Official Website of the US Election for the 39th World Zionist Congress
Between March 10 and May 4, 2025, American Jews can vote for their vision of the Jewish people in Israel and around the world.
Make sure your point of view is represented in the next World Zionist Congress. By voting you will be able to choose one of the many slates representing diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions. The 152 delegates elected from the United States will join hundreds from Israel and around the world at the 39th World Zionist Congress in October 2025, the international “parliament of the Jewish people”, to make decisions and set policies regarding key institutions that support global Jewish life and which allocate over $1 billion annually to support Israel and world Jewry (including the World Zionist Organization, Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Agency for Israel). With more slates and candidates than ever before, American Jews have a rare opportunity to make a direct impact on the future direction of Israel and diaspora affairs.
SLATES
There are 21 slates running in the 2025 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 can cast a ballot for only one slate. No votes are cast for individual candidates.
Slates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot (chosen by random selection).
- SHAS
- VISION
- VOTE REFORM
- Kol Israel - Standing Together to Strengthen Israel and the Jewish People
- ORTHODOX ISRAEL COALITION (OIC) – MIZRACHI: On the Frontlines for Israel’s Future
- ANU: A New Union – A NextGen Big Tent for the Jewish American Consensus
- Israel365 Action - Vote AGAINST the two state "solution" and FOR Judea and Samaria!
- Achdut Israel
- Am Yisrael Chai: Investing in Jewish leadership, fulfilling our destiny
- Aish Ha’am
- ERETZ HAKODESH: Protecting the Kedusha and Mesorah of Eretz Yisrael
- Beyachad – TOGETHER FOR ISRAEL
- Intentionally Left Blank
- AID COALITION (America-Israel Democracy): The Israeli-American Voice to Rebuild Israel
- ZOA Coalition: The 30+ Leading Orgs Defending Jews-Students-Israel-Judea-Samaria
- HATIKVAH: The Progressive Slate - Vote for Change & Hope, Vote for a Better Future in Israel
- MERCAZ USA: The Voice of Conservative/Masort Judaism
- Dorshei Torah V’Tzion: Torah and Israel for the Future of all Jews
- Intentionally Left Blank
- The Jewish Future — Centrist Liberal Zionism
- American Forum for Israel
- Israeli American Council (IAC) : A Coast to Coast Community with Israel at Heart and Spirit
- Herut North America – The Jabotinsky Movement
FAQ
To be eligible to vote in the US Election to the 39th World Zionist Congress you must:
- Be Jewish (and not subscribe to another religion)
- Be 18 years or older by June 30, 2025
- Be a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident in the U.S.
- Maintain your primary residence in the U.S.
- Accept the Jerusalem Program (the Zionist movement platform)
- Have not voted in the November 2022 Knesset election (and will not vote in any future Knesset election which may be held prior July 28, 2025)
Click here to register and then vote. Each person can only register and vote one time. Registration and voting can most easily be done anytime in minutes online from your computer, smartphone, tablet or mobile device. There is a $5.00 fee to register which covers the administrative costs of the American Zionist Movement (AZM) to run the election. This small fee, in the tradition of Herzl’s “Zionist Shekel” to join the movement, also serves to prevent fraud by making sure that individuals are voting and are only doing so once. Payments can be made by credit card, ACH, Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. There is an option to vote by paper ballot via postal mail (click here for the forms and information). Votes are secret and are recorded by Votem Corp., an independent private election management firm retained by AZM.
The 39th World Zionist Congress (WZC) will be held in Jerusalem from October 28. 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 Leyisrael (JNF) and Keren Hayesod – which together allocate over $1 billion annually in funding in support of Israel and Jewish communities 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.
In the United States the American Zionist Movement (AZM), as the national umbrella Zionist federation, organizes a grassroots public vote where the American Jewish community elects 152 delegates to the WZC, which includes 525 elected delegates from Jewish communities worldwide. The election in the US is overseen by an “Area Election Committee” established by AZM under the rules of the World Zionist Organization.
AZM is comprised of 46 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.
Please email AZM at elections@azm.org or call 212-339-6944. More information is available at www.azm.org/elections.