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Celebration75 continues all year!
Our WZO Coalition was successful!
A full report on the voting results is available on the 75th Congress page
The Results of the 75th Anniversary Extraordinary World Zionist Congress are in!
Results of the vote held between Sunday – Tuesday, May 21-23, 2023, 8:00-20:00
Committee No.1 - Declaration of Independence and the Jerusalem Program
1.1 Anchoring the position of the Declaration of Independence in the Zionist movement
- In favor: 418
- Against: 202
- Abstain:25
1.2 The Jerusalem Program and the Declaration of Independence
- In favor: 398
- Against: 225
- Abstain: 22
1.3 125 Years of Zionism and 75 years to the State of Israel
- In favor: 331
- Against: 261
- Abstain: 53
Committee No.2 - Aliyah and Law of Return
2.2 The Zionist Congress calls on the Israeli government not to amend the Law of
Return
- In favor: 399
- Against: 237
- Abstain: 9
2.2 The Zionist Congress calls on the Israeli government not to amend the Law of Return
- In favor: 399
- Against: 237
- Abstain: 9
2.3 Promoting Aliyah
- In favor: 613
- Against: 15
- Abstain: 17
2.4 A task force for drafting an agreed proposal on the matter of the grandchild clause in the Law of Return
- In favor: 240
- Against: 386
- Abstain: 19
Committee No.3 - Internal and external strengthening the State of Israel
3.1 Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
- In favor: 368
- Against: 262
- Abstain: 15
3.2 The Establishment of an Office of Innovation in the National Institutions
- In favor: 576
- Against: 50
- Abstain: 19
3.3 Strengthening synagogues and Jewish community centers in the Diaspora in their connection to Zionism and the State of Israel - Votum Separatum -
- In favor: 307
- Against: 329
- Abstain: 9
3.3 Strengthening synagogues and Jewish community centers in the Diaspora in their connection to Zionism and the State of Israel
- In favor: 388
- Against: 243
- Abstain: 14
Committee No.4 - Diversity in the Zionist Movement
4.1 The Zionist Congress In favor of strengthening the relationship between the LGBTQIA communities in the Diaspora and the State of Israel and complete equality for the LGBTQIA in the National Institutions In honor of the 75th anniversary of Israel's independence
- In favor: 354
- Against: 271
- Abstain: 20
4.2 The Zionist Congress opposes the revocation of recognition of Conservative and Reform conversion
- In favor: 384
- Against: 238
- Abstain: 23
Committee No.5 - The Holocaust Remembrance and the struggle against antisemitism
5.1 Documentation of Holocaust Evidence
- In favor: 639
- Against: 1
- Abstain: 5
5.2 Combatting the Exclusion of the Jews in multicultural education
- In favor: 638
- Against: 3
- Abstain: 4
Committee No.6 - Strengthening the Zionist Movement
6.1 The World Zionist Organization salutes the State of Israel on its 75th anniversary
- In favor: 639
- Against: 4
- Abstain: 2
6.2 Respecting the WZO Constitution after 75 years of Independence
- In favor: 462
- Against: 174
- Abstain: 9
Committee No. 7 - Constitution Committee
7.1 Appropriate representation of women
- In favor: 432
- Against: 197
- Abstain: 16
7.2 Proposal for Constitutional Amendment in the Matter of the Representation of the Inter-territorial Organizations on the Outer Executive
- In favor: 586
- Against: 34
- Abstain: 25
7.3 Draft Resolution Proposal for Amendment of the Constitution of the World Zionist Organization in the matter of “The Attorney of the World Zionist Organization – Pro Tem Provisions”
- In favor: 360
- Against: 259
- Abstain: 26
At 10:00 am the siren begins all across Israel marking Yom Hashoah. For 2 minutes, everyone stops wherever they are and stands as best they can while the siren sounds. We went to Machane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem for this video, and you can see the people stop whatever they are doing and stand in silence marking the deaths of the 6 million in the Holocaust.
We have commissioned a limited edition commemorative "challenge coin" to mark this important event!
Reports on the 125th Zionist Congress may be found here.
2022 MERCAZ-Canada / FJMC Anshai Zafon Weekend Conference
We were joined by Dr. Yizhar Hess, Vice-Chair, WZO, and Shiran Yahav, Jewish Peoplehood & Israel-Diaspora relations at the World Zionist Organization.
MERCAZ-Canada and Canadian Foundation for Masorti Judaism work in cooperation to foster and strengthen Masorti/Conservative Judaism in Israel and create engagement opportunities Jews living in Israel and the Diaspora, based on the ideals of tradition and tolerance, study and spirituality, and social action and love of Israel.
MERCAZ represents Masorti Judaism within the World Zionist Organization and Congress, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and Jewish National Fund. We advocate for funding of pluralistic streams of Judaism in Israel crucial to our movement’s growth in Israel and around the world.
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