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 parentheses 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.


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