Doing Zionism - Department for Zionist Activities

Newsletter: Israel Media Highlights - Update 14 05 09

Annotated collection of links to 9 recent articles helpful to Israel Advocacy

Zionist Federations bring "The Case for Israel" to the Jewish public (London, UK)

Alan Dershowitz presents his film at an event organized by the UK Zionist Federation

Standing Ovation: Idan Raichel and a Star Event with the Zionist Federation in the UK to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut

Israel's 61st Independence Day, Zionist Federation UK - inspiring and memorable events, despite protesters and change of venue

Herzl Day - Marking 149 Years since the Birth of Theodor Herzl

Online features and articles about Yom Herzl (Herzl Day), and collections of resources about Theodor Herzl, with Poster preview

Herzl Awards 5769 - 2009

The Herzl Award is the jewel in the crown of the Department for Zionist Activities, consisting of an inscribed bronze statuette of Herzl, accompanied by a personal certificate. Candidates are all young leaders under age 44, making an outstanding contribution in the field of Israel Advocacy, Zionism, and Israel program activism. Nominations for the Herzl Award were presented by Zionist Federations and approved by an award committee for four countries in the first half of 2009: Great Britain, Sweden, South Africa and the USA.

Jerusalem Prize Awards, 5769 - 2009

The Jerusalem Prize is a beautiful, mounted and engraved silver shofar, awarded annually as a mark of recognition and appreciation for work for Israel and, in some cases, the calling of a lifetime. Nominations for Jerusalem Prizes have so far been received and approved in 2009 by the Department's own nominations committee for Canada and Sweden.

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Zionism isn't what it used to be, by David Breakstone

Zionism isn't what it used to be. And for that, we all have a great deal to be thankful. Imagine if more than 100 years after the founding of the movement we were still confronting the tragedy of Jewish homelessness and helplessness, of no common language with which to speak to one another, of no collective experience out of which to create a contemporary culture, of no representation in the family of nations, of no sovereign society through which to express the ethos of our traditions and of dependence on the goodwill of others for our well-being.

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