The Promise of Israel for All Jews - Join MERCAZ Canada to be Counted in the Parliament for the Jewish People

I will fulfill the promise that I gave to David your father…  (I Kings 6:12)

To have an independent Jewish state has been our dream from Abraham until today. Hatikvah proclaims, “our hope - the two-thousand-year-old hope - will not be lost.” 

Today we are blessed with a state, with all the problems of a modern state. David Ben Gurion, Israel’s founding father, famously said, “when Israel has prostitutes and thieves we’ll be a state like no other.” Israel today is a modern state, but so much more. Ben Gurion also headed the Jewish Agency for Israel and World Zionist Organization. He understood Israel’s  importance for all Jews, “the feeling… that they are partners in the enterprise of Israel's resurgence in the ancient homeland of the Jewish people.” Israel’s founders built connections to the Diaspora through Israel’s National Institutions, giving us an important voice via the Zionist Congress. Nearly $1billion is allocated, policies enacted, and appointments made that influence Israel’s society. 

Every country with a Jewish population is assigned delegates to a national Zionist Federation. Canadian Zionist Federation has 20 delegates, divided among member organizations via election. To be included in the election, individuals must be members of one of these seven. 

The WZO, JAFI, and Keren Kayemet LeYisrael aren’t sexy or exciting. They don’t inspire the highs and lows we often see in politics, but they are vital to Israel’s function and to our relationship with Israel. 

Ben Gurion said, “The State of Israel will prove itself not by material wealth, not by military might or technical achievement, but by its moral character and human values.” If you are a Zionist, if you agree with Ben Gurion, if you believe Jews should support Israel, it is your responsibility to join MERCAZ-Canada. It is your responsibility to stand up and be counted among the Diaspora community saying, “we care what Israel is. We care what Israel becomes.”

Joining MERCAZ is the best and most direct way to send a message to leaders in Israel that pluralism, democracy, and equality are critical to creating a strong and vibrant Israel. Help strengthen Israel as a Jewish, Zionist, and democratic state; shape it  as a unique moral and spiritual society rooted in the vision of the prophets — democratic and pluralistic, recognizing and empowering all Jews and guaranteeing the civil, political, and religious rights of all its citizens. Deadline is March 8, 2020. Anyone who will be at least 18 years old by June 30, 2020 can join now and be counted.

FOR CANADA. IF YOU'RE IN THE US GO TO MERCAZUSA.ORG/VOTEMERCAZ. YOU HAVE UNTIL MARCH 11.