Mizrahi Jews Furthermore, the percentage of Mizrahim who seek a university education remains low compared to second-generation immigrant groups of Ashkenazi origin, such as Russians. According to a survey by the Adva Center, the average income of Ashkenazim was 36 percent higher than that of Mizrahim in 2004. [[Category:Jewish ethnic groups]] [[Category:Ethnic groups in Israel]] [[Category:Jews and Judaism in Western Asia]] [[Category:Mizrahi Jews topics| ]] [[Category:Semitic-speaking peoples]] Mizrahi Jews Mizrahi Jews, Mizrahim (), also referred to as Edot HaMizrach (; "Communities of the East"; Mizrahi Hebrew: '), ("Sons of the East"), or Oriental Jews, are descendants of local Jewish communities in the
Haredim and Zionism Sephardi or Mizrahi rabbis is far lower than among Ashkenazi rabbis, and these constitute a small minority of the Sephardi Haredi leadership. The Sephardi Haredi political party in the Knesset is Shas, which represents the vast majority of Sephardi Haredim, and is headed by Aryeh Deri. In 2010, Shas joined the World Zionist Organization, and officially became the first Zionist Haredi party. The party's long-time spiritual leader, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, opposed saying Hallel in the Yom HaAtzmaut prayer service, but writes that, "One may say Hallel after the completion of the prayers, without the blessing..." While in the past, when