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The opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964. Credit: Pridan Moshe/GPO.

World Zionist Congress

Pointing to an image of Theodor Herzl, Jewish journalist, playwright, political activist and founder of the modern Zionist movement. Source: Screenshot/wzo.org.il.

Divisive resolutions lead to political morass at World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem

“It’s time to stop inserting divisive politics into the Congress,” said Rabbi Pesach Lerner, chairman of the Eretz Hakodesh faction.

April 21, 2023

Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares the Independence of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. Source: Knesset.

Honor the principles of Israel’s Declaration of Independence

The founders put their faith in the Rock of Israel.

Yechezkel Moskowitz

April 19, 2023

Altneuland Road in Herzilya, Israel, August 2021. Credit: Ori via Wikimedia Commons.

Zionism won. So why is it still under attack 125 years after Basel?

The anniversary of Theodor Herzl’s convening of the First Zionist Congress is cause for celebration; however, the ongoing battle to secure Jewish self-determination is far from over.

Jonathan S. Tobin

August 29, 2022

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis at the Lohn Estate in Bern, Switzerland, on Aug. 29, 2022. Source: Twitter.

In Switzerland, Herzog says ‘Iran’s activities cannot go unpunished’

The Israeli president also called on the international community to make it “crystal clear” that calls to eradicate a sovereign member state of the United Nations were unacceptable.

August 29, 2022

Theodor Herzl, considered the father of modern-day Zionism, leans over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois (Three King's Hotel/Hotel drei Könige) in Basel, Switzerland, possibly during the sixth Zionist conference there. Credit: The Bettman Archive.

Time to honor one of our own

Jewry worldwide should be grateful for Theodor Herzl, and celebrate him with annual communal and institutional festivities, as well as with a day of learning about Israel and Zionism.

January 14, 2022

A view of the virtual World Zionist Congress. Source: American Zionist Movement via Twitter.

38th World Zionist Congress bridges partisan divide, despite initial divisions

More than 700 delegates and thousands of people from 35 countries participated in the online event necessitated by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

October 30, 2020

The opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964. Credit: Pridan Moshe/GPO.

An opportunity of a lifetime

The addition of the Eretz HaKodesh slate to the World Zionist Congress provides a chance for mutual exposure and communication among diverse groups of Jews.

Yechezkel Moskowitz

October 27, 2020

The opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964. Credit: Pridan Moshe/GPO.

World Zionist Congress to convene online for first time due to coronavirus pandemic

The main themes of the Oct. 20-22 event will be “aliyah,” the effect of COVID-19 on global Jewish communities and growing anti-Semitism.

October 19, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 37th World Zionist Congress conference at the Jerusalem Convention Center on Oct. 20, 2015. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The left’s attempt to embed hostile-to-Israel ‘cancel culture’ into the WZO

Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz aptly stated that “J Street has done more to turn young people against Israel than any organization in the whole of history.”

Elizabeth A. Berney

October 15, 2020