Between January 21 and March 11, 2020, American Jews can vote for the Jewish future in Israel and around the world.

The Jerusalem Program is a set of ideals and principles that established the foundations of Zionism. It states:
Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, brought about the establishment of the State of Israel, and views a Jewish, Zionist, democratic and secure State of Israel to be the expression of the common responsibility of the Jewish people for its continuity and future. The full text can be found here.

The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is comprised of 33 national Jewish Zionist organizations and works across a broad ideological, political and religious spectrum linking the American Jewish community together in support of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people. AZM is the Zionist Federation in the United States affiliated with the World Zionist Organization (WZO). Learn more at azm.org.

There are 15 slates running in the 2020 US Election for the 38th World Zionist Congress. Click on each slate’s name and see their platform statement and list of candidates. Each voter will select one slate to vote for (and not for individual candidates).
Slates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot (chosen by random selection).
                       

1.                                 Eretz Hakodesh: Protecting the Kedusha and Mesorah of Eretz Yisrael                            
2.                             
3.                                 Vote Reform: ARZA Representing the Reform Movement and Reconstructing Judaism                            
4.                             
5.                                 Israel Shelanu (Our Israel)                            
6.                             
7.                                 Orthodox Israel Coalition – Mizrachi: Vote Torah                            
8.                             
9.                                 Vision: Empowering the Next Generation                            
10.                             
11.                                 MERCAZ USA: The Voice of Conservative/Masorti Judaism                            
12.                             
13.                                 Dorshei Torah V’Tziyon: Torah and Israel for All                            
14.                             
15.                                 Hatikvah: Progressive Israel Slate                            
16.                             
17.                                 Ohavei Zion: World Sephardic Zionist Organization                            
18.                             
19.                                 Herut Zionists: The Jabotinsky Movement                            
20.                             
21.                                 ZOA Coalition: Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Torah from Sinai, Make Israel Great (MIG) & National Pro-Israel Partners – Courageously Defending Israel, Sovereignty & the Jewish People                            
22.                             
23.                                 American Forum for Israel                            
24.                             
25.                                 Americans4Israel: Unity, Peace & Security                            
26.                             
27.                                 Kol Yisrael:  For the love of Israel - Making Zionism Compelling in the 21st Century                            
28.                             
29.                                 Shas Olami                            

                   
To be eligible to vote in the US Election to the 38th World Zionist Congress you must:
                                

• Be Jewish                      
• Be 18 years of age or above (as of June 30, 2020)
• Be a permanent resident of the United States
• Have not voted and will not vote in the March 2, 2020 Knesset election
• Affirm your commitment to the Jerusalem Program

The 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC) will be held in Jerusalem from October 20 – 22, 2020. It is the only democratically elected global Jewish forum and is the direct continuation of The First Zionist Congress, convened by Theodor Herzl in 1897. That gathering was the genesis of the modern Zionist movement and the original meeting of great minds that collectively put to paper the idea that the Jewish people should have a state of their own.

Today, the WZC, which now meets about every five years, is the overall supreme ideological and policy-making body of the Zionist movement. The delegates and the bodies they form at the WZC determine the leadership and influence the policies of Israel’s National Institutions: the World Zionist Organization (WZO), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet LeIsrael (JNF) and Keren Hayesod – which together allocate nearly $1 billion annually in funding in support of Israel and Jewish communities around the world.