Motto | Zionist Advocacy |
---|---|
Formation | 1906 |
Type | Human Rights, Pro-Israel, Human Relations |
Headquarters | New York, NY |
Executive Director
|
Herbert Block |
Key people
|
Richard D. Heideman - President |
Website | azm.org |
The American Zionist Movement (AZM) is the American federation of Zionist groups and individuals affiliated with the World Zionist Organization. According to its misión, it is committed to Zionism: the idea that the Jewish people is one people with a shared history, values and language.
The American Zionist Movement was founded in 1993 as a successor organization of the American Zionist Federation. Since then, it has been the official representative of the World Zionist Organization in the United States, and it’s in charge of carrying out elections and sending delegates to the World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem every four years.
The AZM subscribes to the five principles of the Jerusalem Program: