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
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
Theodor Herzl
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Theodor Herzl was a Hungarian Jewish journalist and lawyer who was the father of modern political Zionism. Herzl formed the Zionist Organization and promoted Jewish immigration to Palestine, which, in
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 (Hebrew…
Herzl, c. 1897
Herzl at the age of 5
Herzl (seated in the middle) with members of the Zionist Organization in Vienna, 1896
Herzl in Basel, photographed during Fifth Zionist Congress in December 1901, by Ephraim Moses Lilien