Why Zionists still have work to do: the 125th anniversary of Herzl's first Zionist Congress in Basel

The World Zionist Congress turns 125 this week. The international organization bills itself as a kind of global Jewish parliament, setting policies for major Israeli institutions and allocating more than a billion dollars a year to support them. Usually, the delegates meet every five years in Israel; this Sunday, August 28, however, they meet in Basel, Switzerland, where Theodor Herzl convened the very first iteration of the congress in 1897.
The World Zionist Organization is holding two days of events in Basel to mark what’s being called "the most significant Zionist gathering this decade", featuring leading speakers such as Israel’s president and Canadians Gil Troy, Sylvan Adams and Danna Azrieli.
Given the weight of the event, it’s no surprise that David Matlow, the world’s leading collector of Herzl memorabilia and a regular contributor to The CJN, is in Basel to attend.
Matlow give The CJN Daily host Ellin Bessner a taste of what the first Congress was like, and what challenges still face Zionists today.
Video editing: by YuZhu Mou/The CJN Daily.
See David Matlow’s collection from the 1897 Zionist Congress
herzlcollection.com/basel-1897
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