Every Orthodox Jew over the age of 18 can— and, I believe, should— vote
What would you do with $5 billion dollars? Which Torah projects, institutions, and chesed opportunities would you choose? How much kiddush Hashem would you create? How much chillul Hashem would you prevent? That’s a question currently facing the American Torah community.
Allow me to explain: The World Zionist Organization (WZO), based in Jerusalem, is now electing delegates from around the world to attend the upcoming World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in October 2020. To appreciate the significance of this, it’s important to understand what, exactly, is the function of the WZO on the greater Jewish world stage.
The WZO is the parent organization of the Jewish Agency, Keren Kayemet (Jewish National Fund), and Keren HaYesod. Its combined annual budget is $1 billion, and this election will affect policy of the organizations, selection of boards and professional positions, and how the money is allocated over the next five years. And much of that money can be allocated by those boards and professional staff.
The World Zionist Congress, the policy-making body of the WZO, convenes every five years in Jerusalem and brings together over 500 delegates and over a thousand alternates from Zionist organizations around the world, of all political and religious streams and affiliations.
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