First Zionist Congress

Extraordinary Zionist Congress -75 Years to the State of Israel - Opinion

The ideology of state Zionism formed the basis for the creation of the State of Israel, and today we must consider what a renewed form of state Zionism might entail.

|ByDR. HAIM BEN YAKOV, EURO-ASIAN JEWISH CONGRESS DIRECTOR GENERAL
Dr. Haim Ben Yaakov
President Isaac Herzog addresses the event marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress in Basel on August 29 2022.

Extraordinary Zionist Congress to take place in Jerusalem next week

Over 2,000 Jewish leaders and young people from Israel and all over the world will gather at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
CELEBRATIONS TAKE place in the streets of Tel Aviv moments after the UN voted to pave the way for the creation of Israel, on November 29, 1947

Celebrating 75 years of Theodor Herzl's Zionist idea - opinion

The world recognized Theodor Herzl's old-new Zionist idea, Jews are a people tied to a particular homeland with the right to establish a Jewish state in their homeland.

|ByGIL TROY
Rabbi David Fine (L) is seen shaking hands with Religious Zionist Party leader MK Bezalel Smotrich.

A need for strong religious Zionist political representation

For many Israelis, the role of the religious Zionism is narrowly conceived as being solely related to issues of land and the military response to our enemies but it is so much more than that.

|ByDAVID FINE

125 years on, this is my Zionism - opinion

Zionism and the state of Israel means a lot to the Jewish people, why?

AUGUST 29, 2022ByMEIRA LERNER
THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.

Basel 125 years later: Our biggest challenge is anti-Zionism -opinion

We cannot guarantee a secure Jewish future without strong efforts to push back against the extreme anti-Zionism rampant in many countries and seeping into international forums.

AUGUST 29, 2022ByJONATHAN A. GREENBLATT
ISRAEL IS accused of genocide, at a protest outside the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles, May 2021.

Sylvan Adams: 'Israel belongs to all Jews'

Sylvan Adams spoke at the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress

AUGUST 28, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SYLVAN ADAMS exercises with children from Save a Child’s Heart.

What are Israeli president Herzog's reasons for visiting Switzerland? - comment

While Herzog is in Switzerland, he will witness the signing of a groundbreaking agreement between Israel and the Swiss National Science Foundation.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Herzog at the Dubai expo, 1/31/2022.

World Jewry leaders arrive in Basel to celebrate 125 years since First Zionist Congress

President Isaac Herzog is expected to have his picture taken on the balcony where Herzl was photographed, closing an emotional circle to 125 of Jewish-Zionist history.

AUGUST 28, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Theodor Herzl addresses the First or Second Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland

Herzl and the First Zionist Congress: Then and now - opinion

We need a new Herzl and a new Zionist Congress, not for the purpose of establishing a state or defining identity, but to breathe the spirit of solidarity and Jewish brotherhood into an era of strife.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByYEDIDIA STERN
Theodor Herzl addresses the First Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897

Terrorist to help lead protests of Zionist Congress 125th in Switzerland

A key figure and speaker at the anti-Israel protest is both a PFLP member and a Samidoun activist.

AUGUST 24, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR
The Opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964.

Dreaming Jewishly again: The 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress

In introducing Herzl to the next generation, I learned some defining lessons from the 1897 Zionist Congress. These insights should shape the debate we need today.

AUGUST 23, 2022ByGIL TROY
BRAVO TO World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel and his staff for jumpstarting this dreaming-and-doing process, says the writer.

Grapevine January 30, 2022: A year of milestone anniversaries

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 29, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli pop star Sarit Hadad.

The need for Israel 71 years later

Ask yourself and then your child: would you travel to Israel for free? Now ask: if necessary, would you travel to Israel to live?

JUNE 29, 2019ByADAM HUMMEL
THE TWENTY-FIRST Zionist Congress, Geneva, 1939.