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American ideals draw U.S. citizens to settle in Israel’s West Bank

American ideals draw U.S. citizens to settle in Israel’s West Bank

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Written by Michele Chabin / USA Today EFRAT, West Bank — When Mordechai Reich moved to this Jewish settlement seven miles south of Jerusalem in 1994, he wanted to study in a yeshiva, or seminary. He stayed in Efrat, once part of the biblical land of Israel, because he felt he could make a difference.

Written by Michele Chabin / USA Today EFRAT, West Bank — When Mordechai Reich moved to this Jewish settlement seven miles south of Jerusalem in 1994, he wanted to study in a yeshiva, or seminary. He stayed in Efrat, once part of the biblical land of Israel, because he felt he could make a difference.…