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CHAIRMAN 32 Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel
Mr. Harvey Blitz TORAT MIZRACHI Desperate Times Call for
33 Desperate Measures
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Herzl, Hebrew and Holy Cows Rabbi David Katz
Rabbi Doron Perez 3 Rabbi Doron Perez
Body and Spirit
Go Home Jacob
5 Rabbi Elie and Dr. Rebecca 34 Rabbi Alex Israel
Mischel
Eretz Yisrael and the Desire
35 to be Close
Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut
6 in America of the 1950s Rabbi Azarya Berzon
Rabbi Yosef Blau
Reaching Seventy and
PUBLISHED BY THE MIZRACHI WORLD MOVEMENT 36 Beyond
What Covid Taught Us
8 About the State of Israel Rabbanit Sally Mayer
EDITORIAL TEAM Rabbi Reuven Taragin
Daniel Verbov Bubby Knew
Esther Shafier Shemini to Acharei 37 Rabbi Dov Lipman
Avital Gastwirth 9 Mot, Yom HaZikaron to The Independence of
Yom HaAtzmaut
38 Interdependence
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rabbanit Shani Taragin Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy
Jonny Lipczer
Shir HaMa’alot
Patient for the Truth
GRAPHIC DESIGN 10 Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon 39 Rabbi Jesse Horn
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No Land Like Israel 47 Rabbi Yitzchak HaKohen ben Moshe
18 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
RABBI SACKS’ TEACHINGS 48 Days of Redemption
19 The Challenge of the Gael Grunewald
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Dr. Daniel Rose PLACES IN ISRAEL
49 Ein Keshatot: Mother of All Symbols
Praying for the State of Israel Michael Even-Esh
20 Rabbi David Stav
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Permission to Celebrate 50 Truly at Home
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