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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Voting starts for Canadian Jews to join the World Zionist Congress. Hereās whatās at stake
Description: While Israelās government is still engaged externally in a nearly 19-month long war with Hamas in Gaza, crucial elections are underway for Jews around the worldāincluding beginning June 5, for Canadaāfor control of Israelās four main national Zionist bodies: the Keren Kayemeth/Jewish National Fund, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the Keren HaYesod/United Israel Appeal, and the World Zionist Organization.
These historic non-governmental institutions take direction from the World Zionist Congress, based in Jerusalem, and described by founder Theodore Herzl over a century ago as the unofficial āParliament of the Jewish Peopleā. This election will choose the 5...