Name:
Mort Fridman
AIPAC Role:
Member of AIPAC's Board of Directors
Professional Profile/Associations:
AIPAC national board member and former President of AIPAC (2018–2019). Self-employed psychologist and psychoanalyst based in Teaneck, New Jersey; completed psychiatry residency and child/adolescent psychiatry training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Frequent AIPAC spokesperson. Attended the U.S. Embassy opening in Jerusalem in May 2018 with Lillian Pinkus. Personal ties with Jason Greenblatt—also from Teaneck, former executive vice president and chief legal officer to Donald Trump who served as Special Representative for International Negotiations—and with former Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January 2025 for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as a foreign agent of Egypt.
Accountability:
As a member of AIPAC's Board of Directors, Mort Fridman bears individual legal responsibility for the organization's conduct. Under U.S. nonprofit law, board members hold fiduciary duties to ensure organizational compliance with applicable legal standards, implement oversight systems for core activities, and respond to credible information about organizational wrongdoing. In Stern v. Lucy Webb Hayes (1974), the federal district court held that nonprofit directors who fail to supervise organizational decisions breach their fiduciary obligations. In In re Lemington Home for the Aged (3d Cir. 2015), the Third Circuit upheld $2.25 million in damages against nonprofit directors who ignored red flags and failed to exercise reasonable oversight. The information in these profiles is drawn primarily from AIPAC's most recent IRS Form 990, supplemented by publicly available sources including news reports, official announcements, and public records. As a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, AIPAC is legally required to file Form 990 annually with the Internal Revenue Service, and these filings are public documents.
However, IRS regulations allow organizations up to eleven months after their fiscal year ends to submit these forms, meaning publicly available data typically lags by approximately one year. This inherent delay underscores why AIPAC—like most major organizations of its size and influence—should maintain a current, public-facing leadership page identifying its board members and senior executives. The absence of such transparency from AIPAC necessitates this project. We are committed to accuracy and will update these profiles as new information becomes available. If you have corrections, updates, or additional sourced information, please contact us at advocacy@dawnmena.org.
