Email from Zionist Organization of America   ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA IN THE MEDIA     Steve Feldman: ZOA’s Phila. Director Continues to Devote His Career to Jewish Community - Philadelphia Jewish Exponent By Braden Hamelin (January 12, 2026 / Jewish Exponent) Steve Feldman’s career has been dedicated to the Jewish community, spending two decades working at Philadelphia Jewish Exponent before joining the Zionist Organization of America as the executive director of the Philadelphia chapter, where he’s advocated for the local Jewish community since 2002. Feldman said he initially wanted to be a sportswriter, studying journalism at Temple University, and he got an internship with Philadelphia Jewish Exponent while in school. That changed during an assignment he got while at the paper, when he went to do an interview with a local sculptor who was a Holocaust survivor. During the interview, the survivor showed Feldman her tattoos from the camp. “That moment, whatever career plans I had were dropped, and I decided I was going to use whatever skills God gave me to make sure that this never happens again on my watch,” Feldman said. After 20 years at Philadelphia Jewish Exponent, Feldman found an opportunity with the ZOA, and he said it gave him the chance to serve the Jewish community while joining an organization he thought highly of and felt was doing good work. Feldman said that, since he joined ZOA Philadelphia, the organization has changed the focus of its work. “In the beginning, when I came here, it was almost a sense of maintenance. We were looking to keep the status quo, and that has changed through the years, as our enemies have gotten more aggressive, as demographics have changed, as things have devolved within the Jewish community,” Feldman said. The executive director explained that the ZOA has been keeping a close eye on and calling out anti-Jewish activity in the city for many years. He said the organization was warning about the issues for a long time, but its statements were minimized. “I think that the Jewish community, or the pro-Israel community, the Zionist community, thought that we crossed some sort of a finish line, and our work was kind of done, and we would never run into the open overt Jew hatred that we’re experiencing,” Feldman said. Continue Reading   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email   DONATE   www.zoa.org   Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2026. All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave 31 B | New York, NY 10017 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice