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Ukrainian refugee. Credit: Courtesy of the Jewish Federations of North America.

American Jewish community mobilizes to resettle Ukrainian refugees in midst of war

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The White House is testing a unique solution to the growing Ukraine refugee crisis. The American Jewish community is testing its response. The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has launched a direct sponsorship program...
Construction on the new border wall system project near Yuma, Ariz., June 3, 2020. Credit: Jerry Glaser, U.S. Government Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Why is HIAS seeking to make America’s border crisis even worse?

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Over the weekend, President Joe Biden finally conceded that what was happening at America’s southern border is a “crisis,” a word that his administration had consistently refused to use when referring to the situation...
William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Credit: Cleveland Jewish News.

Conference of Presidents drops civility complaints between longtime members

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The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the leading U.S. Jewish umbrella group, recently came to a decision to drop all “civility” complaints between factions headed by two longtime member organizations. Last spring,...
Zionist Organization of America's national president Mort Klein. Source: ZOA via Facebook.

Several left-wing Jewish groups seek to oust ZOA from Boston JCRC over opposition to...

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Several left-wing Jewish groups have filed a petition to initiate the removal of the Zionist Organization of America from the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston in the latest battle being waged between...
A Black Lives Matter protest against police brutality in St. Paul, Minn., in 2015. Credit: Fibonacci Blue via Wikimedia Commons.

Cancel culture comes to the Conference of Presidents

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Americans are united in their outrage about the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was wrongfully killed by a Minneapolis policeman. But the reaction to the death of Floyd has transcended the...
Zionist Organization of America national president Mort Klein (left), and HIAS president and CEO Mark Hetfield

HIAS and ZOA trade charges as Conference of Presidents battle escalates

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Long focused on acting as the unified voice to the American Jewish community, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is facing its biggest test yet amid an escalating dispute among several...
Zionist Organization of America's President Mort Klein. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Flickr.

ZOA doubles down on opposition to Dianne Lob as next Conference of Presidents chair

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The Zionist Organization of America hosted a webinar on Monday evening about the recent controversy over the new chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Featured were ZOA national president Mort...