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Arzenu
{{Israel-stub Arzenu is an organization for the political representation of Reform and Progressive Religious Zionist communities in Israel and fourteen other countries. It was founded in 1980 as a ''Brit Olamit'' in the World Zionist Congress, and is affiliated with the Netzer Olami Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to Arzenu (the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in Hebrew for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', × ×•×¢× ... youth organization. External links * http://www.arzenu.org/ Zionist organizations Reform Zionism Jewish organizations established in 1980 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Zionist Congress
The Zionist Congress was established in 1897 by Theodor Herzl as the supreme organ of the Zionist Organization (ZO) and its legislative authority. In 1960 the names were changed to World Zionist Congress ( he, ×”×§×•× ×’×¨×¡ ×”×¦×™×•× ×™ העולמי ''HaKongres HaTsioni HaOlami'') and World Zionist Organization (WZO), respectively. The World Zionist Organization elects the officers and decides on the policies of the WZO and the Jewish Agency, including "determining the allocation of funds." The first Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897. Any Jew over age 18 who belongs to a Zionist association is eligible to vote, and the number of elected delegates to the Congress is 500. 38% of the delegates are allocated to Israel, 29% to the United States of America, and 33% to the remainder of the countries of the Diaspora. In addition there are about 100 delegates which are appointed by International Organizations (e.g. B'nai B'rith, see below) affiliated with WZO. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netzer Olami
Netzer Olami is the worldwide youth movement of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and is affiliated to Arzenu (the Zionist arm of the WUPJ). "Netzer" is an acronym in Hebrew for Reform Zionist Youth (''Noar Tsioni Reformi'', × ×•×¢×¨ ×¦×™×•× ×™ רפורמי), and Netzer Olami means 'Global Netzer'. Today there are 16,000 members active in the different sniffim (chapters) that are located in the following places: Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, Israel (Noar Telem), The Netherlands, North America (NFTY), Panama, Russia, South Africa, France, United Kingdom (LJY-Netzer, RSY-Netzer) and Ukraine. The Netzer Olami head office is in Beit Shmuel, (The Head Office the World Union for Progressive Judaism) in Jerusalem. The Netzer symbol The Netzer symbol was designed in Melbourne, Australia, by Daniel (Danny) L. Schiff.{{citation needed, date=June 2014 Ideology Every year, the ''Netzer Veida'' Olamit (the decision-making and ideology forum) attracts particip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Zionism
Reform Zionism, also known as Progressive Zionism, is the ideology of the Zionist arm of the Reform or Progressive branch of Judaism. The Association of Reform Zionists of America is the American Reform movement's Zionist organization. Their mission “endeavors to make Israel fundamental to the sacred lives and Jewish identity of Reform Jews. As a Zionist organization, the association champions activities that further enhance Israel as a pluralistic, just and democratic Jewish state.†In Israel, Reform Zionism is associated with the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. History Historically, Zionism was a secular ideology that was opposed by Orthodox and Conservative and Reform. While Orthodox and Conservative groups opposed Zionism for being more nationalist than religious, Reform Judaism opposed a return to Zion for theological reasons. Reform theology conceived of Judaism as the universal religion of the prophets. In 1845, Samuel Hirsch, David Einhorn and Samuel Holdheim p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zionist Organizations
Zionism ( he, ×¦Ö´×™Ö¼×•Ö¹× ×•Ö¼×ª ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Jewish tradition as the Land of Israel, which corresponds in other terms to the region of Palestine, Canaan, or the Holy Land, on the basis of a long Jewish connection and attachment to that land. Modern Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, both in reaction to newer waves of antisemitism and as a response to Haskalah, or Jewish Enlightenment. Soon after this, most leaders of the movement associated the main goal with creating the desired homeland in Palestine, then an area controlled by the Ottoman Empire. From 1897 to 1948, the primary goal of the Zionist Movement was to establish the basis for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and thereafter to consolidate it. In a unique vari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
