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William Daroff

William Daroff

William C. Daroff is CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. In that capacity, he is the senior professional guiding the Conference’s agenda on behalf of the 50 national member organizations, which represent the wide mosaic of American Jewish life.

Memorial Flowers for Victims of Australia Shooting on Chanukah
Opinion
You are not alone, in Australia or America
The hatred we confront no longer lives at ideological extremes. It mutates quickly, moves easily and reaches audiences that once seemed out of reach.
Dec. 17, 2025
William Daroff
Hostages Meet With Conference of Presidents
Opinion
Embracing the former hostages
Nov. 24, 2025
William Daroff
Broadway, New York City
Opinion
New York deserves a mayor who unites, not divides
Oct. 31, 2025
William Daroff
A man blowing a shofar. Credit: John Theodor/Shutterstock.
Opinion
‘Hineini’: A declaration of presence and accountability
As we enter 5784 by accounting for our personal actions, praying for forgiveness and planning for the future, we must consider our roles as members of the entire Jewish community.
Sep. 12, 2023
William Daroff
Check-in at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 7, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Opinion
Next year in America
A new era in U.S.-Israel relations is opening with Israel’s admission to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program.
Jul. 23, 2023
William Daroff
American and Israeli Millennials exhibit support for each other in a recent survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee. Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock.
Opinion
Jewish American Heritage Month
We came as the Other and are now an inextricable part of what makes America America.
May. 11, 2023
William Daroff
Passover table setting. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Confronting the darkness of antisemitism
The fight against antisemitism requires us to engage with all four children, as noted in the Haggadah.
Apr. 5, 2023
William Daroff
Opinion
A flailing assault on Israel by the Case Western Reserve University student government
Instead of acknowledging that Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005, the Undergraduate Student Government absurdly claims Israel maintains a discriminatory system in the territory in which the only living Israelis left are two mentally handicapped hostages held by an internationally designated terrorist organization which governs the entire strip of land, much like the Islamic State did for parts of Iraq and Syria.
Nov. 21, 2022
William Daroff
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Dec. 2, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Opinion
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we continue the work of living
We have taken education efforts to workplaces, encouraging employers to adopt diversity, equity and inclusion strategies that acknowledge anti-Semitism and incorporate training components around bias.
Jan. 25, 2022
William Daroff
Kristallnacht
Opinion
From Pogromnacht to now: 83 years of anti-Semitism
It’s not just back; it never went away. It mutated and took hold in different manifestations, becoming a weapon for extremists on the right and the left.
Nov. 9, 2021
William Daroff
The South Carolina State House. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
The people have spoken: House needs to pass anti-BDS legislation
It is clear to us, along with thousands of state legislators and 26 governors, that the BDS movement has anti-Semitic foundations and is unquestionably anti-Israel.
Feb. 14, 2019
William Daroff
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