According to Ofek Israeli’s numbers, 32,494 Russian citizens have made aliyah to Israel in 2022 according to Israel’s Law of Return.
The program will allow Russian speakers to continue their studies immediately and prepare for potential matriculation to the University.
Their demand is to cancel the ‘grandson clause,’ which states that even a person who is the grandchild of a Jew can immigrate to Israel.
Unless we wake up and do everything in our power to assist Russian Jews out of the trap, tens of thousands may find themselves once again behind the Iron Curtain.
The fear of a rise in antisemitism inside of Russia has many Russian Jews immigrating to Israel, trying to find a way out.
As numbers of those fleeing Russia increase, the numbers seem nearly impossible to track. Thanks to new flight data, the world can better understand where Russians are seeking refuge.
The Million Lobby, an organization representing young Russian-speaking immigrants in Israel, launched a campaign calling Prime Minister Yair Lapid to understand the failure at absorbing the olim.
The Jewish Agency in Russia is keeping information close due to national information-sharing laws.
Ever since some one million immigrants came to Israel from former Soviet countries, a battle has been waged over conversion.
The largest immigration in Zionist history was pulled in by the Israeli establishment’s one part, and actively rejected by its other part, the Chief Rabbinate.
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