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Our New Compass
Few Israelis have become ambassadors of The meaning I find in my life is by bringing people
unity like Miriam Peretz. An immigrant closer to each other. Rather than looking at what
divides us, wherever I go I try to shine a light on
from Morocco, Miriam lost two of her
what connects us. What does it matter if you are
six children during their IDF service, left wing or right wing, secular or religious? We are
but through remarkable force of will all brothers! We are one people!
she maintains a positive view of life Thank G-d we have been blessed to build a country,
but it means we now need something else. It used
and the future of Israel. In an exclusive
to be that all Jews had a compass that pointed in
interview for World Mizrachi in one direction – towards Eretz Yisrael. Well, now
February 2022, Miriam Peretz shared we have arrived! We need a new compass, and that
compass is to be mechabrim, to join together – and
her message regarding unity in Israel.
this is something that Mizrachi is doing!
Our role is to create a model society, a society about
which Yishayahu said: “And the wolf shall lie down
with lamb.” He did not say that the wolf would
become a lamb or vice versa. The secular person will
remain secular, the religious will remain religious,
but with the ability to live together, with a feeling
of mutual responsibility and commitment to our
people.
One of the ways I do this is by trying to focus on
the positive in everyone. So much of our culture and
the media is focused on attacking the other side,
and just through bringing out the positive in each
group, I hope I can make a contribution to Israel
for many years to come.
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