ALIYAH AFFAIRS: Many who have immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union since the Russian war with Ukraine have encountered a bittersweet experience.
85% of Orthodox adults said that they attended full-time Jewish day schools for at least one year, as opposed to 31% of Conservative-affiliated Jews and 14% of Reform-affiliated Jews.
Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said that “we are losing large parts of the Jewish people,” as a result of the small percentage of Jews who send their children to Jewish day schools