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The

Return

to Zion

Rav Soloveitchik on

Religious Zionism and

the Role of Mizrachi

Beginning in the late 1930s and continuing for several
decades, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik delivered the
keynote address at the annual conventions of the
Mizrachi Organization of America. Delivered in
Yiddish, the Rav’s mother tongue, each address was
a tour de force of brilliant Torah learning, offering
incisive insights into the meaning of Religious Zionism,
the State of Israel, and Mizrachi’s critical role in shaping
the future of the Jewish people.
Originally published in Yiddish in 2021 by OU Press
and Ktav Publishing House under the title Droshes
Vegn Shivas Tziyon un Kiyum HaUma, OU Press will
soon release The Return to Zion: Addresses on Religious
(PHOTO: YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES) World Mizrachi is proud to partner with OU Press in
Zionism and American Orthodoxy, an English translation.
publishing this landmark work.

In commemoration of Rav Soloveitchik’s 30th yahrzeit,
we are honored to share excerpts from this historic
publication.

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