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Dr. Yosef Burg z”l

The elder statesman of Religious Zionism, Dr. Yosef Burg was president of the World Mizrachi Movement and
head of the National Religious Party for over three decades. Born in Germany in 1909, Burg played a key role in
the German Mizrachi movement during the Nazi era, arranging secret minyanim in private homes and work-
ing underground to help Jews escape to Britain and the Netherlands. Escaping to Palestine in 1939, he later led
Mizrachi efforts in post-war France to rescue Jewish children who were adopted or hidden during the war.
Returning to Israel in 1949, Burg led the National Religious Party and served as a minister in
every Knesset until his retirement in 1987. In commemoration of his 23rd yahrzeit on the 5th of
Marcheshvan, we share words of eulogy given by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm on the occasion of Dr.
Burg’s shloshim on November 14, 1999. May his memory be a blessing for all of Am Yisrael.

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