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elcome to a new year at feedback with us. With the Religious Zionist
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Rabbi Doron Perez HaMizrachi! My name is Elie community playing an increasingly critical
Mischel, and it is my great
EDUC ATIONAL DIRECTORS role in broader Israeli society, the future of
Rabbi Reuven Taragin Whonor to begin serving as our movement will in many ways determine
Rabbanit Shani Taragin
editor of this extraordinary magazine. the future of our nation. We invite you to
Since Rabbi Isaac Nissenbaum published the join the conversation; tell us what you think!
first version of HaMizrachi in Poland in At the very beginning of our return
1918, our goal has remained essen-
PUBLISHED BY WORLD MIZRACHI IN JERUSALEM tially unchanged: To strengthen to the Land of Israel, Rav Avra-
the bond between the people ham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook
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Rabbi Aron White Eretz Yisrael in all its depth which will glorify our movement in
and beauty to the international
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Rabbi Leonard Matanky Inside
Mr. Martin Oliner Zionist History
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN On page 56, tour guide Elli Shashua recalls Operation
Mr. Seymour Shapiro Michaelberg, which brought Iraqi Jews to British
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Shemitta Mandatory Palestine more than 70 years ago
Rabbi Ari Rockoff
Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon addresses gardening during Cover
Religious Zionists of Chicago the Shemitta year on page 10, Rabbanit Sharon Rimon
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office@rzc.us Schachter explains the Jubilee year on page 16
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Yamim Noraim Tefillot New York, Florida, Lod
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Dr. Oren Lakser A host of educators provide insights into some of the and Paris reflect on a
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR key prayers of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, starting year of antisemitism,
Rabbi Jerold Isenberg on page 40 riots and tragedy
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Religious Zionists of Los Angeles
office@rzla.org Rav Kook Food from Israel
209 286 7141 Turn to page 54 for Rav Kook’s letter to a troubled Celebrity chef Susie Fishbein presents a new dish for
father, with analysis from Rabbi Chanan Morrison, and the new year on page 58: Roasted Eggplant with Silan
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Chana Gelb read a story for the table on page 60 Techina

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