Category ZOA in the news
ZOA’s Mort Klein Interview on Israel National News about EU Court Removing Hamas from Terror List

The European Union’s (EU) removal of Hamas from its terror blacklistsets a precedent for allowing anti-Semitism in Europe to run rampant, Morton Klein, National President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), stated Wednesday.  “This both encourages and legitimizes Islamic terrorism and Islamic murder against Jews and others, and it sends a message to Islamic killers that Europe doesn’t care about […]

Article about ZOA Co-Sponsorship with Fla. Jewish Museum of Pro-Israel Film

The documentary “Body and Soul — The State of the Jewish Nation” is making its local premiere at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. The Zionist Organization of America collaborates with the Jewish Museum, 301 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach, on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. for the screening of award-winning director Gloria Greenfield’s new documentary. […]

Philly ZOA President’s Article: 4 Facts About Arab War on Israel

Most Westerners, including many Jews, are unaware of four fundamental facts about the Jewish homeland of Israel that would greatly increase their support for the Jewish State. The burden is on us to make these facts more widely known in the West. #1 – The Jews Never Left: Although most in the West accept that […]

JPost Praises ZOA’s Rising Mainstream Power, Only Group Criticizing Obama Hostility to Israel

It has been reported that American Jews still voted overwhelmingly Democrat in the recent midterm congressional elections. At the same time, there is mounting evidence that increasing numbers of American Jews at the grassroots level have become disillusioned and in many cases outraged by the shabby manner in which the Obama administration has dealt with […]

Another Forward Article About the ZOA’s 2014 Brandeis Awards Dinner

At the annual ZOA (Zionist Organization of America) dinner honoree, Sen. Ted Cruz (R­-TX) was greeted by the record 1,100 guests including 261 activist students from U.S. universities as though “a favorite son.”   Dinner chair Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus’ welcomed the guests at the Grand Hyatt with “If you shopped at other stores – may […]

JTA Article Cites ZOA as Among Few Jewish Groups Supporting Bill Formalizing Israel as Jewish State

It’s not unusual to hear U.S. Jewish groups speaking out against laws that discriminate and framing their protests as protecting Jewish interests. What’s unusual is that the target this time is the Israeli government and the proposed law emphasizes Jewish rights. At issue is Israel’s nation-state bill, which if passed by the Knesset would enshrine Israel’s […]

Another NY Jewish Week Article About ZOA Dinner

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was the most exciting entrée that president Mort Klein dished up at his Nov. 23 Zionist Organization of America dinner at Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt. The ballroom rocked with chants of “Run Ted Run! Run Ted Run!” Will these hordes of supporters pass the pushke to help fill Cruz’s coffers? Cheerleading burnishes […]

JTA Editorial About ZOA Dinner

It’s been a big Jewish week for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The headliner was the annual dinner of the Zionist Organization of America, a can’t-miss night on the calendar, especially for those who unabashedly support Israeli settlements, believe Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority are bent on destroying Israel, and think the Obama administration isn’t much better. The ZOA gig included […]

NY Jewish Week Article Calls ZOA Dinner “Old Time Zionist Revival Meeting”

At a time when old-time Zionists have become more acquainted with anxiety than celebration, with Israel confronting floodwaters of excoriation and isolation internationally and on campus, and with thousands feeling connected to more than a dozen families saying Kaddish for terrorist murders, Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, sensed that the annual ZOA dinner […]

NY Daily News: ZOA Honors Alan Dershowitz With Mort Zuckerman Award for Pro-Israel Journalism

Attorney Alan Dershowitz was honored by the nation’s oldest pro-Israel organization Sunday night. Dershowitz received the Mortimer Zuckerman Award for “promoting Israel’s record of a relentless pursuit of peace,” according to the Zionist Organization of America. The award’s namesake heaped praise on Dershowitz, a famed civil rights attorney. “He’s a brilliant, extraordinary man with a […]