Israel

The most part of Bible is the description of the history of Israel. The main Christian events took place during the Jewish holidays. Israel - the scale of God's time. Therefore, the history of Israel is extremely important, important and what is happening in Israel today.

Capital: Jerusalem
Unrecognized, because there are no embassies of countries, only consulates, and embassies in Tel Aviv.

Official languages: Hebrew, Arabic.
Even before it was official English, now it's done, but still many people own it. Many speak and on other languages: Russian, Yiddish, French.

Population: 7.5 million people

• Jews - 5.7 million people, (Russian-speaking - 1 million people)
• Arabs, Bedouins - 1.5 million
• Druze, Circassians - 313 thousand people

• 75.8% are Jews,
1. 8% - haredim,
2. 17% are orthodox Jews,
3. 55% - observe the precepts of Judaism in part,
4. 20% are non-religious.
• 16.5% are Muslims,
• 2.1% are Christians,
• 1,7% - druses.

Hymn of Israel

Russian Embassy in Israel

Consulate General in Haifa:
Halonot Ha-City, Pal Yam Avenue, 2, Haifa, 31000, Israel, P.O.B.306
www.haifa.mid.ru

Israeli Embassy in Moscow

The Jewish Encyclopedia in Russia on the web.

Based on The Shorter Jewish Encyclopedia published in Jerusalem in the years 1976-2005 in cooperation with The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

History of the Jewish people, the Jews of Russia, the Jews in world civilization, Jewish literature and journalism, Zionism, the Land of Israel, the Talmud, Judaism, ...