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A Moment to Celebrate

Over 200 Religious Zionist Shlichim

Head Out to Serve Am Yisrael

n July, World Mizrachi’s Shlichut who represent six different Religious the past year, interacting with Jews
Center hosted a Birkat HaDerech Zionist organizations. She spoke about from across the globe.
farewell event for shlichim (emis- her personal experience of shlichut.
Isaries) heading to the Diaspora. “During the Coronavirus pandemic,
Her parents escaped from Soviet Russia we have been unable to welcome Jews
This summer, 225 Religious Zionist to Israel, but they returned as shlichim from around the world to Israel, but I
shlichim are setting out to serve Jewish to the USSR to strengthen Jews and have had hundreds of Zoom meetings
communities all over the world. Ful- Jewish communities there. with Diaspora communities. I recall
filling the dream of Ki Mitzion Teitzei speaking to a group of Australian stu-
Torah, bringing the Torah of Israel to “My childhood experience taught me dents during Operation Guardian of
the whole world, the shlichim will take that we are part of a large and global the Walls. One of the students started
up positions in all six continents, from people. We cannot simply focus on our crying, explaining how hard it is to be
Australia to Austria, California to Can- homeland of Eretz Yisrael and ignore Jewish on campus when her friends
berra, and Nairobi to the Netherlands. the destinies of our eight million broth- turn against her. You, as shlichim, have
ers and sisters living around the world.”
At the Birkat HaDerech event, former a critical role in strengthening and sup-
Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Omer She also shared some of her experi- porting Jewish communities around
Yankelevitch, addressed the shlichim, ences as Diaspora Affairs Minister over the world, in ensuring that no matter

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