Jews (Russian) Nation of Israel – 0.15% Evangelical In 1948 Israel became a nation. From that point on, Jews from countries in Europe, the Middle East, and around the world, have migrated to Israel. From 1948-1992, over 2 million people immigrated to Israel. One of these major migrants are the Russian Jews. There are now approximately 449,000 Russian Jews living in Israel. The remaining 265,000 reside in Russia
For Jews who follow Messiah Jesus there is increasing prejudice, harassment, and violence due to the Orthodox religious community’s leadership in government. Also just a week ago a Messianic congregation’s newly remodeled congregational building in Ashdod was the target of vandalism by two members of an Orthodox community with the perpetrators’ actions recorded by a security camera. Another example is in granting Israeli citizenship. In addition increasingly
Pray for Romanian Jews The aftermath of World War II left Romanian society facing economic disaster. Jews in Romania still faced anti-Semitism; as a result, the country sold 300,000 of their citizens to the newly formed country of Israel. From 1949-1978 thousands of Romanian Jews made their way to Israel. Jacob’s Hope is an organization whose mission is to share the gospel with the Jews in Israel and