Germany v. Israel
Thursday, June 7, 2007
An interesting debate has broken out in Germany over whether Israel should encourage German Jews to migrate or leave them be to replant the Jewish community depleted because of the Holocaust. I'm with the Germans here. The Diaspora is good for Judaism and good for Israel.
The leaders of Germany's Jewish community have warned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert they would request the German government's help in preventing Israel from encouraging Jews settled in Germany to immigrate to Israel.
Stephan J. Kramer, who heads the Central Council of Jews in Germany, sent the warning following Israel's decision last week to extend the jurisdiction of Nativ , the government body in charge of promoting immigration from the Former Soviet Union to Israel. Nativ and the Jewish Agency will cooperate in running ulpans (Hebrew courses) and other educational programs in Germany, which is home to some 200,000 Russian-speaking Jews who moved there from the Former Soviet Union in recent years.
Labels: Europe, Judaism, Middle East
Posted by B Feiler at 3:15 PM
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