Members of the WZO Executive Elected at the 36th World Zionist Congress
Avraham Duvdevani, Chairman, Zionist Executive
Dr. David Breakstone, Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman
Ofer Laufman, Chair, Department for Zionist Activities in the Diaspora
Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman, Co-Chair, Department for Zionist Activities in the Diaspora
Rabbi Yechiel Wasserman, Chair, Center for Religious Affairs in the Diaspora
Dani Krichman, Chair, Settlement Division
Kalman Sultanik, Head, American Section
Yaakov Hagoel, Chair, Department for Zionist Activities in Israel
Natan Sharansky, Chairman, Jewish Agency for Israel
Eliezer (Modi) Zandberg, World Chairman – Keren Hayesod
Amira Dotan
Zvi Quito Hasson
Rabbi Tzvi Graetz
Adv. Yizhar Hess
Rani Trainin
Kenneth Bob
Rabbi Stanley Davids
Dror Morag
Yaron Shavit
Ariel Nudelman
Ehud Naor
Jaques Kupfer
Yigal Bibi
David Biton
Tova Ben Tov
Masha Lubelsky
Yitzhak Dahan
Dina Hahn
Dennis W. Glick
Nancy Falchuk
Yehezkel Zakai
Avigail Ben Aryeh
Amir Peled
Shai Pinto
OTHER ELECTED POSITIONS
Judge Tova Strassberg-Cohen, President, Zionist Supreme Court
Asaf Sela, Comptroller of the WZO
Adv. Aharon Abramovich, Attorney General to the WZO
Adv. Amos Hausner, Legal Advisor to the WZO
Helena Glaser, Chair, Zionist General Council
36th World Zionist Congress
Program as of June 7, 2010
Monday, 14 June 2010
13:00-16:00
Meeting of the Zionist Executive
16:30-18:00
Presidium of the Zionist General Council
18:30-19:30
Standing/Preparatory Committee
Tuesday 15 June 2010
07:00-08:30
Meeting of World Unions and International Jewish Organizations
08:45-10:00
Planary #1
Opening by the Congress Elder: Kalman Sultanik
Elections & Reports
♦ Report by the President of the Zionist Supreme Court-authorization of Congress composition
♦ Election of Presidium of Congress Committees
♦ “Between the Congresses” Remarks:Rabbi Asher Hirsh, Chairman, Zionist General Council & Mr. Hagai Meirom, Treasurer, Zionist Executive
Elections
♦ Chairman of the Zionist Executive
♦ Treasurer of the Zionist Executive
♦ Members of the Zionist Executive
♦ President, Zionist Supreme Court
♦ Attorney General to the WZO
♦ Comptroller of the WZO
Honorary Fellows
10:00-10:15
In Memoriam
Reader: Moshe Nissan
10:15-12:30
Plenary #2
Opening Plenary on the Central Theme: Zionism, Herzl’s Dream-in Perpetual Renewal
Keynote Address: Professor Shlomo Avineri
Discussion on the Central Theme
12:30-13:30
Plenary #3
Address: MK Tzipi Livni, Head of the Opposition
13:30-14:30
Standing Committee
13:45 Buses depart Binyanei HaUma
14:00-18:00
On-site visits and discussions on Congress themes:
♦ Zionism in Israeli Society
♦ Zionist Fulfillment
♦ Development of Young Zionist Leadership
♦ The Zionist Heritage-Publications, Literature, Archival Preservation
♦ Zionist Education and its Social, Cultural and Spiritual Components
♦ The Settlement Enterprise in Israel
♦ Israel-Diaspora Relations
18:30-20:00
Department for Zionist Activities Forum for Heads of Zionist Federations
See the live broadcast produced May 27, 2010at UJA Federation in New York. More than 50 delegates and alternates from the New York metropolitan area participated in the meeting in person. Many other watched the proceeding which were broadcast over the internet. At the conclusion of the main briefing the young delegates stayed to learn, discuss and socialize.
See some photos from the event:
U.S. COMMITTEE PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS TO 36TH WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS
New Slates wishing to participate in Elections to the World Zionist Congress, scheduled to take place in June 2010, must adhere to a set of Rules established by the U.S. Area Election Committee. While the entire set of election rules have not yet been finalized, below are the rules adopted regarding new lists:
NEW SLATES
Groups not represented at the 35th Zionist Congressÿ wishing to participate in elections to the 36th Zionist Congress shall:
a) Send a letter to be received by the Area Election Committee no later than October 31,stating the desire of the group to participate in the elections.
The letter shall:
- describe the unique Zionist philosophy embodied by the slate
- state how the slate’s participation will advance the Zionist Movement, and
- express the group’s full acceptance of and compliance with the WZO Constitution and the AZM Constitution
b) The letter shall be accompanied by an $1,800, check payable to the American Zionist Movement, as a filing fee
c) By November 15, 2009 a new slate shall also submit a petition with the signatures of 300 potential voters (individuals qualified to vote), including each signatory’s:
- Full Name
- Full Mailing Address (If this is a US Post Office Box due to lack of home delivery in a rural area, the signatory must also submit a physical residence address)
- Date of Birth
- Preferred Telephone Number and
- Email address
- Signatories shall indicate that they accept the Jerusalem Program, which delineates the foundations of Zionism.
The petition shall be comprised of the platform of the new slate (as previously submitted to the Area Election Committee), and the names of its candidates for election in the order they would be elected.
c) The petition shall be accompanied by a sortable digital file (spreadsheet) with the above-described data of the signatories.
d) If accepted, the slate shall be included on the ballot, but shall be required to poll sufficient votes to win one mandate without remainders in order to be seated at the Congress.
e) No person may sign a petition for more than one new slate, nor may they sign a petition if they appear as a candidate on a competing slate.
f) Organizations in arrears to the American Zionist Movement shall not reorganize to run as a New Slate.
