Below is a list of known (official) Zionist groups, organisations, lobbyists etc.. all working and collecting funds quietly and legitimately in the USA (as of 2008):
List of Zionist Organisations in the USA
(High-lighted names are VERY powerful)
- Ameinu
- American Friends of Likud
- American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
- America-Israel Friendship League
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
- American Jewish Committee
- American Jewish Congress
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- American Sephardi Federation
- American Zionist Movement
- Americans for Peace Now
- AMIT
- Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
- Association of Reform Zionists of America
- B'nai B'rith International
- Bnai Zion
- Central Conference of American Rabbis
- Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
- State of Israel Bonds/Development Corporation for Israel
- Emunah of America
- Friends of Israel Defense Forces
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
- Jewish Community Centers Association
- Jewish Council for Public Affairs
- Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
- Jewish Labor Committee
- Jewish National Fund
- Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America (JWV)
- Jewish Women International
- MERCAZ USA, Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement
- NA'AMAT USA
- NCSJ Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States & Eurasia
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Council of Young Israel
- World ORT - ORT America branch
- Rabbinical Assembly (RA)
- Rabbinical Council of America (RCA)
- Religious Zionists of America (RZA or Mizrahi)
- Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
- Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union or OU)
- United Jewish Communities (UJC)
- United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ)
- Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO)
- Women's League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ)
- Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ)
- Workmen's Circle (Arbeter Ring)
- World Zionist Executive, US
- Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)
And here is the good bit ...
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Every organisation above is ALSO a member of what is called :
"The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations" (this is the daddy of them all !)
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP; often referred to as the Presidents' Conference) is a "non-profit organisation" that describes itself as "a central address for key American, Israeli and other world leaders to consult on issues of critical concern to the Jewish community."
The Conference meets to make major statements or meet with important leaders. The Conference was founded to promote the state of Israel in the USA and that remains its primary task.
The Conference was created in 1956 in response to requests from President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his administration. The Eisenhower administration wanted an easier method to gauge the opinion of the community, without having to wade into the internal politics of the community, and polling leaders of each organization. The Conference established a unified voice for the community, one that government officials could consult on important matters.
For its first 30 years the Conference was led by one man, Yehuda Hellman. After his death in 1986, Malcolm Hoenlein became Chairman. Hoenlein took a much stronger role in shaping U.S. policy, especially through the executive branch. ( ie US President / Vice President)
All of the members of the Conference sit on AIPAC's Executive Committee.
The Conference's chairperson is June Walker. The Executive Vice Chairman is Malcolm I. Hoenlein.[2]
Conference Activities
The Conference's website states that it engages in "consensus policy, collective action, and maximizing the resources of the American Jewish community," in particular, "when events in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere affect the American Jewish community."
The stated goals of the Conference include:
- Strengthening and fostering the special U.S.-Israel relationship.
- Ensuring that Israel's interests are heard and understood by policy makers, opinion molders and the American public.
- Addressing critical foreign policy issues that impact the American Jewish community.
- Representing the interests of organized American Jewry.
- Protecting and enhancing the security and dignity of Jews around the world.
International Leadership Award
In December 2008, the Conference presented Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and his government as a whole, with its inaugural "International Leadership Award" for his support for Israel.Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice-chairman of the conference, stated that the award was given to express the group's appreciation for Canada's "courageous stands" to boycott the Durban II anti-racism conference. He also praised Canada's "support for Israel and [its] efforts at the U.N. against incitement and ... the delegitimization [of Israel], where they have taken a role in the forefront."
Support for Jonathan Pollard (US spy for Israel) !!!
In December 2008, the Conference asked President George W. Bush to pardon Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. navy analyst who was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for spying for Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein stated that Pollard should be pardoned on humanitarian grounds, adding that "It's time that he be released. He has expressed remorse."
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