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The Gush: David Morrison |
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In 1948, Moshe Moscovic, along with his wife and baby, were driven from
Gush Etzion by Arab legions. On June 7, 1967, when "the
Gush" was recaptured by Israeli forces in the Six Day War, "Moshko", as he is affectionately known, wrote in his
diary that Jews would return to the area and transform it into a center of
Jewish learning. "Moshko", a dynamic
Zionist leader known for persevering until he gets what he wants, went to
work. Less than forty years
later, the reality is greater than the dream. The Gush Etzion
region has been transformed into the capital of modern religious Zionism. Its
yeshivot are headed by such Torah luminaries as Rav Yehuda Amital,
Rav Aaron Lichtenstein, and Rav
Shlomo Riskin. Graduates of yeshivot from Gush Etzion make
up a disproportionately high percentage of fighting men in the elite units of
Israeli Defense Forces. |
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