37th World Zionist Congress

The 37th World Zionist Congress (Hebrew: הקונגרס הציוני העולמי ה-37‎) was held in Jerusalem, from October 20–22, 2015.[2]

37th World Zionist Congress
הקונגרס הציוני העולמי ה-37
BeginsOctober 20, 2015 (2015-10-20)
EndsOctober 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)
Frequencyevery five years
Location(s)Jerusalem
Inaugurated1897
Previous event2010
Next event2020 (38th)
Participants509[1]
Organized byWorld Zionist Organization

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Congress on its opening day.[3]

2015 United States elections for World Zionist Congress

In the elections to determine the 145 seats allocated to U.S. delegates, the Reform movement's ARZA faction won the plurality with 56 seats, followed by the Conservative movement's Mercaz faction with 25 seats and the modern Orthodox religious Zionist faction Mizrachi with 24 seats.[4] Several other slates won between 1 and 10 seats each (see below).[5]

The United States 145 delegates to the 2015 Congress were chosen from 11 slates (including two newly qualified) that competed in elections held during January 13 through April 30, 2015.[6][7][8] Total number of seats won are shown in parenthesis after the list name and description:[8][5]

The U.S. slates (parties) included:

Some of the older and larger American Zionist groups, such as Hadassah and Emunah, do not run and are automatically assigned seats.


References
  1. "Results of Elections to the Zionist Congress". World Zionist Organization. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "At World Zionist Congress, Reform stakes its claim in Israel's future". The Times of Israel. 21 October 2015.
  3. "PM Netanyahu addresses the 37th Zionist Congress". Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  4. "Reform wins plurality of U.S. vote for World Zionist Congress". JTA. 5 June 2015.
  5. "Reform on Top in World Zionist Congress Elections". israelnationalnews.com. 7 June 2015.
  6. "SPOTLIGHT ON: WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS". azm.org. 16 April 2015.
  7. "IN THREE MINUTES YOU CAN EFFECT CHANGE IN ISRAEL". azm.org. 16 April 2015.
  8. "ELECTIONS TO THE 37TH WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS VOTES ARE IN AND DELEGATE NUMBERS ALLOCATED". azm.org. 10 June 2015.
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