34th Zionist Congress
Program

• Monday, 7 Tamuz 5762, 17 June 2002
• Tuesday, 8 Tamuz 5762, 18 June 2002
• Wednesday, 9 Tamuz 5762, 19 June 2002
• Thursday, 10 Tamuz, 20 June 2002

Monday, 7 Tamuz 5762, 17 June 2002

9:00 - 13:00 Young Zionist Leadership Initiative Conference
Pincus Hall
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

11:00 - 14:00 Meeting of the Chairpersons of the Zionist Federations
Oren Hall 4
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

12:00 - 18:00 Hagshama Conference
Dulzin Hall
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

12:00 - 14:00 Meeting of the Zionist General Council Presidium
Oren Hall 3
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

14:00 - 16:00 Meeting of the Zionist Executive
Oren Hall 2
Translation: Hebrew, English

14:30 - 17:30 Meeting of the Zionist General Council XXXIII/6
Pincus Hall
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

20:00 Plenary Session 1
Chairman: Sallai Meridor, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel and the World Zionist Organization

Festive Opening, Mt. Herzl
In the Presence of: Moshe Katzav, President of Israel
Ehud Olmert, Mayor of Jerusalem

"Zionism - A Harmony of Colors"

A celebration of Zionism marking the 100th anniversary of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael

Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

Tuesday, 8 Tamuz 5762, 18 June 2002

6:30 - 7:30 Meeting of World Factions and International Jewish Organizations

9:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session 2
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Amalia Polack
Deputy Chairman: Arieh Handler
Deputy Chairman: TBA

Address by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

10:00 - 11:30 Plenary Session 3
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Jack Kahn
Deputy Chairman: Daniel Rubin

Report by Judge Dr. Moshe Bejski, President of the Zionist Supreme Court -
Approval of the Composition of the Zionist Congress

Elections:

Zionist Congress Presidium*
Zionist Congress Committees
Honorary Members

In Memoriam
Presented by: Moshe Nissan

Reports:
Head of the Department for Zionist Activities, Dr. David Breakstone
Head of the Hagshama Department: Haim Hayet**
Head of the Settlement Division, Avraham Duvdevani
Head of the Center for Religious Affairs, Eliezer Sheffer
Alternate Comptroller of the World Zionist Organization, Asaf Sela

Election of the Standing Committee of the Zionist Congress**

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* The Presidium will convene immediately after its election in Oren Hall 3
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** The report will be given during plenary session 11

*** The Standing Committee will convene immediately after its election in Oren Hall 3
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11:30 - 13:00 Plenary Session 4
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Russel Silverman
Deputy Chairman: Janet Tobin

"The Solidarity and Mutual Responsibility of the Jewish people and the State of Israel"

Address by the Chairman of the Zionist Executive, Sallai Meridor

Address by the Treasurer of the World Zionist Organization, Chaim Chessler

Plenary Discussion

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14:00 - 15:00 Plenary Session 5
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Haya Cohen
Deputy Chairman: Sondra Sokal
Deputy Chairman: Leon Masliah

Elections:

Zionist Executive Chairman
Zionist Executive Treasurer
Zionist Executive Members

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15:00 - 16:30 Plenary Session 6
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Sidney Shipton
Deputy Chairman: Dov Puder

Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State in Keeping with Zionist Principles

Opening remarks and Moderator: Eli Ayal
Address: Professor Aharon Barak, President of the Supreme Court
Panel: Professor Arthur Hertzberg, New York University
Dr. Yaacov Neeman, Former Minister of the Treasury

Discussion

Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

16:30 - 18:00 Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State in Keeping with Zionist Principles

Mini-Sessions (by language)

Mini-Session 1: Oren Hall 2
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Avi-Yonah Schwab
Moderator: Paula Edelstein - Rabbi Richard Hirsch
English

Mini-Session 2: Teddy Hall C
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Nancy Falchuk
Moderator: Arieh Azoulay
French

Mini-Session 3: Oren Hall 1
Chairman: Dalya Sommee
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Moderator: Dr. David Breakstone
English

Mini-Session 4: Dulchin Hall A
Chairman: Eliezer Sheffer
Moderator: Haim Hayet
Spanish

Mini-Session 5: Oren Hall 3
Chairman: Moises Miterani
Deputy Chairman: Rabbi Shmuel Goldin
Moderator: Yehezkel Zakai
Hebrew

Mini-Session 6: Pinkus Hall
Chairman: Eytan Hammerman
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Moderator: Avraham Duvdevani
Hebrew

Mini-Session 7: Dulzin Hall B
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Dolores Wilkenfeld
Moderator: Michal Modai
English

Mini-Session 8: Teddy Hall B
Chairman: Zvi Raviv
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Moderator: Amir Peled
Hebrew

