Russians in Israel
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Approximately 1,300,000 Russian-speakers Russian Jews, Ashkenazi Jews |
Some of the immigrants are not considered Jewish according to
Most Russians in Israel have full Israeli citizenship. Israeli Russians are involved in the country's economy on all levels.
History
The 1922 census of Palestine lists 877 Russian language speakers in Mandatory Palestine (10 in the Southern District, 772 in Jerusalem-Jaffa, 4 in Samaria, and 91 in the Northern District), including 571 in municipal areas (407 in Jerusalem, 63 in Jaffa, 74 in Haifa, 2 in Gaza, 1 in Nablus, 2 in Nazareth, 4 in Tiberias, 2 in Bethlehem, 2 in Tulkarem, 8 in Beit Jala, 5 in Beersheba, and 1 in Baisan).[6]
Communities
Subbotniks
Russian Subbotnik families settled in Ottoman Syria in the 1880s as part of the First Aliyah in order to escape oppression in the Russian Empire and later mostly intermarried with local Jews. Their descendants included Israeli Jews such as Alexander Zaïd, Rafael Eitan, Ariel Sharon and Major-General Alik Ron.[7][8]
In 2004, the Sephardic
Society
The Russian people within Israel have citizen status and are involved in the country's economy and society on all levels. Among the notable members of the community are social media star Anna Zak; actress and former MK Anastassia Michaeli; Footballer Alexander Uvarov who was naturalized in 2004; Actor Kirill Safonov; poet and composer Yuliy Kim, and many others.
Religion
Most Russian Israelis are atheists or otherwise non-religious, although about 40,000 belong to the Russian Orthodox Church according to a recent census.[citation needed] It is estimated that another 10,000 are practitioners of Messianic Judaism, a loose term referring to those who combine elements of Christianity with elements of Judaism and Jewish tradition.[11] A significant number of Russian Israelis have also undergone conversion to Orthodox Judaism.[citation needed]
See also
- 1990s post-Soviet aliyah
- Israel–Russia relations
- Russian Jews in Israel
- Russian language in Israel
- Church of Mary Magdalene
- Russian Compound
- History of the Jews in the Soviet Union
- Demographics of the Soviet Union
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References
- ^ a b "Monthly Bulletin of Statistics". Cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
- ISBN 978-1-61451-203-5.
In addition to the languages that emerged and developed in Israel, at least two languages were brought by immigrants and are still used in Israel today: Russian Sign Language (Yoel 2007) brought by immigrants from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s...
- ^ Amanda Borschel-Dan. "25 years later, Russian speakers still the 'other' in Israel, says MK". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ "Russian-Speaking Israelis Go to the Polls | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
- ^ Russian-Israelis vote for next Kremlin leader by Polina Perlman, Published: 03.04.12, ynetnews
- ^ Palestine Census ( 1922).
- ^ Dr. Ruchama Weiss Rabbi Levi Brackman, "Russia's Subbotnik Jews get rabbi", Ynet, 9 December 2010, accessed 22 August 2015
- ^ Itamar Eichner (March 11, 2014). "Subbotnik Jews to resume aliyah". Israel Jewish Scene. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ Ari Ben Goldberg"'Abandoned' in the Jordan Valley", The Jerusalem Report, 19 November 2001, reprinted at Molokane website
- ^ [1] Itamar Eichner Published: 03.11.14
- ^ "Monthly Bulletin of Statistics". Cbs.gov.il. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2011.