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Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations

Members of The Workers Circle at a pro-democracy march. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Workers Circle)
Posted inU.S.

The Workers Circle, progressive Jewish group, leaves Conference of Presidents over disagreements on US and Israel advocacy

by Andrew Lapin August 2, 2023August 3, 2023

(JTA) — The Workers Circle has resigned from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, shrinking the umbrella group’s contingent of progressive groups. The Workers Circle — a […]

Leader of Israel's Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) far-right party Itamar Ben Gvir makes a speech following the Israel's general elections in eastern Jerusalem, Nov. 02, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Mostafa Alkharouf-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

These U.S. Jewish groups are staying quiet on far-right extremists’ election success in Israel

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 4, 2022
Itamar Ben Gvir, head of Israel's Otzma Yehudit political party, is escorted by guards during a visit to an East Jerusalem neighborhood, Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
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They united to oppose an extremist party in Israel’s 2019 election. This time, leading U.S. Jewish groups are staying quiet.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 14, 2022October 14, 2022
Demonstrators protest outside Labour headquarters in London after its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, refused to adopt fully the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the party's code of conduct, Sept. 4, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Daniel Leal-Olivas-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Thirty-nine words about antisemitism are splitting the Jewish community

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward January 26, 2021
Morton Klein, President of the Zionist Organization of America, at the American Zionist Movement Washington Forum, Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

After a season of bitter mutual complaints, a Jewish umbrella body comes to a decision: Not to decide

by Ron Kampeas and JTA September 15, 2020
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, April 9, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Zach Gibson-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

At a time of racial strife, liberal groups say no room at communal table for a leader whose tweets inflame

by Ron Kampeas and JTA June 9, 2020
Dianne Lob at a HIAS event in 2016. (Photo/Facebook-HIAS)
Posted inU.S.

Trump-era compromise on Conference of Presidents’ next chair reveals Jewish organizational tensions

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 28, 2020
Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, at a Capitol Hill hearing on moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)
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ADL and others accuse ZOA of defamation. The Zionist group is fighting back.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 30, 2018

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