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Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

“Trust President Trump,” the Republican Jewish Coalition told its followers Thursday, becoming the most notable Jewish group to support Trump’s memorandum of understanding.

JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.
IMAGES OF Albert Einstein and Emma Goldman are featured in "Ask Jewish Lives," an AI bot that bases its conversations on the "Jewish Lives" series of biographies.

New AI tool allows users to chat with Jewish historical figures

BUILDER OF Jerusalem: The writer accepts the Bonei Yerushalayim award, surrounded by her family and supportive husband, Gerald Schroeder.

Builders of Jerusalem award highlights Hadassah’s impact - opinion

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Judges order ZOA to follow original Zionist Congress list order for delegates


Ice Cube agrees to support condemning antisemitism with ZOA president

Abdul-Jabbar wrote an op-ed in The Hollywood Reporter taking celebrities to task for posting antisemitic statements on social media.

Rapper Ice Cube poses by his star after it was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles

ZOA files complaint against member groups for calling leader ‘racist’

Much of the ZOA complaint focuses on claims by the named individuals that public pronouncements by its president, Morton Klein, made during the recent social unrest have at times crossed into racism.

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Jewish groups accuse ZOA president of 'bigotry' for criticizing BLM

Progressive Jewish groups have accused Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America of 'bigotry' and 'hatred' for his opposition of Black Lives Matter.

Palestinians walk past graffiti of George Floyd painted on a section of the separation wall in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on June 8, 2020.

Amid racial strife, liberals say no room for leader whose tweets inflame

Black Lives Matter 'is a Jew hating, White hating, Israel hating, conservative Black hating, violence promoting, dangerous Soros funded extremist group of haters,' tweeted the ZOA president

Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing discussing hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism

200 US Jewish students leaders call for censure of ZOA for alleged racism

According to the letter, Zionist Organization of America head Mort Klein is alleged to have engaged in “a pattern of racist and Islamophobic behavior."

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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.

Netanyahu endorses pro-settler slate in Zionist Congress elections

The Congress controls about $1 billion annually in funding for Zionist institutions and has a role in naming the top professionals in those institutions.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at a Likud Party event, February 5, 2020

Trump’s EO against campus antisemitism should be applauded, not disparaged

Some Jewish groups and leaders criticized us for using a legitimate legal tool to protect Jewish students from harassment and intimidation.

US President Donald Trump signs an executive order adopting the internationally recognized definition of anti-Semitism at the White House Hanukkah party in December 2019.

Duke University to tackle antisemitism on campus following ZOA complaint

‘This will send out a message to the university community that antisemitism won’t be tolerated,’ says the ZOA’s Susan Tuchman.

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ZOA slams Merkel for “absurdly claiming Iran is only Anti-Israel”

The ZOA statement said Chancellor Angela Merkel ignores “ Iranian genocidal ambitions to destroy the Jewish state of Israel.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured after speaking during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as Night of Broken Glass, at Rykestrasse Synagogue, in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2018