Steve Bannon, president-elect Donald Trump’s top adviser accused by Jewish groups of giving voice to anti-Semites and racists, did not show up at the Zionist Organization of America’s gala dinner Sunday night, despite prior announcement he would be among the guests. Bannon’s expected participation drew interest both from supporters of Trump, who viewed the event…
Before things got underway, Rabbi David Wolpe laid down the law. “I have to both ask and warn you not to be antagonistic,” he told the assembled crowd on Wednesday, November 2. “If you’re really difficult, we’ll remove you.” His stern words were not what one might expect in such a genteel setting — an…
A prominent Jewish leader is siding with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call for profiling Muslims in America. Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, said he believed there is a need to employ religious profile measures in order to deal with Muslim terrorism in the United States. “In an era in…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on Thursday came near to endorsing Donald Trump, calling the businessman a “phenomenal friend” to Israel, a sentiment shared by some Jewish conservatives and rejected by many as a divided Republican party began the process of taking sides for or against its presumptive presidential nominee. The celebrity rabbi dismissed Trump’s previous statements…
Amid widespread denunciations of Donald Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States, a handful of Jewish groups have failed to condemn the Republican presidential candidate’s controversial plan. In a December 7 statement, Trump’s campaign said that the real estate developer was “calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the…
In the world of Jewish not-for-profits, some executives are above average. Or, at least, above average in compensation. A new list of overpaid heads of Jewish organizations is made up of well-known names, each viewed by his board members as being exceptional, and each compensated exceptionally well. According to an independent analysis of Forward data,…
The Zionist Organization of America has regained its tax exemption more than a year after its failure to file financial disclosures led the Internal Revenue Service to revoke its nonprofit status. The 116-year-old Jewish group’s tax exemption was reinstated on May 15, according to a statement from the ZOA. “We’re delighted and gratified,” said ZOA…
The Internal Revenue Service reinstated the tax-exempt status of the Zionist Organization of America. “The work of the ZOA has never been altered or diminished one iota during this period,” ZOA President Morton Klein said in a statement Monday announcing the May 15 IRS decision. “Our campus work; our Title VI efforts; our Capitol Hill…
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