep. Ihlan Omar (D–MN) to resign over anti-Semitic tweets. Rep. Omar, a freshman legislator voted into office in the 2018 midterm elections, has an astonishing and disturbing record of anti-Semitic and extreme anti-Israel words and deeds.   When running for Congress, Rep. […]