Night of Appreciation Honorees Announced; Admissions, Ads/Notices, Reserved Tables Available
Greater Philadelphia ZOA is privileged to be able to recognize at our 2026 Night of Appreciation the following honorees for their work on behalf of the Jewish People, Israel, Zionism and the US-Israel relationship: Ambassador Jeff Bartos: Defender of Israel Award Department of Justice Senior Council Leo Terrell leading the Antisemitism Task Force: The Bernie
Wartime Advocacy and News, Plus Our Newsletter — Jan. 30, 2026 Edition
Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel, We hope that you and your loved ones are healthy, and we wish you safety in light of this weekend’s expected deep freeze and perhaps more snow. It may be difficult to believe, but after all of the anti-Jewish activity that has followed the slaughter of 1,200
ZOA’s Morton Klein Quoted — As High Holidays Loom, Jewish Leaders Say ‘Little Comfort’ in ‘Minor Fluctuations’ in New NYC Data on Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes — JNS
By Menachem Wecker (Sept. 3, 2026 / JNS) In response to new crime data, including about anti-Jewish hate crimes, from last month which the New York City Police Department released on Thursday days ahead of the High Holidays, Jewish leaders told JNS that there is little comfort in some numbers dropping slightly. Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the NYPD, said on Thursday that the city had experienced its safest summer, when it came to murders and to shooting incidents and victims, in recorded history. But Jews, who make up 10% of New Yorkers, continued to be disproportionately targeted in the Big Apple. […]
Just War Is Not the Same as ‘Genocide’ — ZOA’s Dan Pollak ‘The Hill’ Op-Ed
By Dan Pollak (September 3, 2026 / The Hill) For every war, there is a legitimate debate about whether it is fought justly. But there is no legitimate debate about what constitutes genocide. The two are fundamentally different concepts. Yet critics routinely blur that distinction only when Israel is involved. The selective application of the “genocide” label to Israel is not a serious legal argument. It is an effort to delegitimize the world’s only Jewish state. Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah is, by any reasonable standard, a war of self-defense. Like every war, it is open to scrutiny and debate. […]
Antisemitism May Be Coming to Your Radio Station.html
By Bruce Holberg Published by AmerincanThinker Feb. 29, 2024 Don’t be shocked if you tune in to your favorite conservative talk-radio show and instead hear someone of the same political stance as Rachel Maddow or Joy Reid. Before you crash your car or fall out of your chair, you should know what is taking place,
‘The Delta Variant’ vs. the Jewish People
By Steve Feldman “The delta variant.” Who knows how many times over the course of the past few months that phrase has been uttered or written by media, by pundits, and by just plain folk on social media? What we never hear or read is “the India variant” — India was the source of the