June 2010

June 2010

June 2010

Meeting of World Unions and International Jewish Organizations

08:45-10:00

Plenary #1 – Opening by the Congress Elder: Kalman Sultannik

Elections & Reports

• Report by the President of the Zionist Supreme Court – authorization of Congress composition
• Election of Presidium of Congress Committees
• “Between the Congresses” Remarks: Mr. Hagai Meirom,

Treasurer, Zionist Executive

Rabbi Asher Hirsch, Chairman,

Zionist General Council

Elections

• Chairman of the Zionist Executive
• Treasurer of the Zionist Executive
• Members of the Zionist Executive
• President, Zionist Supreme Court
• Attorney General to the WZO
• Comptroller of the WZO

Honorary Fellows

10:00-10:15

In Memoriam
Reader: Moshe Nissan

10:15-12:30

Plenary #2 – Opening Plenary on the Central Theme: Zionism, Herzl’s Dream –  in Perpetual Renewal

Keynote Address:
Professor Shlomo Avineri

Discussion on the Central Theme

12:30-13:30

Plenary #3:

Address by MK Tzipi Livni
Head of the Opposition

Meeting of World Unions and International Jewish Organizations

09:00-11:00

4 Mini-Plenaries on Themes:

Zionism / Post-Zionism

Professor Gil Troy

Dr Micha Goodman

Who is a Zionist?

Professor Ruth Gavison

The Character of Israeli Society – Dream versus Reality

Professor Yossi Yonah

Professor Ariel Feldstein

Countering Anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism

Professor Robert Wistrich

Professor Shmuel Trigano (Univ. of Sorbonne, Paris)

11:30-13:00

Workshops: Herzl at Your Fingertips

Interactive workshops language groups

12:00-13:30

Instruction to Committee Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Secretaries

Meeting of World Unions and International Jewish Organizations

07:30-08:45

Security procedures and entrance to Hall ahead of Prime Minister’s Keynote address

09:00-10:00

Plenary #6

Opening Address:
Chairman,
The Jewish Agency for Israel

Mr. Natan Sharansky

Keynote Address:

Prime Minister of the

State of Israel,
Mr.  Benamin Netanyahu

10:00-14:00

Plenary #7

Adoption of Resolutions

Meeting of the Zionist Executive

16:30-18:00

Presidium of the Zionist General Council

18:30-19:30
Standing/Preparatory Committee

Standing Committee

13:45 Buses depart Binyanei HaUma

14:00-18:00

On-site visits and discussions on Congress themes:

• Zionism in Israeli Society
• Zionist Fulfillment
• Development of Young Zionist Leadership;
• The Zionist Heritage – Publications, Literature, Archival Preservation
• Zionist Education and its Social, Cultural and Spiritual Components
• The Settlement Enterprise
• Israel-Diaspora Relations

18:30-20:00
Department for Zionist Activities Forum for Heads of Zionist Federations

Regional Meetings

14:30-18:30

8 Congress Committee Sessions (members only)

• Zionism in Israel Society
• Zionist Fulfillment
• Development of Young Zionist Leadership
• Zionist Heritage – Publications, Literature, Archival Preservation
• Zionist Education and its Social, Cultural and Spiritual Components
• The Settlement Enterprise
• The Zionist Organization in the Diaspora (Zionist Federations) and Israel
• Constitutional Issues

19:00

Resolutions’ Committee

19:15-19:45 Security for Gala Event

Plenary #8

Closing Session
of the 36^th Zionist Congress

15:00-17:00

Zionist General Council Elect

Session 36/1

Plenary #4

The Zionist Congress Salutes the Young Generation

Greetings: �
Gideon Saar, Minister for Education

Gala Program with the participation of youth movements, students and Dor Hemshech

Plenary #5

Zionism, Herzl’s Dream
- in Perpetual Renewal

Gala Performance Marking the 150^th Anniversary of the Birth of  Binyamin Zeev (Theodor) Herzl

In the presence of:

The President of the State of Israel
Mr. Shimon Peres
Mayor of Jerusalem
Mr. Nir Barkat