The World Zionist Organization was founded at the initiative of Theodore Herzl at the First Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland.

Author: Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the Department for the Promotion of Aliyah WZO On the eve of the 39th World Zionist Congress, we are obliged to speak the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may be.

In London, three new Hebrew study classes (ulpan) have been opened, organized by the Department for Aliyah Promotion of the World Zionist Organization.