A Jewish community of 50 people recently discovered in southwestern Ukraine by the Jewish Agency for Israel is preparing to move to Israel. Residents of the village of Konetspol, about 150 miles north of Odessa, were discovered after several Jews from the village approached a Jewish Agency representative, expressing an interest in learning Hebrew and moving to the Jewish state.
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