Summary
It has been achieved remarkably well. "The Russians", as they are called in Israeli shorthand, are still poorer than the average and there are signs of glass ceilings that bar them from top jobs. But over time the sad tales of doctors sweeping streets and nuclear physicists driving taxis have been matched by success stories. They have reinvigorated art, music, theatre and sport, as well as the audiences for them.
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Russia Invades the Middle East
Imagine the United States absorbing France. That is the usual comparison made with Israel's intake of immigrants, one-fifth the size of its population, from the collapsing Soviet Union, who arrived penniless and had to be fou...
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