Haaretz: 3,000,000 Russian-speaking Jews in world.

clipped from www.haaretz.com The three million Russian-speaking Jews in the world today can no longer be called the "Jews of Silence." The collapse of the Soviet Union released the safety catch of the energy that was contained inside it The discussions focused, among other things on the Russian-speaking elite in Israel, which has still not attained the status it deserves; on Germany, where 80 percent of the 250,000 Jews are Russian speakers; and on the injustice of the distorted collective image created by the phenomenon of the oligarchs, and more. most American Jews, the Russians emphasize that Israel is their second homeland, and their presence is prominent at pro-Israel demonstrations. Putin is very aware of the increasing strength of Russian Jewry in the U.S., and he has established a special Jewish organization in his office that is active among Russian Jews in general, but places a special emphasis on the Jewish Diaspora, via which he hopes to achieve influence in the U.S.
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