Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CPMAJO - also called Presidents Conference) was founded by Nahum Goldmann in 1954 as the coordinating body for 52 national Jewish organizations to lobby the executive branch on behalf of Israel. The power wielded by the organization's chairman is hinted in a statement by ADL national director Abraham Foxman:'This position is lovingly called 'the King of the Jews,' he told the New Yorker.

Principals and Members

• Alan Solow - Chairman
• Malcolm I. Hoenlein - Executive vice-chairman

Former staff

• Mortimer Zuckerman - chairman (2001-2003)
• Ronald Lauder - chairman until 2001
• Yehuda Hellman - Executive director until death in May 1986
• Seymour D. Reich - former chairman (1988-1990)

Member Organizations

Ameinu American Friends of Likud American Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors America-Israel Friendship League American Israel Public Affairs Committee 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 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 Development Corporation for Israel / State of Israel Bonds Emunah of America Friends of Israel Defense Forces Hadassah, Women’s Zionist Organization of America Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life Jewish Community Centers Association Jewish Council for Public Affairs

The Jewish Federations of North America Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Jewish Labor Committee Jewish National Fund Jewish Reconstructionist Federation Jewish War Veterans of the USA Jewish Women International MERCAZ USA, Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement NA’AMAT USA NCSJ National Council of Jewish Women National Council of Young Israel ORT America Rabbinical Assembly Rabbinical Council of America Religious Zionists of America Union for Reform Judaism Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism WIZO Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Women of Reform Judaism Workmen’s Circle World ORT World Zionist Executive, US Zionist Organization of America