What is "mizrachi"

The Mizrachi (, Tnuat HaMizrahi, an acronym for Merkaz Ruhani lit. Religious centre) is the name of the religious Zionist organization founded in 1902 in Vilnius at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines. Bnei Akiva, which was founded in 1929, is the youth movement associated with Mizrachi. Both Mizrachi and the Bnei Akiva youth movement are still international movements.

Mizrachi believes that the Torah should be at the centre of Zionism and also sees Jewish nationalism as a means of achieving religious objectives. The Mizrachi Party was the first official religious Zionist party and founded the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Israel and pushed for laws enforcing kashrut and the observance of the sabbath in the workplace. It also played a role prior to the creation of the state of Israel, building a network of religious schools that exist to this day, and took part in the 1951 elections.

Mizrachi or Mizrahi (, lit. Eastern) may refer to:

• Mizrahi Jews, Jews from the Middle East
• Mizrachi (religious Zionism), a religious Zionist movement
• Mizrachi (political party) and Hapoel HaMizrachi, defunct Israeli political parties
• Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition
• Bank Mizrahi-Tfahot, a bank in Israel
• Mizrahi music, an Israeli musical genre
• Mizrahi Hebrew

Mizrachi (, HaMizrahi, an acronym for Merkaz Ruhani , lit. Religious Centre) was a political party in Israel and is one of the ancestors of the modern-day Jewish Home Party.