MERCAZ USA President Rabbi Vernon Kurtz in a quiet moment of prayer before the start of the Zionist Congress

Youth alternate delegate Andrea Schwartz reading Torah as Bob Braitman, Sandy Starkman and Wolfgang Levy look on

Rabbi Joe Wernik, Executive Vice-President of MERCAZ Olami & Masorti Olami, in final meeting before retirement

Rabbi Jerome Epstein, Dr. Ray Goldstein and Rabbi Alan Silverstein at the Masorti Kotel at Robinson’s Arch

MERCAZ/Masorti leaders Rabbi Joe Wernik, Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Alan Silberman and Dr. David Breakstone (l-r) planning Zionist Congress strategy

Rabbi Jim Lebeau (center), Director of the USCJ Fuchsberg Center, and former USCJ President Stephen Wolnek (l) leading tour of the facility

MERCAZ delegates Stephen Steckler, Evelyn Seelig, Mark Samuels (l-r) listening to Schechter President Dr. David Golinkin

Dr. David Golinkin, President of the Schechter Institute, welcoming MERCAZ delegation

MERCAZ Executive Director Rabbi Robert Golub and Masorti Olami President Alan Silberman at Schechter Institute