TIMES OF ISRAEL
Delegates descend on World Zionist Congress for largest-ever plenum on Jewish future
Zev Stub
October 28, 2025

The “parliament of the Jewish people” is set to open this week in Jerusalem as some 2,500 participants from 42 countries descend upon the capital’s International Convention Center for the 39th World Zionist Congress from October 28-30. The confab is set to be the largest on record. After an election marred by widespread alleged voter fraud in the United States, activists and influencers from across the political and religious spectrum will now gather to deliberate over competing visions of Jewish identity, religious authority, and the future of Israel itself…Orthodox, right-wing parties were the big winners in the US election, with Am Yisrael Chai winning 21 seats, Eretz HaKodesh securing 19, and the Orthodox Israel Coalition-Mizrachi winning 18 out of 155 seats. The Reform movement remained the largest single faction with 33 delegates, while the Conservative movement’s Mercaz USA garnered 19 to round out the top five of the 22 parties. READ MORE

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