American Zionist Movement

Knesset marks 250 years of US independence with praise for Israel-US alliance, warnings for future

As President Donald Trump is praised, speakers caution that rising antisemitism and generational shifts test the alliance’s future.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks at the Knesset on Feb. 25, 2026.
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog and his wife Michal attend a ceremony marking one week since the mass shooting attack in Sydney. His recent appearance at the American Zionist Movement (AZM) Biennial National Assembly should be understood not as a courtesy call, but as a meaningful marker of shared destiny, t

Why President Herzog reaffirms the shared destiny of Israel and the Jewish world - opinion

His participation recognizes the central role American Zionists play in strengthening Jewish peoplehood, deepening engagement with Israel, and building a shared future.

|ByMARK LEVENSON, HERBERT BLOCK
An AI-generated illustrative image depicting the aging leadership of the American Zionist Movement along with younger Jews feeling alienated.

I have no faith in the future of leadership: American Zionist Movement's collapse - opinion

The American Zionist Movement’s problem is not merely organizational incompetence. It is an ideological collapse.

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
The scene after a suicide attack at the Park Hotel in Netanya during a Passover Seder in 2002, in which 30 civilians were killed: Oslo optimism felt like a dangerous delusion, says the writer.

Oslo’s legacy and the growing gap between Israel, Diaspora - opinion

Many American Jews, remain frozen in the amber of 1990s Oslo optimism. Living far from the bombs, insulated by distance and liberal universalism.

|ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI

Deborah Isaac elected first female American Zionist Movement president

Deborah Isaac, who lives in New Rochelle, New York, is a past president of Amit, one of Israel's leading education networks.

JUNE 23, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Herzl headlines the AZM float at the Celebrate Israel Parade

Blinken: US 'enthusiastically embraces' IHRA definition of antisemitism

"The United States will continue to be a strong partner in fighting efforts to delegitimize Israel."

MARCH 3, 2021ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Antony J. Blinken, of New York, speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. January 19, 2021.

Diaspora Affairs: Making aliyah again 5 years later - What’s changed?

A lot is different for Jews in the United States and for American immigrants in the Jewish state.

AUGUST 24, 2019ByMENACHEM SHLOMO
ARYEH AND Shoshana Wasserman, along with two of their children, arrive in Israel last week after making aliyah.

When US Zionist leaders called for mass aliyah

The total of American Olim averages between 2,000 and 3,000 annually.

JUNE 30, 2019ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

Some good news

So even while things are not as bad today as they are portrayed, the issue that now confronts the State of Israel is: what can be done to further engage Jewish millennials.

NOVEMBER 13, 2018ByJPOST EDITORIAL
WILL THE bonds with the Diaspora break?

Zoabi: Liberate U.S. Jews from Zionist lobby

Zoabi blasted American left-wing, progressive Jews in the interview for not completely giving up their support for Israel.

APRIL 25, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN
Haneen Zoabi Joint List MK during a Knesset discussion

US Jewish groups gear up for 2018 Women's March

Tens of thousands of members of the National Council of Jewish Women are expected to attend marches across the country.

JANUARY 19, 2018ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
Hundreds of thousands of marchers fill the street during a Women’s March demonstration in Washington, DC, on January 21

Rebranding Zionism

Israel and Judaism are inseparable, says American Zionist Movement president Richard Heideman.

NOVEMBER 21, 2017ByMOSHE DANN
Richard Heideman: The Jewish people have a proud and rich heritage and tradition, and are entitled to live, side by side with our neighbors, in our ancestral homeland

US House honors Balfour Declaration centennial with pro-Israel resolution

Unanimously passed resolution "recognizes the importance of the establishment of the modern State of Israel as a secure and democratic homeland for the Jewish people."

NOVEMBER 18, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
United States Capitol building in Washington, DC.