American Zionist Movement
Encyclopedia
The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is the American federation of Zionist groups and individuals affiliated with the World Zionist Organization
. According to its misión, it is committed to Zionism: the idea that the Jewish people is one people with a shared history, values and language.
in the United States, and it’s in charge of carrying out elections and sending delegates to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem every four years.
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World Zionist Organization
The World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...
. According to its misión, it is committed to Zionism: the idea that the Jewish people is one people with a shared history, values and language.
History
The American Zionist Movement was founded in 1993 as a successor organization of the American Zionist Federation. Since then, it has been the official representative of the World Zionist OrganizationWorld Zionist Organization
The World Zionist Organization , or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization , or ZO, in 1897 at the First Zionist Congress, held from August 29 to August 31 in Basel, Switzerland...
in the United States, and it’s in charge of carrying out elections and sending delegates to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem every four years.
Principles
The AZM suscribes to the five pricinples of the Jerusalem ProgramJerusalem Program
The Jerusalem Program is the ideological plataform of the Zionist Movement, and was initially adopted in 1951 at the 23rd World Zionist Congress to replace the Basel Program...
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- The Unity of the Jewish people and the centrality of Israel in Jewish life;
- The ingathering of the Jewish people in the historic homeland, Eretz Israel, through AliyahAliyahAliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...
from all countries; - The strengthening of the State of Israel which is based on the prophetic vision of justice and peace;
- The preservation of the identity of the Jewish people through the fostering of Jewish, Hebrew and Zionist education and of Jewish spiritual and cultural values;
- The protection of Jewish rights everywhere.
Member Organizations
- AmeinuAmeinuAmeinu is an American Jewish Zionist organization. Established in 2004 as the successor to the Labor Zionist Alliance, it is the continuation of Labor Zionist activity in the United States that began with the founding of Poale Zion in 1905....
(formerly the Labor Zionist Alliance) - AMITAMITAMIT is an American Jewish Zionist volunteer organization, dedicated to education in Israel and nurturing Israeli children to become productive, contributing members of society...
- ARZAArzaArza is a small populated town and township, east of Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It belongs to Lhari County of the Nagqu Prefecture. It contains solar panels....
— Association of Reform Zionists of America - Baltimore Zionist District
- Bnai Zion
- Green Zionist AllianceGreen Zionist AllianceThe Green Zionist Alliance is a New York-based secular and pluralistic Jewish environmental organization that is a U.S.-registered 501 tax-deductible nonprofit charity...
- Herut, N.A.
- Jewish Reconstructionist FederationJewish Reconstructionist FederationJewish Reconstructionist Federation founded in 1955, is the synagogue arm of Reconstructionist Judaism, serving more than 100 congregations and havurot spread across North America. It is located at 101 Greenwood Ave., Suite 430 in Jenkintown, PA....
- MERCAZ USA
- Meretz USA
- NA’AMAT-USA
- RAJI — Russian American Jews for Israel
- Religious Zionists of AmericaReligious Zionists of AmericaThe Religious Zionists of America is an American based organization that serves as the official body for those, mostly Modern Orthodox Jews who identify with Religious Zionism and support the goals of the general Mizrachi movement in America, Europe and Israel.Most rabbis...
- Zionist Organization of AmericaZionist Organization of AmericaThe Zionist Organization of America , founded in 1897, was one of the first official Zionist organizations in the United States, and, especially early in the 20th century, the primary representative of Jewish Americans to the World Zionist Organization, espousing primarily Political Zionism.Today,...