Misrachi

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Misrachi ( mizˈʀaχi , Ivrit המזרחי HaMizrachi , acronym for Merkaz Ruhani, d. H. "Religious Center", or Misrach "East") is an Orthodox - Zionist movement. It was founded on March 5, 1902 in Vilnius by Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines (1839-1915).

There are national misrachi organizations in German-speaking countries in Munich , Vienna and Zurich . Misrachi Vienna is based in the Misrachi House on Judenplatz. Founded in Jerusalem in 1929 , Bne Akiwa is Misrachi's youth organization .

Misrachi is not to be confused with Misrachim , the Hebrew term for oriental Jews.

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Web links

Commons : Misrachi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mordechai Naor : Eretz Israel. The 20th century . Translated from the Hebrew by Miriam Magall . Könemann, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-89508-594-4 , p. 19.