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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

ZOA Zionist Organization of America

Zionist Jews from around the world can vote in the 2025 World Zionist Congress election. (Getty Images, via JTA)
March 10, 2025, 9:30 pm
These are the 21 slates vying for US Jews’ vote for the 39th World Zionist Congress
First post-Oct. 7 election features new lists committed to fighting campus anti-Israel activity, as well as Reform, Orthodox mainstays, and satellites of Israeli political parties
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein (Joseph Savetsky/courtesy of ZOA)
February 17, 2025, 7:58 pm
Head of hawkish ZOA group cheers Trump plan to clear Gaza, but wants Strip for Israel
Zionist Organization of America president Morton Klein says he is encouraged by new US administration, calling it ‘most pro-Israel I’ve ever seen’
By Zev Stub
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025, 7:45 pm
‘Horrific’ or ‘major step’ to peace? US Jewish groups react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
American president’s call to relocate enclave’s residents elicits revulsion from liberal Jewish groups, excitement from those on the right
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Hundreds attend the Zionist Organization of America's annual gala, New York, November 17, 2024. (Joseph Strauss via JTA)
November 19, 2024, 1:44 pm
ZOA fetes Trump victory, ‘most pro-Israel cabinet’ in US history at annual gala
Attendees brush off concerns over US president-elect’s picks for AG and defense secretary, stressing their pro-Israel stances, remain unbothered by anti-Israel protesters outside
By Joseph Strauss
Illustrative: A sign for 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' hangs at the Broadway opening at the Lyric Theatre in New York, April 22, 2018. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
February 21, 2024, 10:40 am
Theater charity Broadway Cares to fund relief for Israelis after Gaza aid ‘confusion’
New York rabbi who put cash in bucket after healthcare pitch at end of show says foreign funding wasn’t mentioned, was surprised to learn $400,000 going to Gaza humanitarian projects
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in the lobby of the Citibank headquarters in New York on March 14, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 14, 2023, 9:52 pm
In New York, Smotrich predicts compromise on overhaul that ‘mainstream’ will accept
Finance minister tells Citibank executives ‘noise’ over overhaul will ‘settle down’; meeting with ZOA’s Klein, discusses removing the ‘grandchild clause’ in the Law of Return
By Jacob Magid and Luke Tress
Then-US president Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 11, 2018. (SEBASTIAN SMITH/AFP)
November 29, 2022, 5:17 am
Trump’s dinner with a Holocaust denier draws rare criticism from some Jewish allies
Among Jews, the backlash over the meal with Kanye West and a known antisemite has come not only from his longtime detractors but from some of his biggest fans
By Ron Kampeas
Former US president Donald Trump addresses the Zionist Organization of America in New York City, November 13, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 27, 2022, 10:35 pm
Weeks after honoring Trump, ZOA lashes him for hosting Kanye West, Nick Fuentes
Zionist Organization of America says it ‘deplores’ former president’s meeting, demands he condemn ‘Jew-haters’
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
File: The Fairfax County Public Schools building stands in Merrifield, Virginia., on March 4, 2019 (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)
November 12, 2022, 9:29 pm
US Education Department to probe antisemitism complaints from Virginia schools
ZOA praises department’s civil rights office, which says it will investigate if school district failed to respond to claims students made Nazi salutes, Holocaust jokes
By Andrew Lapin
In this image from video, David Schoen, an attorney for former US president Donald Trump, speaks during the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the US Capitol in Washington, February 9, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
October 5, 2021, 3:24 am
David Schoen, lawyer who defended Trump during impeachment, to chair ZOA
Attorney, whose Orthodox observance drew media attention, has long been a member of and represented Zionist Organization of America
By Ron Kampeas
American historian and author Deborah Lipstadt poses for photographer at the Rome Film festival in Rome, on October 17, 2016. (Gregorio Borgia/AP)
July 30, 2021, 11:03 pm
Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt nominated as US antisemitism envoy
Diverse array of Jewish groups welcome announcement, which also included tapping of New York LGBT synagogue Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum to Commission on International Religious Freedom
By Jacob Magid
Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, at the American Zionist Movement Washington Forum, December 12, 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
May 1, 2021, 5:59 pm
Boston Jewish council votes to keep ZOA despite it ‘elevating white supremacism’
The right-wing Zionist Organization of America, lead by Morton Klein, will remain in Massachusetts-based JCRC despite allegations of racism
By Asaf Shalev
Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) president Morton A. Klein (Joseph Savetsky/courtesy of ZOA)
April 15, 2021, 2:46 pm
ZOA to stay in Boston Jewish group despite ‘elevating white supremacist voices’
Internal report from US city’s leading Jewish coalition pans right-wing, pro-Israel group’s director Mort Klein, but concludes that organization can remain part of umbrella body
By Asaf Shalev
Supporters of US President Donald Trump enter the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
January 7, 2021, 1:28 pm
US Jewish groups express ‘outrage,’ ‘disgust’ at DC violence, criticize Trump
AIPAC lobby group condemns president’s ‘incitement,’ ADL calls for suspension of his social media accounts; others focus on restoring law and order to Capitol
By Ron Kampeas
Ice Cube, also known as O'Shea Jackson, performs at the KY Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 28, 2019. (Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
November 13, 2020, 9:29 pm
Ice Cube to headline ZOA gala months after anti-Semitic tweets
Rapper joins right-wing event along with John Voight and the Adelsons, after sparking friendship with group’s chair Mort Klein, who’s been accused of being Islamophobic and racist
By Shira Hanau
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