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More about: Aliyah, Israel & Zionism, Israeli culture, Mizrahi Jewry, Russia, Russian Jewry
Three decades ago, a million emigres from Eastern Europe arrived in Israel, increasing its population by 20 percent almost overnight and changing its culture forever. What’s their story?
Russian immigrants in the Israeli city of Sderot on December 17, 2008. Anna Kaplan/Flash90.
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