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The next American election, for the 39th World Zionist Congress, is scheduled to be held between March 10-May 4, 2025, in advance of the Congress which is currently anticipated to be in late Fall 2025 in Israel. Registration will open when voting commences, which is done primarily online and via mobile devices. Ballots are cast for slates of candidates submitted by Zionist groups.
The World Zionist Congress is the international “parliament of the Jewish people” and the successor gathering to the first Zionist Congress convened by Theodor Herzl in Basel in 1897. In the United States the American Zionist Movement (AZM) organizes a grassroots election where the American Jewish community can choose its delegates to the WZC. Today, the WZC, which now meets about every five years, is the overall supreme ideological and policy-making body of the Zionist movement. The delegates and the bodies they form at the WZC determine the leadership and influence the policies of Israel’s National Institutions: the World Zionist Organization (WZO), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet LeIsrael (JNF) and Keren Hayesod – which together allocate substantial funds annually in support of Israel and Jewish communities around the world. This election is also an opportunity to show broad support for Zionism and to express views on important matters affecting the Jewish community, Israel and the Diaspora.
Below you can see information on the 2020 election held for the 38th World Zionist Congress.
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Voting was held January 21-March 11, 2020
VOTE FOR YOUR VOICE IN ISRAEL
Make sure your point of view is represented in the next World Zionist Congress. When you vote, you will be able to choose from over a dozen slates representing diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions. Those elected from the United States will join delegates from Israel and around the world at the 38th World Zionist Congress in October 2020, the international “parliament of the Jewish people”, to make decisions regarding key institutions which allocate nearly $1 Billion annually to support Israel and World Jewry (including the World Zionist Organization, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael – Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Agency for Israel).
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SLATES
There are 15 slates running in the 2020 US Election for the 38th World Zionist Congress.
Slates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot (chosen by random selection). Click the red button below to view the full Directory of Slates, or if you prefer, click on each slate’s name below, to see their platform statement and list of candidates.
- Eretz Hakodesh: Protecting the Kedusha and Mesorah of Eretz Yisrael
- Vote Reform: ARZA Representing the Reform Movement and Reconstructing Judaism
- Israel Shelanu (Our Israel)
- Orthodox Israel Coalition – Mizrachi: Vote Torah
- Vision: Empowering the Next Generation
- MERCAZ USA: The Voice of Conservative/Masorti Judaism
- Dorshei Torah V’Tziyon: Torah and Israel for All
- Hatikvah: Progressive Israel Slate
- Ohavei Zion: World Sephardic Zionist Organization
- Herut Zionists: The Jabotinsky Movement
- ZOA Coalition: Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Torah from Sinai, Make Israel Great (MIG) & National Pro-Israel Partners – Courageously Defending Israel, Sovereignty & the Jewish People
- American Forum for Israel
- Americans4Israel: Peace, Unity & Security
- Kol Yisrael: For the Love of Israel – Making Zionism Compelling in the 21st Century
- Shas Olami
SLATE BOOKLET
Flip to view the 15 slates running in the 2020 US Election for the 38th World Zionist Congress
FAQ
More information on how to vote and other frequently asked questions can be found below.
- Be Jewish
- Be 18 years of age or above (as of June 30, 2020)
- Be a permanent resident of the United States
- Have not voted and will not vote in the March 2, 2020 Knesset election
- Affirm your commitment to the Jerusalem Program
Click here to register and then vote. Each person can only register and vote one time. Registration and voting can be most easily be done anytime in minutes online from your computer, smartphone, tablet or mobile device. There is a $7.50 fee to register (anyone age 25 and under pays $5.00) which covers the administrative costs of the American Zionist Movement (AZM) to run the election. This small fee, in the tradition of Herzl’s “Zionist Shekel” to join the movement, also serves to prevent fraud by making sure that individuals are voting and are only doing so once. Payments can be made by credit card, e-check, Paypal and other methods. There is an option to vote by paper ballot via postal mail (click here for the forms and information). Votes are secret and are recorded by Votem Corp., an independent private election management firm retained by AZM.
The Jerusalem Program is a set of ideals and principles that established the foundations of Zionism. It states:
Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, brought about the establishment of the State of Israel, and views a Jewish, Zionist, democratic and secure State of Israel to be the expression of the common responsibility of the Jewish people for its continuity and future.
The full text can be found here.
In the United States the American Zionist Movement (AZM), as the national Zionist federation, organizes a grassroots public vote where the American Jewish community elects 152 delegates to the WZC, which includes 500 elected delegates from Jewish communities worldwide. The election in the US is overseen by an “Area Election Committee” established by AZM under the rules of the World Zionist Organization.
AZM is comprised of 33 national Jewish Zionist organizations and works across a broad ideological, political and religious spectrum linking the American Jewish community together in support of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people. AZM is the Zionist Federation in the United States affiliated with the World Zionist Organization (WZO).
Please email AZM at elections@azm.org or call 212-318-6100.
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The following materials are available for download and promotional purposes. You may use and share them widely. If you have any questions, please email elections@azm.org
PAPER REGISTRATION FORM AND MAIL BALLOT
Online Voting at www.ZionistElection.org is strongly encouraged from your computer, smartphone or mobile device.
NEWS
2020 ELECTION UPDATES
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