The American Zionist Movement held our Washington National Conference: Zionism Forward in the Spirit of Balfour on November 15-17, 2017 in Washington DC, in partnership with the Department for Diaspora Activities of the World Zionist Organization
(WZO) and the Balfour Initiative of The Israel Forever Foundation (IFF).
Conference videos below:
*Click on 3-line icon on top left of screen below to see full list of videos*
The Conference commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and the 70th anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution. Our gathering featured key speakers, panels and exciting events, including The Balfour Gala hosted at The Embassy of Israel, followed by a powerful day of sessions on Capitol Hill, featuring a Congressional and Diplomatic Luncheon. The conference concluded with the WZO Symposium on Diaspora Affairs.
VIEW: AZM Washington National Conference Program
HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY PASSES BALFOUR CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION WHILE AMERICAN ZIONIST MOVEMENT MEETS IN WASHINGTON
View the Balfour Centennial Resolution passed on November 17, 2017
SPEAKERS
Executive Director,
Israel on Campus Coalition
Executive Director,
American-Israeli
Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
Media Consultant,
World Zionist Organization’s Department for Diaspora Activities
Author
Rabbi & Executive Director,
Chabad Shul of Potomac
Executive Director,
American Zionist Movement
President,
American Forum for Israel
Senior Director,
The Jewish Policy Center
Israel’s Minister of Economy & Industry
Executive Director,
MERCAZ USA
North America Director,
Israel Forever Foundation
Senior Vice President for Public Policy & Director of the Washington Office of The Jewish Federations of North America
UK House of Lords
Israel’s Ambassador
to the United States
Alan Dershowitz
Lawyer & Author
Former Treasurer,
Partners for a Progressive Israel
Chair,
World Zionist Organization
US Ambassador (ret.)
to the European Union
Founder & Executive Director,
ZOA’s Fuel for Truth – DC
Member of Knesset
Founder & Executive Director,
The Lawfare Project
Vice President,
American Zionist Movement
US Ambassador (ret.) & Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva
Executive Director,
The Israel Forever Foundation
President,
American Zionist Movement
National President, Hadassah,
AZM NLC
Executive Vice Chairman & CEO,
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Commander British Forces (ret.)
President,
Zionist Organization of America
Former Director General,
Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs
Rabbi, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Past President, American Zionist Movement & MERCAZ USA
Secretary & CEO, Phi Beta Kappa and Former President, Brandeis University
Israel’s Minister of Tourism
Director, Counterterrorism program at The Washington Institute for Near Policy, and a former Treasury and FBI official
President,
JAC Education Foundation
President,
London Center for Research
Central Emissary,
World Zionist Organization’s Department for Diaspora Activities
CEO & Executive Vice President,
B’nai B’rith International
President & CEO,
The Mellman Group
Vice President,
Woodrow Wilson Center
Member of Knesset
Former Advisor,
Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs
President,
The Middle East Forum
CEO,
Jewish National Fund
Director,
The Middle East Forum
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Global Religious Leader,
Philosopher & Author
Director Emeritus,
Religious Action Center
of Reform Judaism
Executive Director,
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Associate, Community Strategy,
Israel Action Network
Representative of the World Zionist Organization Executive in North America
Chairman,
American Forum for Israel
President, NY Board of Rabbis &
Former Executive Director, RZA
Chair of the National Board, American Zionist Movement and Past National President, AMIT
Biennial Co-Chair,
American Zionist Movement
President,
EMET
President Emeritus,
George Washington University
Director, Zionist Organization of America Center for Law and Justice
President of ARZA, the Association of Reform Zionists of America
Member & Former Chair,
U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad
President
Center for Middle East Peace
Chair, World Zionist Organization’s Department for Diaspora Activities
Journalist & Author of
“INDUSTRY OF LIES”
Founding (& Senior) Rabbi,
Congregation B’nai Tzedek, President of the Rabbinic Cabinet of the JFNA
For more details contact azm@azm.org or call 212.318.6100 x6947
*Kosher Dietary Laws observed throughout the conference
