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ZOA Is Deeply Disappointed that Sen. Menendez Interferes with Israel’s Elections by Attacking Right Wing Coalition Partner Yet Silent on Extremist Left Wing or Radical Arab Partners

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The ZOA is deeply disappointed that Senator and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Robert (Bob) Menendez recently warned former Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu against including supposed “right wing extremists” in a future coalition government, and threatened this would harm bipartisan support […]

JNS Op-Ed: ZOA Calls to Fire ADL Head After ‘Extremist Educational Programs’ Revealed

Under his leadership, the ADL has failed in its responsibility to protect the American Jewish community. By Morton A. Klein and Liz Berney, Esq. (SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 / JNS) A recent Fox News investigation found that the Anti-Defamation League’s educational and “anti-bias” programs, which influence millions of American children, educators and officials, promote far-left and […]

Broward County Adopts IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

ZOA Is Proud of Working with Broward County to Adopt the IHRA Antisemitism Definition ZOA Florida commends the Broward County Commission (Commission) for adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism at its meeting on September 20, 2022. In March 2022, ZOA Florida urged the Commission to pass an ordinance that would […]

In Interview JNS Editor J. Tobin & Cornell Law Prof. W. Jacobson Slam ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt as Promoting Antisemitic Ideology & Must be Fired

By Jonathan S. Tobin (SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 / JNS) The revelation that the school curricula being distributed by the Anti-Defamation League as part of their anti-hate programs are filled with critical race theory teachings is shocking, says JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin. But when seen in the context of everything that has happened during the Jewish […]

U.S. Amb. to Israel Thomas Nides Endangers Israel’s Security & Interferes with Israeli Sovereignty, Violating International Law

Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: Under binding international law, ambassadors and other persons receiving diplomatic immunity in a foreign country are required “to respect the laws and regulations of the receiving state” and “not to interfere in the internal affairs of that State.” (Vienna Convention on Diplomatic […]

ZOA Had Condemned Famed Filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard as An Antisemitic Israel-Hater, Dies At 91 – Jerusalem Post

By Andrew Lapin (SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 / JTA) In 2010, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced plans to award French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard an honorary Oscar. Many in the Jewish community revolted. Calling on the Academy to rescind the Oscar, the right-wing Zionist Organization of America called Godard a “virulent antisemite,” arguing that Godard had […]

ZOA Honored at Commemoration of the 125th Anniversary of the First Jewish Congress

A MEMORABLE MILESTONE IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY Merely a few days passed since the Jewish world and also the non-Jewish world celebrated the 125th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress, the birth of modern Zionism. The relevance of this monumental event must be viewed in the context of today’s situation in the land of Israel, the […]

Jewish Israeli Voters Have Moved Significantly Rightward in Recent Years, Data Shows – ISRAPUNDIT

By Carrie Keller-Lynn (AUGUST 29, 2022 / ISRAPUNDIT) Israel’s right-wing Jewish voter base has grown from 46% before the April 2019 election to 62% now, ahead of November’s vote, according to an analysis of self-reported political affiliation by the Israel Democracy Institute. The growth has been mostly at the expense of the political center, although the left […]

ZOA & ZOA National President Morton A. Klein are Honored at 125th Anniversary Celebration of the First World Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) released the following statement: On August 29-31, 2022, exactly 125 years after the founders of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) represented American Jewry at the inspirational First World Zionist Congress convened by Dr. Theodor Herzl in Basel, Switzerland, the ZOA is revisiting Basel and participating in the WZO’s […]

Popular Israeli Singer Aviv Gefen Apologizes for Left Wing Views – Now Supports Judea Samaria-Israel Natl News

By Avraham Fried & Aviv Geffen (AUGUST 25, 2022 / ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) A historic moment. Popular Israeli singer Aviv Geffen on Wednesday evening performed in Beit El together with hasidic singer Avraham Fried, and gave a personal monologue in which he apologized to the audience. “It’s very exciting to be here. I went through a […]