Russian Jews in Israel

Russian Jews in Israel
Total population
900,000 (core)[1] 1,544,000 (enlarged)
Regions with significant populations
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and many other places
Languages
Hebrew, Russian language
Religion
mostly Secular Judaism[2]

Russian Jews in Israel are immigrants and descendants of the immigrants of the Russian Jewish communities, who now reside within the State of Israel. They were around 900,000 in 2007.[1] This refers to all post-Soviet Jewish diaspora groups, not only Russian Jews, but also Mountain Jews, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks, Bukharan Jews, and Georgian Jews.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Monthly Bulletin of Statistics". Cbs.gov.il. Retrieved 2011-03-22.
  2. ^ "Israeli Jews from the former Soviet Union are more secular, less religiously observant". Pew Research Center. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Дан Шапира: "Русские" в Израиле - терминологический словарь". The Jewish Agency for Israel. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2024.