The information below is about the US Election for the World Zionist Congress (WZC). Please check this page for updates on the next election or email elections@azm.org for more information. You can also sign up here to receive updates.

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.

Click Below to see more information on the 2020 election held for the 38th World Zionist Congress.