Jews in Russia
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Jews in Russia make up only 0.16% of the total population of the country, according to the 2002 census. Nevertheless, anti-Semitism is one of the most common expressions of xenophobia in Russia in recent years and it is increasingly becoming a political weapon there. [1] Recently (2005), as many as fifty eight delegates in Duma voted against a resolution condemning anti-Semitic attacks.
Most of the Jews in Russia are secular and identify themselves as Jews via ethnicity rather than religion, although interest in practising Jewish tradition is growing among them. Most Russian Jews have now relatives in Israel. Russian Jewish Congress is an umbrella organization established to rebuild Jewish life in Russia.
See also History of the Jews in Russia and the Soviet Union.
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