Zionism

The 39th World Zionist Congress created a space for all who are invested in the Zionist project to be at the table without checking their values at the door.

The event, a salute to FJC’s network of schools, synagogues, and youth programs across the former Soviet space, featured personal testimony illustrating the stakes for families uprooted by conflict.

As academics and thinkers reviewed Project Maccabee, Adam Scott Bellos recounted receiving feedback comparing his project to the works of Theodor Herzl. That led to Herzl AI.

Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York City mayor has shaken Jewish communities, raising fears about rising BDS influence and sparking debate over aliyah, identity, and Israel’s place in NY Jewry.

What was once the beating heart of Jewish political imagination – the place where our people charted their collective destiny – has devolved into a cheap political bazaar.

World Mizrachi CEO Rabbi Doron Perez is poised to become the president of the World Zionist Organization, while incumbent World Likud head Yaakov Hagoel could be part of the chairman rotation.

Avi Gold’s visit to Syria stands out for the unexpected affection he received from locals, including a special encounter with one of Damascus's last Jews.

This two-way journey of the soul – going out and then returning transformed – is the pathway to personal and national renewal.

I left the conversation soaring – confident that within this broad yet focused movement filled with so many caring, committed, capable people, we agree far more than we disagree.

As the guns fall silent, a new front emerges: securing Jewish identity, defending truth, and building resilient communities.