(December 29, 2020 / JNS) Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan reflected on 2020 and how “Israel’s future looks brighter than ever” in his address on Sunday night at the Zionist Organization of America’s Virtual Superstar Gala. Erdan, also Israel’s incoming ambassador to the United States, received the ZOA’s Woo Kai–Sheng Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Diplomacy. In […]

After Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) Executive Director Halie Soifer attacked Richard Grenell, President Trump’s recent choice to serve on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, her comments were met with swift backlash, with Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein releasing a statement condemning her “absurd” remarks. Soifer attacked the newly-appointed Grenell in a […]

Board members of the Zionist Organization of America’s Florida Region based in Hollywood will be honored at an upcoming national virtual event. Dr. Craig Deligdish and Gila Bronner, and Dr. Daniel and Staci Layish will be recognized as Zionists in the Spotlight honorees at ZOA’s Virtual Superstar Gala at 7 p.m. on Dec. 27. Deligdish, […]

US President Donald Trump skipped the first of two White House Hanukkah parties held Wednesday, but stopped by the second and wished guests a Happy Hanukkah before going on to lament the “stolen” election he insisted he had won. The two parties were held indoors even as coronavirus cases have surged throughout the United States, […]

Israeli Knesset Member Naftali Bennett warned that Israel approving a Palestinian state would be the “biggest mistake” of the country’s history during a December 2 Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) webinar. Bennett, a member of the New Right party, said during the conclusion of his remarks: “It would be [the] biggest mistake in Israel’s history […]

The president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the nation’s oldest pro-Israel organization, spoke with Breitbart News and expressed his outrage at Joe Biden’s latest pick, Karine Jean-Pierre, who was appointed White House principal deputy press secretary on Sunday evening and has been described as an anti-Israel radical who praised Democrats for shunning a […]

Rapper Ice Cube will be a headline speaker at the annual gala of the Zionist Organization of America — the nation’s oldest pro-Israel organization — after he was called out for sharing anti-Semitic images on social media earlier this year. “‘I gotta say it was a good day’ when my friend Cube readily and happily […]

After CNN’s Christiane Amanpour commemorated Kristallnacht — the infamous anti-Jewish pogrom carried out throughout Nazi Germany — by likening it to the Trump presidency, her comments were met with an immediate backlash, with many expressing shock at the belittling of the horrors of Nazi Germany. In a jaw-dropping segment on Thursday, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour […]

Witnessing the vacillation of the Palm Beach County School Board has been a truly sobering experience. Last year, the board fired Holocaust denier William Latson from his position as principal of Spanish River High School in Boca Raton. The dismissal was a result of his shocking email exchange with a parent. Latson had written, “I […]