By Philissa Cramer/JTA (June 16, 2026 / JPOST) In 2018, as former U.S. president Barack Obama struck a deal with Iran to constrain its nuclear production, American Jewish groups were divided: Those on the right excoriated the deal, saying it left Iran a major threat to Israel, while those on the left were more supportive. […]

By Marc Rod (Jewish Insider / June 15, 2026) As details begin to emerge about the Trump administration’s agreement with Iran to end the war and lift the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a number of mainstream Jewish groups are expressing skepticism about the contours of the agreement. The American Jewish Committee did […]

By TheJ.Ca Staff (June 9, 2026 / TheJ.Ca) The U.S. Department of Justice will launch a 14-city nationwide initiative aimed at combating antisemitism, Task Force on Antisemitism Chair Leo Terrell announced Monday evening during an address to delegates of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) ahead of the organization’s annual advocacy mission in Washington. Speaking […]

By Andrew Bernard (June 10, 2026 / JNS) Republican and Democratic members of Congress reiterated their support for Israel and the American Jewish community at the Zionist Organization of America’s fly-in to Washington on Tuesday. Representatives and senators, including Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Reps. Laura Gillen (D-N.Y.), Josh Gottheimer (D-N.Y.), George Lattimer (D-N.Y.), Shri […]

“This will send a terrible message that Jewish life is cheap and that the consequence for murdering a Jewish person will be a slap on the wrist,” Klein said. By Aaron Bandler (May 6, 2026 / JNS) The plea deal, under which Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji, who admitted to charges related to the 2023 death […]

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman (Jun. 3, 2026 / JNS) Adam Hamawy, who won the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday night, said he supports activist groups that monitor and protest immigration enforcement, comparing their efforts to those of non-Jews who helped hide Jews during the Holocaust. In a video provided to JNS […]

Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein told JNS, “She can make Israel’s case in a powerful and persuasive way that will translate into bringing a large and new group of Israel supporters to the fore. She would cause a small revolution in Israel’s PR problems. She is an inspired choice.” By JNS Staff (May […]

Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that the “left wing always talks of unity, yet hypocritically they fight to harm unity by wishing to exclude an elected and effective Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich.” By JNS Staff (Jun. 1, 2026 / JNS) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Letitia […]