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Mizrah (also spelled Mizrach, Mizrakh) (Hebrew: מִזְרָח, romanized: mīzrāḥ) is the "east" and the direction that Jews in the Diaspora west of Israel face during prayer. Practically speaking, Jews face the city of Jerusalem when praying, and those north, east, or south of Jerusalem face south, west, and north respectively.
The petit-bourgeois private enterprise sector was the first site of Mizrahi success, perhaps because it bypassed higher education, while Mizrahi advances in politics came as the political scene in Israel underwent various successive transformations and Mizrahim claimed a critical role in ensuring the success of the right-wing Likud party. [11]
Mizrahi is a political sociological term that was coined with the creation of the State of Israel. It translates as "Easterner" in Hebrew. [2] [3] The term Mizrahi is almost exclusively applied to descendants of Jewish communities from North Africa, Central Asia, West Asia, and parts of the North Caucasus. [4]
Kibbutz Mizra was established during Hanukkah in 1923 by the first immigrants of the Third Aliyah.It was founded on the lands of the Palestinian Arab village of Rub al-Nasra, which were purchased from the Sursock family, a major absentee landowner of Lebanese origin.
Mizrahi Jews are Jewish people whose ancestors hail from the Middle East and North Africa, And some parts of the Caucasus and Central Asia. Subcategories This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
Bahasa Indonesia; Bahasa Melayu; Tiếng Việt; ... Pages in category "Mizrahi Jews topics" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Mizrahi (or Mizrachi) is a sephardic surname, given to Jews who got to the Iberian Peninsula from the east, or Jews who lived on the eastern side of the peninsula ...
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