Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi calls former Soviet immigrants ‘religion-hating gentiles’ Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accused the state of deliberately inviting Soviet immigrants to Israel to weaken the political power of the haredi Orthodox. By Marcy Oster January 7, 2020 1:33 pm
Up to a quarter of Russian immigrants to Israel may have left after receiving passports A cottage industry of companies promising expedited Israeli citizenship has sprung up since Israel made it easier for immigrants to get the much-desired travel document. December 17, 2019 2:38 pm
Reporter's Notebook Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that? A reputation for abrasive or merely boundary-less behavior has survived into the "start-up nation" era. November 15, 2018 4:57 pm