Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Why Israel set up the J50 forum: Streamlining the global Jewish message - analysis

The global Jewish response to antisemitism historically rested on a fragile equilibrium, on the assumption that antisemitism would remain largely local. That assumption collapsed after October 7.

ISRAELI FOREIGN Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Mauro Berenstein, president of DAIA.
 AN AUDIENCE MEMBER waves Israeli and American flags at the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida.

Israeli-American Council joins major Jewish group coalition Conference of Presidents

 Participants in last year's Standing Together event

American Jewry's moment of reckoning and renewal - opinion

HAREDI MEN protest outside the IDF recruiting office in Jerusalem.

Rivlin blasts Haredi draft refusal at the Conference of Presidents


Jewish leaders welcome continued detainment of Daniel Pearl's killer

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was sentenced to death in 2002 for the killing of Pearl, but his conviction has recently been overturned, and is now being re-examined by the appeals courts.

British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is surrounded by armed police as he leaves court in Karachi on March 29, 2002

New leader of Jewish coalition stops short of barring sexual harassers

'We believe that people who are known to have committed sexual harassment and sexual assault should not serve in leadership positions in the Jewish community'

A sign from a protest against sexual harassment in the workplace in Chicago, Sept. 18, 2018.

250 Jewish leaders press for sexual harassers to be barred

The Presidents Conference represents 51 Jewish-American groups, including many of the country’s largest Jewish organizations.

Dianne Lob, whose HIAS group has tangled with the Trump administration on its immigration initiatives, will have to wait a year to take over leadership of a coalition that aims to bring one Jewish voice on Israel-related issues. (Courtesy of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Orga

Trump-era compromise on Presidents Conference chair reveals tensions

Instead of beginning her term as board chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on June 1, as originally planned, Dianne Lob will take over in April 2021

Dianne Lob, whose HIAS group has tangled with the Trump administration on its immigration initiatives, will have to wait a year to take over leadership of a coalition that aims to bring one Jewish voice on Israel-related issues. (Courtesy of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Orga

Conference of Presidents vote for Dianne Lob as next Chair

Another vote that took place created a new position of ‘Chair-elect.’ Thirty-nine members of COP voted in favor of this motion, while one opposed and five abstained.

Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice President and Arthur Stark, Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Amid internal tensions, Conference of Presidents to vote on ex-HIAS head

The letter called HIAS's work with other groups "inimical" to the COP's mission

HIAS SUPPORTERS take part in a pro-immigration rally in Washington last year.

Why did US Jewish orgs. go to Saudi Arabia, and why did they hide it?

The fact that nearly all the participants are hiding their involvement is a worrisome sign.

FROM LEFT, The Conference of Presidents’ Malcolm Hoenlein, Arthur Stark and William Daroff at a press conference in Jerusalem last month about their visit to Saudi Arabia.

Conference of Presidents baffled by US refusal to release Jonathan Pollard

The Pollard issue has frequently been raised with the American authorities by both Israeli and American Jewish leaders, but to no avail.

Jonathan and Esther Pollard outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York City

Jewish organization says it 'stands with the Iranian people'

"We stand with the Iranian people as they engage in peaceful protest against the oppression of Iran’s extremist regime."

Protesters demonstrate in Tehran, Iran January 11, 2020