russian language israel russian language israel spoken large proportion population reaching percent total population immigrants came soviet_union early 1990s later years major foreign language country aspects life russian far non official native language israel government businesses provide information russian semi official areas high concentration russian jewish immigrants russian speaking population israel world largest population russian native speakers living outside soviet_union territories germany united_states highest proportion population residents states immigrated israel history large scale immigration russian speaking soviet jews israel occurred 1970s great migration start late 1980s years soviet_union jews emigrated soviet_union israel georgia baltic states estonia lithuania areas annexed poland soviet authorities allowed emigration calling family avoid appearance unhappy living soviet state held strongly views took opportunity settle historic homeland half emigrated 1970s wave came slavic countries russia ukraine soviet jews lived time soviet_union generally anti semitic activities inside borders considered treason lead execution israel considered enemy state jewish activists given freedom operate emigration took place described panic migration socio economic crisis soviet states migration born jews relation place residence immigrants period came russia ukraine lesser extent old immigrants 1970s mainly came israel feelings viewed people came wave 1980s 1990s people escaping harsh economic situation appreciation new homeland soviet census indicated jews living country moved israel october wave immigration short period time greatest influx people israel date creation immigrants soviet_union composed newcomers number people came israel late 1980s early 1990s outnumbered number people came 1970s times harder integrated mainstream society small country estimated immigrants jewish recognises maternal descent considered jewish law return having jewish jewish immigrants received israeli citizenship according law return today integration israeli society hebrew courses offered immigrant russians declined percent russian immigrants speak fluent hebrew russians settle close forming russian speaking neighborhoods store window advertisements russian banks russian speaking workers fifth largest city israel absorbed particularly large number immigrants accepting soviet jews neighborhoods southern immigrants account percent population dubbed israel russian process integration mainstream israeli society slow russian speaking adults prefer learn hebrew reluctant russian cultural background language professors attributed strong loyalty ethnic language describes situation book israel today today russian better position arabic official language country russian speaking adult population competitive hebrew youth tries preserve common russian cultural background teaching children born israel according second generation russian origin receive formal education russian result language attrition rapid political scientist opined russian speaking community identifiable israeli collective second generation influenced israeli experience soviet past camp volunteered help youths accommodate israeli lifestyle participated program said feel israeli respect politics roughly percent israel population born russia russian speaking community accounts percent israel eligible voters russian jews israel tend politically conservative estimating percent support party israeli journalist attributed land concessions israeli palestinian peace process explained come huge empire tiny israel country want territories gives territory place small country russian speaking israeli analyst stated resulted russian speaking generally wanting quick results times turmoil saying came soviet mentality beaten difficult problems time possibilities discussion dialogue want solve problems swiftly status usage hebrew arabic official languages russian number immigrant languages widely israel ethnic jews dozens countries world settled area russian major immigrant language jews living israel millions russian jews settled country great influx jews post soviet states took place 1990s today russian cultural events educational system public domains percent jobs israel held russian speakers published russian likely find russian speaking doctors hospitals education jewish immigrants soviet_union highly educated percent having kind higher education despite fact native language significant country population russian language occupies modest role israel education system started teaching russian public schools russian language classes opened 1970s large cities number students enrolled programs dropped 1980s immigration soviet_union slowed 1990s russian language program carried local governments called included students schools israel taught russian way media traditionally russian speakers read newspapers listen radio hebrew speakers major russian newspaper israel 1970s competed immigrant reader daily russian 2000s number russian language newspapers started decline increasing number television online media israeli television provides daily translation hebrew arabic russian israeli russian speaking commercial launched known israel plus november typical digital package included channels foreign languages russian today local newspapers published russian israel total circulation weekends daily radio services russian available israel
Russian language in Israel