A Russian Jewish group is distributing donations among Russian-speaking families in Israel affected by the recent war against Hezbollah. The money was raised by members of the Jewish community in Russia. Some 27 families of Russian Israelis in Carmiel, Haifa, Nahariya and other towns in northern Israel will share the $7,000, the Moscow office of the World Congress of Russian Jewry said.
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