Second Zionist Congress
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The Second World Zionist Congress met in Basel, Switzerland on 28 August 1898. and was the second meeting of the Zionist Organisation. The World Zionist Congress brought together delegates from across
Herzl addressing the Second Zionist Congress
Medal from the Second Zionist Congress, 1898. In the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
Proposed flag for the future state that was used in the Second Congress. It bears resemblance to the modern flag, with the Star of David and two blue stripes, but also features a lion and five stars in its centre.
Theodor Herzl
World Zionist Congress
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The Zionist Congress was established in 1897 by Theodor Herzl as the supreme organ of the Zionist Organization and its legislative authority. In 1960, the names were changed to World Zionist Congress
Second Zionist Congress
…The Second World Zionist Congress met in Basel, Switzerland on 28 August 1898. and was the second meeting of the Zionist Organisation. The World Zionist Congress brought together delegates from across the world to raise funds, lobby support and create the institutions that would one day form the modern day Jewish…
The Second Zionist Congress in Basel, 1898
Participant card for the first Zionist congress in Basel, Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
12th Zionist Congress, Carlsbad 1921
16th Zionist Congress, Zurich 1929