Russian Jews seek a home in Israel as Ukraine war drives aliyah wave
ALIYAH AFFAIRS: Between “sausage” and “pumpkin,” the waves of Russian aliyah have carried different circumstances and subtexts, but are continuously united by a search for a place to belong.
SINCE THE outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia War in 2022, some 80,000 Russians and 20,000 Ukrainians and Belarusians with Jewish ancestry have made aliyah. Here, people attend a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv in February 2024.(photo credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)ByNIKA OZHELSKAYA