Mini-Session 9: Oren Hall 4
Chairman: Rochelle Wilner
Deputy Chairman: Peter Sheldon
Moderator: Reuven Shalom
English-Hebrew

Mini-Session 10: Teddy Hall A
Chairman: Marion Maman
Deputy Chairman: Rabbi Alan Silverstein
Moderator: Amos Hermon
English-Hebrew

18:00 - 19:00 Plenary Session 7
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Evelyn Seelig
Deputy Chairman: Judith Cohen
Deputy Chairman: Ana Marlene Starec

"The Source of It All - 100 years of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael"

Remarks: Yehiel Leket, Directorate Chairman of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael
Shlomo Gravetz, Directorate Co-Chairman of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael

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20:00 - 20:30 Plenary Session 8
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Isaac Aspani
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: TBA

The 34th Zionist Congress Expresses Solidarity with the Families of Victims of Terrorism

Remarks: Chairman of Zionist Congress Presidium

"Vekachalom Ya'uf (And Like a Dream He Flies Away) -
` A memorial to Danny Ifrah
Choreographer - Roni Wernick

The Story of a Family Victimized by Terror

Song: Carmit Reuven

Translation: Hebrew, English, French, Spanish, Russian

20:30 - 21:15 Plenary Session 9
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Etty Livny
Deputy Chairman: Patrick Klugman
Deputy chairman: Alessandra Israel

"The Zionist Challenge: Demographic Aspects"

Jewish Demography in Israel and the Diaspora
Professor Sergio Della Pergola, Hebrew University

Strategies for Deepening the Jewish-Zionist Nature of Israel
Professor Yehezkel Dror, Hebrew University
Chairman of the Strategic Forum of the Zionist Council in Israel

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21:15 - 22:30 Plenary Session 10
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Bonnie Lipton
Deputy Chairman: Francis Weitz
Deputy Chairman: Rabbi Alfredo Rosensweig
Deputy Chairman: Shimon Haziza

The Struggle Against Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Xenophobia, and the Delegitimization of the State of Israel

Speakers: Senator Professor Nachum Bergstein, Uruguay
Sir Martin Gilbert, England
Rabbi Michael Melchior, Deputy Foreign Minister, Israel

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22:30 - 24:00 Regional meetings:
North America - Teddy Hall A
Latin America - Oren Hall 4
Europe - Oren Hall 3
FSU - Oren Hall 2
Australia/South Africa/New Zealand - Oren Hall 1
Israel - Pincus Hall

Wednesday, 9 Tamuz 5762, 19 June 2002

7:00 - 8:30 Meetings of World Factions and International Jewish Organizations

9:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session 11
Usishkin Hall
Chairman: Claude Naville
Deputy Chairman: Steven Elstein
Deputy Chairman: Ezra Wanetik

"The Young Generation and Its Involvement in the Zionist Decision-Making Process"

Opening Remarks and Moderator: Haim Hayet, Head of the Hagshama Department
Panel with the participation of representatives of the young generation:
Daniela Zeitune, Argentina
Benjamin Rubin, Canada
Aviva Viskovsky, Israel
Peleg Reshef, Israel

Plenary Discussion

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10:30 - 11:45 Plenary Session 12
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Rabbi Simcha Krauss
Deputy Chairman: Ron Nahman
Deputy Chairman: Pnina Herzog

"This Is Zionism"

The Herzl Museum: Visual Presentation

100 Years of the Mizrachi Movement
Rabbi Professor Norman Lamm, President of Yeshiva University

The First Zionist Israeli Congress
Recognition of Yussof A-Din, Chairman of the Druze Zionist Council
Nissan Harpaz, Chairman of the Zionist Council in Israel

Social Action and Responsibility in Israel and Among the Jewish People
Major General Uzi Dayan, Head of the National Security Council and Chairman of the Forum for National Responsbility

11:45 - 12:15 Plenary Session 13
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Roy Clements
Deputy Chairman: Barbara Spack
Deputy Chairman: Bernard Jerry Tenebaum

Address by Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister of Defense

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12:15 - 13:00 Plenary Session 14
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Harold Shapiro
Deputy Chairman: Dr. Philip Bliss
Deputy Chairman: Jason Hadassin

Address by Knesset Member Yossi Sarid, Chairman of the Opposition

Translation: Hebrew, English, France, Spanish, Russian

13:00 - 14:00 Briefing of Chairpersons, Deputy Chairman and Secretaries of the Committees
Oren Hall 2
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14:00 - 18:00 The 34th Zionist Congress Salutes Olim
Two tracks

Track 1
14:00 Leave for Ben Gurion Airport
15:30 - 16:30 Welcoming of new immigrants
16:30 - 18:00 Return to Jerusalem

