These Ukrainian Jews who prefer to settle in Germany rather than in Israel

“While much of the world’s Jews have their eyes on the next big wave of emigration to Israel from Ukraine, one key aspect goes almost unnoticed: the growing number of Ukrainian Jewish refugees who decide to flee in Germany, or even to settle there permanently”, writes Judy Maltz in the Israeli daily Ha’Aretz.

In mid-March, some 3,500 Ukrainians who had arrived in Germany and defined themselves as Jews would have started the administrative procedures to obtain German citizenship. Berlin Jewish Community President Gideon Joffe explains:

“By comparison, since the outbreak of the war, almost as many Ukrainian Jews have immigrated to Israel, according to Israel’s Aliyah and Absorption Ministry.”

Some 200,000 Ukrainians are eligible for immi