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                CO-PRESIDENT
             Rabbi Yechiel Wasserman
                 CHAIRMAN
               Mr. Harvey Blitz
            CEO & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
               Rabbi Doron Perez         FINDING LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
                DEPUT Y CEO
              Rabbi Danny Mirvis
                                                                       PAGES 11–34
             EDUC ATIONAL DIRECTORS
              Rabbi Reuven Taragin
             Rabbanit Shani Taragin

        World Mizrachi is the global Religious
       Zionist movement, spreading Torat Eretz
      Yisrael across the world and strengthening   Chanukah Torah
       the bond between the State of Israel and
       Jewish communities around the world.
                                                    PAGES 36–49
      Based in Jerusalem and with branches across the
       globe, Mizrachi – an acronym for merkaz ruchani
       (spiritual center) – was founded in 1902 by Rabbi
      Yitzchak Yaakov Reines, and is led today by Rabbi
      Doron Perez. Mizrachi’s role was then and remains
      with vigor today, to be a proactive partner and to
      take personal responsibility in contributing to the
     collective destiny of Klal Yisrael through a commitment   A Time of Horror,
      to Torah, the Land of Israel and the People of Israel.                               JEWS
                                            A Time of Happiness                             with
                                                                                           VIEWS


                                          An Interview with
                www.rza.org                Rabbi Doron and
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                                             Shira Perez
                 PRESIDENT                                                               Jews from
              Stephen M. Flatow
                                                                                         around the
              NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
                Martin Oliner                                                            world share what
            Religious Zionists of Chicago  PAGES 14–16
                www.rzc.us                                                               inspires them in these
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                                        COVER PHOTO: The damage inside a home in Kibbutz Be’eri, the   challenging times
                 PRESIDENT
               Dr. Oren Lakser          largest kibbutz overrun on October 7th. Over 100 people were   PAGES 24–25
                                        killed in the kibbutz. (Credit: Alex Levac)
              EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
              Rabbi Jerold Isenberg
                                         REGULARS
           Religious Zionists of Los Angeles
            office@rzla.org | 209-286-7141  4  Rabbi Doron Perez  38  Rabbanit Shani Taragin  46  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt"l
                 PRESIDENT
                Dr. Chana Gelb           36  Rabbi Reuven Taragin  42  Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon  54  Hallel and Shammai




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