Mizrachi was founded in 1902 in Vilna at a world conference of religious Zionists called by Rabbi Yitzchak Yaacov Reines Mizrachi Charitable Trust Registered Charity No. 1099851 Mizrachi is supported by the Department for Zionist Activities of the World Zionist Organisation The Mizrachi party was the first official religious Zionist party and founded the Ministry of Religion in Israel and pushed for laws enforcing kashrut and the observance of Shabbat Today in the UK, Mizrachi runs several educational and community programmes, promoting and strengthening the Jewish people's connection to the Land of Israel