Ceire Cion (, "Youth of Zion"), sometimes called the Zionist Party or Ethnic Socialist Party, was a centre-left Jewish political party in Latvia during the inter-war period. It was led by jurist Max Lazerson. The party combined the ideas of Zionism and democratic socialism. One of the party's goals was to create a Jewish state in Palestine. History The party won a single seat in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections. It retained its seat in the 1922, 1925 and 1928 elections, but missed out on a seat in the 1931 elections by 50 votes. Later in 1931 it merged with the Latvian Organisation of Zionist Socialists to form the Zionist-Socialist Party. See also Tze'irei Zion History of the Jews in Latvia References Political parties of minorities in Latvia Defunct political parties in Latvia Jews and Judaism in Latvia Jewish Latvian history Political parties with year of establishment missing 1931 disestablishments in Latvia Political parties disestablished in 1931 Zionism in Latvia Zionist political parties in Europe