Editor’s Note: Yeshiva World News (YWN) takes no official position in the ongoing debate regarding participation in the World Zionist Organization (WZO) elections. As always, YWN follows the guidance of its Rabbanim in determining what content to publish and which advertisements to accept. We urge our readers to do the same—seek the counsel of your Rav or Manhig and follow their direction regarding this, and any other hashkafic matter. ___________________________________ In a powerful and impassioned address at Beth Medrash Govoha’s 2025 Purim Mesiba, HaRav Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshiva of BMG, strongly condemned any notion of joining the World Zionist Organization (WZO). “How could an ehrliche Yid think about joining the WZO?” he asked forcefully. Rav Malkiel lamented the influence of Zionist ideology in frum circles, questioning the long-term impact of such affiliations, declaring: “Who knows what this does to your neshama?!” His words echoed the longstanding stance of BMG’s roshei yeshiva, who have historically opposed involvement in organizations that intertwine Yiddishkeit with secular nationalism, seeing them as treif. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)