Jews leaving Russia in droves

 

Pinchas Goldschmidt, Chief Rabbi of Moscow since 1993, left Russia earlier this year

 

Russia is facing the mass migration abroad of large numbers of its Jewish population, with at least one in eight leaving the country since its war with Ukraine began.

The Jewish Agency helps Jews around the world move to Israel.  It says an astonishing 20,500 of Russia’s estimated total of 165,000 Jews have gone since March.  

Thousands more have moved to other countries.