Voice Your Position with the American Zionist Movement
The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is holding elections to determine U.S. Jewish representation to the World Zionist Congress (WZC), the highest legislative body of the World Zionist Organization (WZO). These elections are the strongest way for American Jews to promote and encourage the ideals of justice, equality and democracy in Israel.
The Jewish Reconstructionist Communities have formed a coalition with the Union of Reform Judaism to support ARZA in this election. Rabbi Elliott is one of the Reconstructionist rabbis that have been chosen to represent the movement's position on the ARZA slate. Elections will be held in Jerusalem in October 2015. The WZO provides a forum for all the world’s Jews to come together and deliberate about issues affecting both Diaspora Jews and the state of affairs in Israel.
The Reconstructionist movement is closely aligned with the Reform movement in Israel—they work intensively for values and institutions entirely compatible with a Reconstructionist vision. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the Union for Reform Judaism, powerfully advances our interests when he engages in conversation and negotiation with Israeli thought leaders on such issues as an egalitarian presence at the Western Wall. The platform of ARZA, the Reform Zionist movement, for this upcoming election advances core issues dear to most Reconstructionists:
Women’s rights and gender equality
Religious equality
Peace and security in the region