Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM ‘ OMB No. 1124-0002; Expires May 31, 2020 us. Department of Justice Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended Washington, dc 20530 For Six Month Period Ending Dec3'l,2017 (Insert date) I - REGISTRANT 1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No. World Zionist Organization, American Section Inc. 2278 (c) Business Address(es) of Registrant 633 Third Avenue, 21 floor New York, NY 10017 2. Has there been a change in the information previously furnished in connection with the following? (a) If an individual: (1) Residence address(es) Yes □ No □ (2) Citizenship Yes □ . No □ (3) Occupation Yes □ No Q (b) If an organization: (1) Name (2) Ownership or control (3) Branch offices Yes □ Yes □ Yes □ No 0 No 0 No 0 (c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above. IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3< 4, AND 5(a). 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C*1, state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period. Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 1 The Exhibi t C, for which no printed form is provided, consists ofa true copy of the charter, articles ot incorporation, association, and by laws or a registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Di vision,-U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 No □ If yes, furnish the following information: Name Sam Bloch Position board member Date Connection Ended Sep 1,2017 (b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 No □ If yes, furnish the following information: Name Residence Address David Brandwein 5. 85 South Buckhout Street Irvington NY 10533 Citizenship US Position Date Assumed CFO and Treasurer Sep 1,2017 (a) Has any person named in Item 4(b) rendered services directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal? Yes □ No 0 If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered. (b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any other capacity, any persons who rendered or will render services to the registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principals) in other than a clerical or secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity? Yes □ No 0 Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed (c) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Date Terminated (d) Have any employees or individuals, who have filed a short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes D No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Foreign Principal Date Terminated 6. Have short form registration statements been filed by-all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the supplemental statement? Yes 0 No □ If no, list names of persons who have not filed the required statement! Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 3) II - FOREIGN PRINCIPAL 7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal 8. Date of Termination Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s)2 during this 6 month reporting period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish th following information: Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) 9. Date Acquired In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s)2 whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. The Executive of the World Zionist Organization Jerusalem, Israel 10. (a) Have you filed exhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A3 Yes □ No □ Exhibit B4 Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required exhibit. (b) Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previously filed for any foreign principal whom you represented during this six month period? Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an amendment to these exhibits? Yes □ No □ If no, please attach the required amendment. 2 The term "foreign principal" includes, in addition to those defined in Section 1(b) of the Act, an individual organization any of whose activities'ore directly or'irfdirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major pan by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual. (See Rule 100(a)(9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he is not entitled to claim exemption under Section 3 of the Act. (See Rule 208.) 3 The Exhibit A, which is filed oh Form NSD-3, sets forth the information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal. 4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4, sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 4) III-ACTIVITIES 11. During this 6 month reporting period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No IS If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services: 12. During.this 6 month reporting period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity5*as defined below? Yes □ No 0 If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things, the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery, names of speakers and subject matter. 13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principalsj? Yes □ No 0 If yes, describe fully. 5 "Political activity," os defined in Section l(o) of the Act, means any activity that the person engaging in believes wiil, or that the person intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with reference to formulating, adopting or changing the domestic of foreign policies of the United States or with reference to political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 5) IV - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 14. (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have-you received from any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or money either as compensation or otherwise? Yes S No □ If no, explain why. If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies.6 Date see attachments From Whom Purpose Amount Total (b) RECEIPTS - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN During this 6 month reporting period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign7, any money on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No 0 If yes, have you filed an Exhibit D8 to your registration? If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed. (c) Yes □ No □ Date RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any thing of value9 other than money from any foreign principal named in Items 7,8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal? Yes □ No 0 If yes, fomish the following infonnatipn;' Foreign Principal Date Received Thing of Value Purpose 6,7 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of value for a foreign principal, as part of a fundraising campaign (See Rule 201 (e)). 8 An Exhibit D, for which ho printed form is provided, sets forth an account of money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and transmitted for a foreign principal. 9 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 6) 15. (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you (1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes (El No □ (2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal? Yes □ No □ If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal. If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal. Date To Whom Purpose Amount see attachments Total Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42AM (PAGE 7) (b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you disposed of anything of value10 other than money in furtherance of or in connection with activities on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Date (c) Recipient . Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose DiSBURSEMENTS-POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on your own behalf either directly or through any other person, made any contributions of money or other things of value" in connection with an election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office? Yes □ No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event 10,11 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interest free loans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks,” and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 8) V - INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS 16. (a) During this 6 month reporting period, did you prepare, disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials?12 Yes IS No □ If Yes, goto Item 17. (b) If you answered No to Item 16(a), do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration? Yes □ No □ If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to the Registration Unit for review. 17, Identify each such foreign principal. The Executive of the World Zionist Organization Jerusalem, Israel 18. During this 6 month'reporting period, has any foreign principal established a budget or allocated a specified sum of money to finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials? Yes 0 No □ If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and indicate for what period of time. The Executive of the World Zionist Organization Jerusalem, Israel 19. During this 6 month'reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: E Radio or TV broadcasts □ Magazine or newspaper □ Motion picture films 0 Advertising campaigns □ Press releases □ Pamphlets or other publications □ Lectures or speeches □ Letters or telegrams □ Othv: (specify) Electronic Communications □ Email E Website URL(s): http:// naale-elite-academy.com_________________ ______________________________________________________ E Social media websites URL(s): www.facebook.com/naaieeliteacademy________________________________ __________________ □ Other (specify) ;_________________________ _________________________________________________________ ____________________ 20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or cause to be disseminated informational materials among any of the following groups: □ Public officials □ Newspapers □ Libraries □ Legislators □ Editors □ Educational institutions □ Government agencies □ Civic groups or associations □ Nationality groups □ Other (specify) 21. What language was used'in the informational materials: 0 English . 0 Other (specify) hebrew 22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, U.S. Department of Justice a copy of each iterrTof such" informational materials disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period? Yes 0 . No 1-1 23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? Yes E No □ 12 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial infoirnation or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would not require registration, need not be filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM (PAGE 9) VI-EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned sweats) or affirm(s) under penalty of peijury that he/she has (they have) read the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration Statement(s), if any, insofar as such information is not within his/her (their) personal knowledge. (Date of signature) January 12,2018 (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature13) /s/ Melissa Levinson __________ _________ eSigned 13 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar functions, if the registrant is an organization, except that the organization can, by power of attorney, authorize one of more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:42 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01 /12/2018 11:34:44 AM WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC, STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017 (Unaudited) U.S. dollars RECEIPTS. Total income* 4,479,063 EXPENDITURES: Administrative expenses (Schedule 1) Advances arid maintenance for the account of World Zionist Organization, Jerusalem (Schedule 2) Advances and maintenance for Israel: employees of World Zionist Organization on assignment in Canada Grants and service fees (Schedule 3) 1,457,940 2,065,839 115,623 _____ 2,920 3,642,322 EXCESS OF RECEIPTS OVER EXPENDITURES 836,741 * Composed as follows: Operating income - credited by the World Zionist Organization, Jerusalem Other 2,188,356 2,290,707 4,479,063 M mao ontroller 1 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01 /12/2018 ll :34:44 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM SCHEDULE 1 WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31,2017 (Unaudited) U.S. dollars Salaries and related payroll taxes and benefits Pensions Travel Telephone Office expenses Functions, conferences, seminars, and sundry expenses (Schedule l -a) Legal and accounting fees Security Publicity and advertizing (Schedule 1-b) Financial expenses ' Total 547,233 24,987 95,870 12,715 458,867 51,801 17,727 149,651 84,150 ______ 14,939 1,457,940 2 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM SCHEDULEl-a . WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC. FUNCTIONS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND SUNDRY EXPENSES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31,2017 (Unaudited) Date 31 -Jul-17 .Details. LSD SHABBAT JQ WEHO MUSIGAK DIRECTION 3 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM U.S. dollars 500 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM SCHEDULE 1-b WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC. PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING FEES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017 (Unaudited) Date 28-Nov-17 2-JuH 7 2-Aug-17 _______________________ Name_______________________ U.S. dollars LED DIGITAL SIGNAGE 3,000 NAALE+ANIER CAMPAIGN 2016-2017 9TH PAYMENT NAALE+ANIER CAMPAIGN 2016-201710TH PAYMENT 10,000 14.000 20-Aug-17 ADVERTISING NAALE SEP.-NOV. 2017 25,000 • 5-NOV-17 3-DBO-17 3-Dec-17 6-Deo-17 16-Nov-17 NAALE+ANIER CAMPAIGNS 2017-201B 1ST PAYMENT ANIER+NAALE CAMPAIGN 2017-201B 2ND PAYMENT PRINT ADS EXTRA ADVERTI. DEC+FEB+PASSOVER ADVERT. FOR DEC.2017-MAY2018 16,500 12,000 2,350 800 500 84,150 4 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM SCHEDULE 2 WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC. ADVANCES AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION, JERUSALEM FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31,2017 (Unaudited) U.S. dollars Reimbursement to approximately 215 young emissaries from Israel who act as lecturers and instructors to Zionist and other Jewish youth groups in the United States. These instructors assist the youth movements in carrying out their educational programs, especially with regard to the study of Hebrew, Jewish culture, history and folklore, Zionism, celebration of holidays and festivals, and Jewish life in Israel.They also disseminate information regarding study and work opportunities in Israel- These payments cover maintenance for rent, food, partial reimbursement for Hebrew education of instructors’ children, fares and other necessary living expenses during their temporary stay in the United States. 2,065,839 j 5 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM SCHEDULE 1 WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION - AMERICAN SECTION, INC. GRANTS AND SERVICE FEES FOR THE SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31,2017 (Unaudited) Data To Whom Payment was made 6-JuM 7 HILLEL FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE 3VDec-1.7 HILLEL fOUNOA-nON FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE Purpose of Payment Total amount of pa/mam in US. Dollars BIRTHRIGHT TRIP EXPENSES HILLEL BIRTHRIGHT, BUS EXPENSES 2 DAYS 1,620 1,300 2,920 6 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit . 01/12/2018 11:34:44 AM