Czech diaspora in Israel
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| Total population | |||||
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(Czech-born residents 50,220 (2001 Census) 90,000 (2009 ONS estimate)) | |||||
| Regions with significant populations | |||||
| Jerusalem, Gush Dan and either places from Israel, especially Kfar Masaryk. | |||||
| Languages | |||||
| Yidish, Czech Language, Hebrew, Czenglish | |||||
| Religion | |||||
| Judaism. | |||||
| Related ethnic groups | |||||
| Czech people • White Other | |||||
In the 1940's and 1950's, Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia - many of them survivors of the Holocaust - took part in founding no less than twenty communities in Israel, including
- Be'erot Yitzhak
- Be'erotayim
- Bnaya
- Ein Ayala
- Ge'a
- HaOgen
- Heftziba
- Kerem Maharal.
- Kfar HaMaccabi
- Kfar Masaryk
- Lehavot Haviva
- Ma'anit
- Ma'ayan Tzvi
- Masu'ot Yitzhak
- Mazor
- Mishmar Ayalon
- Neot Mordechai
- Nir Yisrael
- Sarid
- Sha'ar HaGolan
In addition, a considerable number of people of Czech and Slovak origin settled in existing Israeli towns and cities.
Israeli people of Czech descent include:
- Yosef Alon
- Edna Arbel
- Tuvia Beeri
- David Flusser
- Gal Gadot
- Esther Hoffe
- Gil Lavi
- Hezi Leskali
- Gideon Levy
- Leo Perutz
See also
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