Diaspora Jewry
Another 4,200 Ukrainians who fled the conflict have been granted Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.
Funding has gone towards emergency operational costs, temporary housing and transportation, security, humanitarian support and trauma assistance; and in Israel, aliyah and absorption.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Israel Museum and various galleries have scooped up the emotional, vivid, award-winning works of Nirit Takele.
“Welcome home!” he told the group. “Each of you contributes to the strength of the country and the strength of Israeli society.”
“I am really looking forward to beginning this new chapter of my life here in Israel as a future physician in the Israeli medical system,” said Sam Leeman.
The group of new immigrants included 31 families, 99 children, seven retirees and 40 soldiers who will serve in the Israel Defense Forces.
Central Bureau of Statistics data show that 18,891 Russians and 12,175 Ukrainians moved to the Jewish state between Feb. 24, when Moscow initiated the war, and July 31.
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt served as chief rabbi of Moscow for more than 30 years until the morning after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when he woke up to a frightening reality that reminded him of the “dark days of the Iron Curtain.”
“The truth is Israel’s government doesn’t know what will happen,” says an Israeli government source In the runup to August 19 hearing on the shuttering of the Agency in Russia.
“Wine with Adam” with Adam Bellos and guest professor David Graizbord
Pedro Guinzberg, 21, who grew up in a small Jewish community in the Argentinian city of Bahía Blanca, says the choice to make Israel his home came out of a love for the Jewish people.
“These are all very powerful, very poignant and emotional stories. They are stories that are largely unknown to the larger world, including many in the Jewish community,” said AJC CEO David Harris.