Track 2
14:00 Leave for absorption centers
15:00 - 17:00 Meeting with immigrant families, soldiers and students who immigrated on their own, and participants in a variety Jewish Agency programs (including SELA)
17:00 - 18:00 Return to Jerusalem

18:30 - 22:30 Committees:

1. Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, based on Zionist principles
Hall: Oren 2
Chairman: Dr. Robert Guttmann
Deputy Chairman: Cynthia Batten
Deputy Chairman: Elimelech Landner
Secretary: Amos Yovel

2. Aliyah - an expression of Zionist fulfillment and a national strategic asset, with a focus on Western countries
Hall: Teddy C
Chairman: Abraham Kaul
Deputy Chairman: Ruth Cohen
Deputy Chairman: Koby Barda
Secretary: Yohanan Simon

3. Settlement as Zionist fulfillment
Hall: Oren 1
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Daniel Vaknin
Deputy Chairman: Maccabi Karaso
Secretary: Danny Breyer

4. Strengthening Zionist awareness in the Jewish educational framework and within the Jewish communities,
Imparting the Hebrew language and its culture
Hall: Dulzin A
Chairman: Jorge Isaac Rosa
Deputy Chairman: Judah Castiel
Secretary: Dr. Ilan Ezrahi

5. The struggle against anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, and racism
Hall: Oren 3
Chairman: Rabbi Robert Orkand
Deputy Chairman: Judith Yudof
Deputy Chairman: Ben Mirman
Secretary: Dr. Motti Friedman

6. Renewal of the Covenant between the Government of Israel, and the status of the World Zionist Organization within the National Institutions
Hall: Pincus
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Rabbi Shmuel Szteinhendler
Deputy Chairman: Kaja Sarde
Secretary: Accountant Haim Bennazeraf

7. Klal Yisrael, Jewish unity, and the centrality of the State of Israel.
Zionist commitment in Israel and the Diaspora - developing a relevant Zionist program
Hall: Dulzin B
Chairman: Robert Levine
Deputy Chairman: Dr. David Korenfeld
Deputy Chairman: Marta Mucznik
Secretary: Dr. Martin Roden

8. Development of young Zionist leadership within youth movements and student organizations, and among young adults, and their inclusion amongst the decision-makers of the Zionist movement
Hall: Teddy B
Chairman: Gael Grunewald
Deputy Chairman: David Livshiz
Deputy Chairman: Jamie Levine
Secretary: Beto Maya

9. Activity and involvement in Israeli society
Hall: Oren 4
Chairman: Rabbi Stanley Devids
Deputy Chairman: Shoshana Ben-Haruch
Deputy Chairman: Sasson Siman Tov
Secretary: Arieh Hasskin

10. Amendments to the Constitution and Regulations
Hall: Teddy A
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Beverly Segal
Deputy Chairman: Shalom P. Doron
Secretary: Tzila Kraskin

22:30 - 23:30 Plenary Session 15
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: Mel Parness
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Harvey Wolinetz

Elections:

- Zionist General Council members and alternates
- President of the Zionist Supreme Court, his alternates and members of the Zionist Supreme Court
- Attorney of the World Zionist Organization and his alternates
- Comptroller of the World Zionist Organization

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23:30 Resolutions Committee
Hall:
Chairman:
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Secretary: Rachel Zisser, Nava Avisar

Thursday, 10 Tamuz, 20 June 2002

7:00 - 8:30 Meetings of the World Factions and International Jewish Organizations

9:00 - 13:00 Plenary Session 16
Ussishkin Hall
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Jim Friedman

Adoption of Resolutions

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13:00 - 13:30 Plenary Session 17

Closing Session of the Zionist Congress
Chairman: TBA
Deputy Chairman: Evelyn Balchor
Deputy Chairman: TBA

Remarks: Chairman of the Zionist Executive
President of the Zionist Congress

The Zionist General Council Salutes Hityashvut

Members of the Zionist General Council will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the new settlement "Yitzpor" on the Gilboa

14:30 Travel to the Gilboa

18:00 - 19:00 Groundbreaking ceremony of the new settlement

Remarks: Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister
Binyanim Ben Eliezer, Minister of Defense
Chairman of the Zionist Exectuive
Treasurer of the Zionist Executive
Chairman of the Zionist General Council
Avi Maoz, Secretary General of the Office of Housing and Construction
Yael Shaltieli, Head of the Regional Council, Beit Shean Valley

Artistic Program

19:30 - 20:30 Meeting of the Zionist General Council XXXIV/1

Beit Shean, Kamrun Hall

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21:00 Return Jerusalem

Shalom and L'hitraot