What is "kadima"

n. A centrist political party in Israel.

Kadima (, lit. Forward) is a centrist and liberal political party in Israel. It was established on 24 November 2005 by moderates from Likud largely to support the issue of Ariel Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and was soon joined by like-minded Labor politicians.

With Ehud Olmert as party chairman following Sharon's stroke, it became the largest party in the Knesset after the 2006 elections, winning 29 of the 120 seats, and led a coalition government. Although Kadima also won the most seats in the 2009 elections under Tzipi Livni's leadership, it became an opposition party for the first time after a Likud-led government was formed. Livni was defeated in the 2012 leadership election, losing out to the more conservative Shaul Mofaz. Following Livni's defeat, the party's progressive wing broke away at the end of 2012, to form a new centre-left party, Hatnuah, which Livni led from the outset. In the 2013 elections, Kadima became the smallest party in the Knesset, winning only 2 seats and barely passing the electoral threshold. It did not enter the 2015 elections.

Kadima (Hebrew: קדימה, literally "forward") is a youth group affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), specifically aimed at Jewish preteens living in North America in Grades 6-8. Every USCJ-affiliated synagogue is entitled to a Kadima chapter.

Kadima serves as a "feeder" into United Synagogue Youth (USY), the primary USCJ youth group, aimed at Jewish high-school-aged youth.

Kadima or Kadimah ( Hebrew: קדימה, Qādīmāh) is the Hebrew word for "forward" and/or "eastward". It may also refer to:

• Kadima, a 21st-century political party in Israel
• A town in Israel, now part of Tzoran-Kadima
• A 19th century proto-Zionist student association, see Kadimah (student association)
• A Youth Group for Grades 6-8 affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), see Kadima (youth group)
• A Seattle-based group that was affiliated in the 1980s and early 1990s with New Jewish Agenda
• Kadima, a beach paddlegame, also known as Matkot