Mizrachi

[miz-rah-khee]

noun

a Zionist movement, founded in 1902, chiefly devoted to furthering the integration of Zionism and religious orthodoxy.

adjective

Origin of Mizrachi

1910–15; < Hebrew mizrāḥī, an acronym from m(erkā)z r(ū)ḥ(ān)ī spiritual center, with pun on mizrāḥī eastern

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To millions of Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews around the world, he was a hero.
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Certainly it is difficult to imagine the circumstances that would lead most Mizrachi Jews in Israel to identify, also, as Arab.
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David bethought himself instead of the owlish Mizrachi, his visit to whom had been left unfinished.
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