ZOA NY Metro hosted its inaugural Pre-Gala program for ZOA’s elite, society-level donors.  The program, Israel in an Evolving Middle East: An Assessment of the Strategic Complex in the Region, was presented on Saturday evening, November 3rd at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, by Benjamin Krasna, Deputy Head of Mission, the number 2 Post at […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) held its annual gala dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square on Sunday November 4, 2018 with cocktails beginning at 4:30 PM. The sold out dinner gathered more than 1,000 people for what proved to be one of the most epic events in support of President Trump. […]

A crowd of over 1200 attended the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)’s 120th Louis B. Brandeis Award National Dinner on Sunday, November 4, at New York City’s Marriott Marquis Hotel. The night’s truly remarkable roster of VIPs and honorees included National Security Adviser, John Bolton; the US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell; TV/Radio Host Mark Levin, […]

Why are the city manager and the mayor of Berkeley closing their eyes to powerful evidence of anti-Semitic bigotry and discrimination in city government? Last January, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) wrote to City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley after learning that Councilmember Cheryl Davila had dismissed a qualified Berkeley resident from the city’s Transportation Commission […]

We are issuing the following press release, drafted two years ago, regarding detailed polling of prevailing Palestinian Arab attitudes towards Israel, Jews, terrorism, peace and so on, as an illustration of the regrettable and tragic reality that little to nothing has changed in the intervening two years.  All these attitudes are all-too-faithfully represented by the […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended the University of Michigan (U-M) today for disciplining Professor John Cheney-Lippold for refusing to write a recommendation letter for a deserving student because she wanted to study in Israel.  The Detroit News reported last evening that it obtained a letter signed by Elizabeth Cole, the interim dean of […]

VIA EMAIL Professor Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet Director, University of Pennsylvania’s Middle East Center 228 Fisher-Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6203   Dear Professor Kashani-Sabet: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S., whose mission includes fighting anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias […]

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) commended Congress for passing the Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (ATC Act), and praised President Trump for signing it into law yesterday. The ZOA strongly advocated for this much-needed legislation, which will close loopholes in the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1992, and help American victims of terrorism abroad to hold […]

By the time the British Labour Party finally bowed to public pressure and adopted the full definition of antisemitism determined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on Wednesday, the move was no longer meaningful. After a summer of insisting that it’s okay to say Zionism is Nazism and that Zionists have no sense of irony, […]

This summer, the failure by Stanford University to adequately respond to threats of violence made by a Muslim student against other students dramatically illustrates that anti-Semitism does not rank anywhere near the same level of concern as hate speech against blacks or gays. Indeed, the incident made clear that the justice system and even many […]