ADecidedly Unpresidential Profile In your profile of J Street U new president, Amna Farooqi, you accept at face value Farooqi’s assertion of “loving Israel” (“J Street U’s New Muslim President,” Sept. 24). But absent from your profile were some disturbing facts.First, Farooqi does not merely criticize the “occupation” (98 percent of Palestinians today live under Palestinian […]

With the introspection of the YamimNora’im behind us, and as we look ahead to what 5776 may bring, it’s impossible to avoid the sobering—even frightening—significance of recent events in Washington. Many in our community are asking, “What can be done to protect Israel? What can I do?”Together with a group of policy experts, political insiders, […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s powerful speech in the United Nations last week was largely upstaged by the murderous Palestinian terrorist attack wave that began less than two hours later.However, two announcements by the Zionist Organization of America have returned the speech – during which he glared at the General Assembly delegates from around the world […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s blistering United Nations speech last week in which he chastised the General Assembly for its “deafening silence” following Iran’s recent pledge to destroy Israel within 25 years was also used as a signal that he wants to mend ties with President Barack Obama.“Even though he did not spend a lot […]

It’s the Israel bashers who quash free speechIn response to “Pro-Palestinians accuse Israel advocates of muzzling dissent on U.S. campuses,” September 30.The reports that anti-Israel groups have issued, claiming that the ZOA’s legal advocacy suppresses free speech, are ludicrous. Ironically, it is the Israel bashers on campus who muzzle and suppress Jewish and pro-Israel students’ […]

I recently became friends with someone who survived the civil war in Sierra Leone.  His name is Pandit Mami.  Pandit works for the Zionist Organization of America, and travels to campuses helping pro-Israel student groups.  I volunteer for several pro-Israel student groups in Missouri, so I agreed to be Pandit’s driver.  Pandit is a little […]

In a recent statement, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton A. Klein noted what he perceived to be a discrepancy between President Barack Obama’s holiday messages to Jews and Muslims.For Rosh Hashanah this month, Klein believes Obama “lectured” the Jewish people on the Palestinian issue, stating, “We are required to atone where we have […]

A  conservative Zionist organization is urging the Fox News Channel to fire conservative pundit Ann Coulter if she does not apologize for a series of tweets that many construed as anti-Semitic.“How many f—ing Jews do these people think there are in the United States?” Coulter said on Twitter during the final minutes of the three-hour debate […]

Over a week has gone by since Iranian leaders’ vague threats to destroy Israel have become more specific, yet neither U.S. President Barack Obama nor any other major world leader has condemned it.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, tweeted last week that, “Allah willing, Israel will cease to exist within the next 25 years.” He […]

The governing body of the University of California voted to establish a committee to evaluate campus anti-Semitism following an intense lobbying campaign by Jewish organizations.The decision on Friday came after Jewish representatives issues scathing denunciations of a proposed list of Principles Against Intolerance that did not directly mention anti-Semitism.The regents had been expected to vote […]