Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: ZOA strongly praises President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for again withdrawing the United States from the antisemitic, anti-Israel so-called United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), effective on December 31, 2025. The U.S. State Department withdrawal announcement correctly […]

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 […]

Brandon Johnson, the Chicago mayor, decried the rise in antisemitic crimes and anti-gay crimes, which were up 25%. Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that Johnson “only legitimizes, mainstreams and promotes antisemitism and Israel-bashing” by having “insensitively” worn a keffiyeh, which “symbolizes hatred of the Jewish state, alongside a […]

J Street, Israel Policy Forum, the Arab League UN Officials, UAE, China, Russia, Iran, Others Condemned Israel   Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) National President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: It seems that no matter what Israel does, no matter how humane, no matter how warranted to keep her own citizens and other […]

A Strong Deal Will Send a Much-Needed Message to All Universities Today, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), its National President, Morton A. Klein, and the director of ZOA’s Center for Law and Justice, Susan B. Tuchman, Esq., expressed concern about a potentially weak and inadequate agreement between Columbia University and the federal government that […]

By Jared Feldschreiber (July 16, 2025 / Queens Jewish Link) Mort Klein, a German-born American economist, statistician, and president of the Zionist Organization of America for three decades, has been praised as a voice of sanity for the Jewish community. While other American Jewish leaders have often been perceived as “emotional” and playing politics, Klein […]

“Libraries shouldn’t be used for programming that incites Jew-hatred and other forms of social engineering . . . They’re not indoctrination centers.” Steve Feldman, executive director of the Zionist Organization of America’s Philadelphia chapter, told the Free Beacon. By Noa Halff (July 10, 2025 / Daily Mail) Philadelphia’s public libraries have been hosting anti-Israel ‘storytime’ […]

The radical Families for Ceasefire Philly organization has used city libraries to teach children slogans like ‘From the River to the Sea’ and display maps with ‘Falasteen’ instead of Israel By Alana Goodman (July 10, 2025 / Free Beacon) Philadelphia’s public libraries have hosted, and plan to continue hosting, anti-Israel “storytime” events that teach children […]

Mort Klein urges U.S. and Israel to press beyond hostage pause toward full dismantling of Hamas By Ron East (July 5, 2025 / The J.CA) Edan Alexander’s meeting at the White House comes at a pivotal moment in U.S.–Israel efforts to broker a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, Morton “Mort” Klein of the Zionist Organization of […]

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, had two FBI agents visit his home recently and tell him that his organization and he were among 42 listed on Iranian hit lists and cyberattack lists. By Aaron Bandler (July 2, 2025 / JNS) Just as Jew-hatred has spread on university campuses across the […]