Category ZOA in the news
The Federalist: White House’s Antisemitism Roundtable Was A Sham – ZOA’s Mort Klein

By Morton A. Klein, ZOA National President (DECEMBER 9, 2022 / THE FEDERALIST) Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff brought together representatives of a handful of Jewish organizations — notably not the ones who’ve taken issue with Biden policies that hurt Jews and Israel — to discuss Jew-hatred in a Wednesday roundtable on antisemitism. While this roundtable […]

ZOA Demands Biden Administration Stop Subsidizing Palestinian Arab Terror Against Israel

According to a report released this week by the Israel Defense Forces, there have been 280 terrorist incidents in Israel so far this year, compared with 91 in 2021. In addition, 500 attacks were thwarted by Israeli security. On Tuesday, a female IDF soldier was seriously injured when she was run over by a terrorist […]

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 […]

ZOA’s Director Whisler Thanked by Mayor for Being Impetus for Broward County, Florida Adopting IHRA Antisemitism Definition | Israel National News

(SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 / ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) Broward County, Florida has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The Broward County Commission adopted the definition at a meeting on Tuesday, the Sun-Sentinel reported. The move was applauded by the Florida chapter of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA). In March, the ZOA called […]

ZOA Takes Legal Action Against Anti-Israel Speech from Clifton, NJ Board of Education Commissioners – The Jewish Press

By Eve Glover (SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 / JEWISH PRESS) On May 20, 2021 during a monthly Clifton, NJ school board Zoom meeting where topics such as social distancing and lunch pricing were discussed, Clifton Board of Education commissioners Feras Awwad and Fahim Abedrabbo used their platforms to engage in vitriolic speech against Israel. A war […]

ZOA Slams Extreme Anti-Israel Berkeley Law School Bylaw | Israel National News – Arutz Sheva

(SEPTEMBER 2, 2022 / ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) denounced an “antisemitic, anti-Israel bylaw” promoted by Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) that was adopted by nine student groups at the University of California’s Berkeley Law. Besides supporting BDS, the bylaw pledges that groups will not invite speakers who […]