World Zionist Organization

The World Zionist Organization, or WZO, was founded as the Zionist Organization, or ZO, on September 3, 1897, at the First Zionist Congress held in Basel, Switzerland. The ZO served as an umbrella organization for the Zionist movement. Theodor Herzl, who organized the first Congress, later wrote, "At Basle I founded the Jewish State...Perhaps in five years, and certainly in fifty, everyone will know it."

External links

• Exhibit of election posters for WZC elections across the decades.
• brief Schorsch bio at the JTS site
• Full text of his December 1997 speech.