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U.S. World Zionist Congress Votes Are In

June 5, 2015 By eJP

FlagsElections were recently held in the US for the 37th World Zionist Congress which convenes October 20-22 in Jerusalem.

The elections ran from January through April and came to a close with a total of 56,737 votes. At the top with the highest number of seats: ARZA with 56 delegates, Mercaz with 25 and Mizrachi with 24. While ARZA maintained their delegate count since the previous election, Mercaz and Mizrachi have lost a combined 18 delegates. Despite this decrease, the three major religious streams still hold over 70% of the seats of the American delegation. This year’s election saw an overall broadening of representation of Zionist groups and, as a result, slates such as Hatikvah, Zionist Spring and the ZOA gained seats at the table.

Although the Congress represents all of world Jewry, the US historically sends the second largest delegation to participate in the Congress, which offers the best opportunity for ideological parties to grow. This potential growth means positions in the WZO and increased budget spending in those departments. Israel, with 190 delegates allocated according to the latest Knesset elections, reserves most slots for political hacks.

Here is the distribution of the 145 elected US delegates:

Slate Delegate Distribution
ARZA: Representing Reform Judaism 56
Mercaz USA: The Zionist Arm of the Conservative Movement 25
Religious Zionists: Vote Torah for the Soul of Israel 24
American Forum for Israel 10
HATIKVAH – The Progressive Zionist Voice 8
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION of AMERICA/ZOA: Defend Jews & Israeli Rights 7
Zionist Spring: Restoring Vision to World Zionism 7
World Sephardic Zionist Organization – Ohavei Zion 4
Alliance for New Zionist Vision 2
Green Israel: Aytzim/Green Zionist Alliance/Jewcology 1
Herut North America – The Jabotinsky Movement 1
145

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  1. Michael Jankelowitz says

    June 7, 2015 at 1:23 am

    Great showing by the new guys on the block-The American Forum for Israel with 10 seats. First after Reform 56, Conservative 25, Orthodox 24. The Russian speaking Jewish community is taking its rightful place in the only democratically elected Jewish framework in World Jewry outside Israel #WorldZionistCongress #WorldZionistOrganization

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