The Jewish Political Education Foundation, Inc. (JPEF) is a New York not-for-profit corporation that is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501(c)(3). The JPEF’s purposes include the following:

• To support and enhance the image of the State of Israel as a strong, democratic, benevolent and humane nation in the world; of the Jewish people as its people and of Zionism as the national liberation movement of the Jewish people.

• To support and enhance Zionism in all its respects and aspects, the people and institutions of the State of Israel, and the right of Israel’s citizens to live within secure and defensible borders, taking into consideration the facts of history and the never-changing hostilities of others toward them.

• To fight and bring an end to the scourge of anti-Semitism, wherever it may be found.

• To support the interests of Jewish Americans, and promote awareness as to those issues of concern to them, on a federal, state and local level.

• To counter misinformation, distortion and bias in the media regarding Israel and Jewish issues by all means possible, including publishing and disseminating information and materials pertaining to these subjects, and serving as a clearing house for the exchange of such information.