Make sure your voice is heard at the next World Zionist Congress.

By voting for Arzenu Austria, you can directly influence the representation of liberal values at the WZC – a rare opportunity to actively shape the future of Israel and the Jewish diaspora.

The Austrian delegate will join hundreds of others from Israel and around the world at the 39th World Zionist Congress in October 2025 in Jerusalem – the international “parliament of the Jewish people.” There, key decisions will be made and policies set for central institutions that support Jewish life worldwide and allocate over $1 billion annually to support Israel and global Jewry – including the World Zionist Organization (WZO), the Jewish National Fund (JNF), and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI).

To be eligible to vote in the Austrian election for the 39th World Zionist Congress, you must:

• Be Jewish according to the Israeli Law of Return,
• Be at least 18 years old by the election period (June 22–26, 2025),
• Have your primary residence in Austria,
• Accept the Jerusalem Program (the foundational platform of the Zionist movement),
• Not have voted in the November 2022 Israeli Knesset election.

The 39th World Zionist Congress (WZC) will convene in Jerusalem starting October 28, 2025. It is the only democratically elected global Jewish forum and the direct continuation of the First Zionist Congress, convened by Theodor Herzl in 1897. That gathering marked the beginning of the modern Zionist movement – the historic assembly where the idea of a Jewish state was first formally articulated. Today, the WZC, which meets approximately every five years, remains the highest ideological and policy-making authority of the Zionist movement.

The elected delegates and the bodies they form at the Congress determine leadership and shape the policies of Israel’s National Institutions – including the WZO, the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), the Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (JNF-KKL), and Keren Hayesod – which together allocate over $1 billion annually in support of Israel and Jewish communities around the world.

IMPORTANT:

Everyone who has already filled out the ZFÖ membership form in January or February and transferred the Shekel to us is already registered for the election and does not need to take further action.