ESTIMATED JEWISH EMIGRATION
SOURCE: THE UNION OF COUNCILS FOR SOVIET JEWS NOTE: THE BREAKUP OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN 1989, INNITIATED THE DRAMATIC RISE IN JEWISH IMMIGRATION TO ISRAEL, WHICH FOR SO LONG HAD BEEN MADE DIFFICULT BY THE COMMUNIST LEADERSHIP. NEARLY 1,000,000 RUSSIAN JEWS HAVE LEFT RUSSIA FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL FROM 1989 THROUGH 1999 LEAVING ONLY ABOUT 500,000 JEWS REMAINING INSIDE OF RUSSIA ISAIAH 43:6 I WILL SAY TO THE NORTH COUNTRY, "GIVE THEM UP" JEREMIAH 31:8 BEHOLD, I WILL BRING THEM FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY ( RUSSIA )
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