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The Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora and the War in Ukraine

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11 July 2023

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 prompted political discourse among the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora around the world. Ukrainian Jewry is almost unanimous in its support of the country’s leadership. In Belarus, Jewish organizations have distanced themselves from the subject of the war while individual Jews try to maintain calm. In Russia, a minority of Jews actively opposes the regime’s war policy, another small minority openly supports it, but the largest number of Jews are “psychologically alienated” from the issue. In Israel, Russian and Ukrainian Jewish immigrants appear largely willing to put personal differences aside as they forge a new identity as Israelis.

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Khanin, Vladimir (Zeev) The Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora and the War in Ukraine. Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar-Ilan University. 11 July 2023:  https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-5137