A congressional investigation has concluded that the American Psychological Association (APA) has allowed systemic antisemitism to spread within its organization, according to a report released by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The committee alleges that radical activists have co-opted the association to promote ideologies that demonize Israel and portray Jewish members as oppressors.
House investigation targets APA leadership
The roughly 20-page report, titled Antisemitism at the American Psychological Association,
follows an inquiry launched in December 2025 by House Committee Chair Tim Walberg, a Michigan Republican. The committee reviewed thousands of internal emails, drafts, and administrative records to evaluate how the organization handled anti-Jewish bias.
The report alleges that APA leadership systematically appeased anti-Israel affiliate groups while dismissing or mocking Jewish members who raised concerns.
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The committee further alleged that APA leaders have repeatedly avoided unequivocally condemning the horrors of October 7th and antisemitism. In another instance, a senior official expressed frustration regarding the Jews who are so angry at us,
accusing them of feeding hatred
by making their concerns public, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Controversy over October 7 response and internal resolutions
The committee findings highlight deliberations regarding the APA’s public response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel. The report claims the association allowed the American Arab, Middle Eastern and North African Psychological Association (AMENA-Psy) to influence its statement by urging the removal of references to terrorism. AMENA-Psy leaders urged the association to remove references to terrorism, and the APA ultimately issued a statement condemning Hamas’ violent attack but did not use the word terrorism, UA.News noted.
Internal records also documented the APA’s handling of various political stances and identity issues:
- In 2025, the flagship journal
American Psychologist
published an article that referencedPalestinian freedom fighters
and pathologizedZionist psychologies.
This led an editor of a planned special issue on antisemitism to resign, citing content that wasincendiary, politicized,
and lacked scholarly rigor. - In February 2026, the APA Council of Representatives voted 127-37 to adopt a revised resolution on antisemitism. The resolution included provisions regarding the
weaponization of antisemitism
and references to the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, despite objections from an internal Jewish advisory group. - Some opponents within the organization argued against recognizing a Jewish ethnic psychological association, claiming that Jews benefit from
white privilege.
- Regarding professional conferences, Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Colin Wright and clinical psychologist Andrew Hartz reported that approximately 70 of the 90 panels at a 2026 APA conference featured clear ideological agendas, such as
loosening/abolishing gender assessment guidelines
for medical transition.
The report also noted a PJP email sent before the August 2026 APA conference that requested attendees show solidarity by wearing a keffiyeh or Palestine colors,
reading a Land and Genocide Acknowledgement,
and attending programming regarding Palestinian liberation, according to Psychologists Against Antisemitism executive board member Daniel Balva.
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APA leadership rejects findings
APA President Wendi S. Williams and CEO Arthur C. Evans, Jr. have rejected the committee’s conclusions. In an internal email sent to the association’s 190,000 members, the leaders stated, We don’t agree with this report. The American Psychological Association unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all its forms.
The leadership maintained that the association has taken concrete steps to engage with the community, including holding listening sessions with more than 120 Jewish psychologists and stakeholders to better understand concerns,
and established a collaborative of Jewish psychologists to support continued engagement, according to JNS.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a statement criticizing the association’s response, claiming that Antisemitism at the American Psychological Association is not isolated. It is embedded in its ranks and in its leadership.
The ADL added that the organization has failed to act on warnings for more than a year and stated that when a healing profession treats one group’s pain with indifference, Jewish patients may wonder if they will be met with compassion or with contempt.
Dean McKay stated that the problems within the tax-exempt association, which sets professional conduct standards, were caused by a pattern of neglect and, frankly, ideological purity,
noting that the issues predated the October 7 attacks. Bar-Halpern told JNS that this has been going on for years, where Jewish pain has been dismissed, when Jewish identity has not been understood.
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Threat to federal accreditation status
The controversy follows a recommendation by a federal advisory board to the U.S. Department of Education to suspend the APA’s authority to accredit educational programs. The board based this recommendation on testimony regarding a pervasive culture of antisemitism within the programs it accredits.
Eveline Shekhman, CEO of the American Jewish Medical Association, told JNS that her organization commends the Education and Workforce Committee for releasing this important report on the rampant antisemitism within APA,
stating that the findings confirm what Jewish psychologists have expressed for years.
A final decision regarding the suspension of the APA’s accreditation status will be made by the Department of Education in the coming months.