MIDDLE EAST MONITOR – Some 15 per cent of the Jews who moved to Israel from the former Soviet Union have now left the country, Israel’s Channel 10 revealed yesterday. They moved to many countries with the majority now living in Canada.
Many had lived in Israel for 25 years however they did not feel they integrated into society, the report said.
One migrated said: “I came to Israel when I was six alongside hundreds of young families. I served in the army and got married, but I did not feel part of the Israeli community.”
Israeli reports indicate that Jews from the former Soviet Union, who were once the second largest community in Israel, suffered discrimination at the hands of Western Jews and the Israeli government.
What’s the world coming to? Even decent jews don’t seem to be able to live among Zionists.
Oy, Harry, you’re biased, so anti-zionist! Israel is teeming to bursting with decent Jews, all zionists and many from the former Soviet Union, like Avigdor Lieberman and Natan Sharansky. True, some have left, went to Europe. Think Barabara Spectre, think Europe’s gain.
It is neigh impossible for Jews to be anything but eminently decent: it’s their religious upbringing that lasts even in those who turn agnostic.The Torah is like the legendary Zorro: “Zorro non uccide, Zorro lascia il segno.”