How Do Russians Live In Israel? 🇷🇺

The 1990s post-Soviet "Aliyah" (immigration) began in the late 1980s when Mikhail Gorbachev opened the borders of the Soviet Union and allowed Jews to go and live in Israel. We visited Haifa - which also happens to be a city I spent many years in - in order to meet Russians and other immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.
If you are wondering how I came to know the Russian language - it's because having spent so much time in Haifa I developed a love for the Soviet people and their culture, and that persuaded me to learn the language to really understand them better. Since then, I've been fortunate enough to visit several Former Soviet Republics - Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Lithuania. I have documented some of these expeditions on my channel, so be sure to have a look if you'd like to see more Russian-spoken content.
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[@theSalukie]

*Director's note* Thought I would explain the joke I made at 11:51, because all good jokes need explaining 😆 "It was Ukrainian, but became Russian" is what I said. But the first half of the sentence is in Ukrainian, the second - in Russian. Anyway, she didn't get it and I also misheard her. Thanks for watching! Please consider supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thesalukie

[@carlwermar8161]

The woman seriously she did not look like she was from kaliningrad the place in europe she has shown. In my opinion she was from georgia or caucasus. Her face is like georgian or ossetian or any other iranian nation of the ex ussr.

[@carlwermar8161]

The woman seriously she did not look like she was from kaliningrad the place in europe she has shown. In my opinion she was from georgia or caucasus. Her face is like georgian or ossetian or any other iranian nation of the ex ussr.

[@shirleysak6844]

How do you know russian?

[@theSalukie]

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[@Y2HT4cb3]

@@carlwermar8161 you are wrong. she looks like a typical ashkenazi jewish.

[@clickthebaititsnotaclickba7270]

I feel like you're going to be the biggest Israeli youtuber in no time, keep it up bro

[@theSalukie]

I hope so! Thank you :)

[@JBugz777]

לגמרי

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

The Russian-speaking immigrants whose families came to Israel in the 1990s and after (some came as early as the 1970s, some even came earlier than that) are somewhat unique in their clinging to Russian. My mother's family came to Israel from Hungary, and I can barely speak Hungarian (my paternal grandfather was of Syrian-Jewish heritage and he spoke Arabic as a native tongue and my paternal grandmother spoke Arabic and Ladino natively and her family had lived in Israel for hundreds of years), but even my cousins who have two Hungarian-speaking parents who were born in Israel don't speak Hungarian. Same thing for all the Israelis from families that came from places like Romania, Germany, Yemen or Iraq. Very few of the Israeli-born generation can speak the languages their parents spoke even if both of their parents spoke it. Maybe to a lesser extent, the Persian Jews in Israel keep Persian, and I guess the Jews coming nowadays from France (whose parents or grandparents are from places like Algeria or Morocco or Tunisia) are educating their kids in French. But in earlier generations Israelis wanted to assimilate a lot more. I have kind of mixed feelings about this. I myself was raised in the USA by Israeli expat parents, so I am very happy that I retained Hebrew. And of course it's always a plus to know as many languages as possible for all kinds of reasons. But while I think Diaspora heritage languages like Yiddish, Ladino, Bukhori, Iraqi Jewish Arabic, etc. should be preserved, something rubs me the wrong way about how resolutely *Russian* the immigrants from the CIS are. I sense this somewhat xenophobic feeling in myself and I don't like this, because in the USA (where I live right now) I am always defending immigrants and their rights to speak their languages against those ignorant and intolerant people who scream *Speak English!* at them when they hear people speaking Chinese or Spanish. But the Zionist in me admires the ideal of the Israeli כור ההיתוך (melting pot) and I am very proud of our beautiful Hebrew language which we revived as a spoken tongue with great effort (and because I was raised and schooled in the USA, I write in it very poorly, something I am ashamed of despite the fact that I read it and speak a good colloquial Hebrew). So the Russian-speaking Israelis' (most of them are not even from Russia proper) persistent "Russianness" kind of smacks of separatism and it irks me despite myself. Anyway, I am glad I found your channel. I will try to watch more and comment less.

[@puzzled012]

doesn't refusal of Israelis from Hungary to teach their children Hungarian make sense to you? Hungarians did not part with Jews in friendly terms. on the other hand Russian Jews fought against nazis and friends (that included Hungarians) and after ww2 were not driven out of USSR but were actually prevented from leaving for a long time.

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

@@puzzled012 Yes, Hungarians were very anti-Semitic and collaborated with the Nazis, but one can say that although the Soviets fought against Fascism, anti-Semtism also runs very deep in Russia, Ukraine, etc. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, most Jews in the Russian Empire did not speak Russian as their main language in the 19th century (except for an assimilationist elite), it was used mostly to communicate with officials and with the Gentile neighbors but Yiddish was the main language for the Ashkenazic Jews and Bukhori, or Georgian or Tat was used with the Bukharian Jews, Georgian Jews and Kavkazi (Mountain) Jew in the Caucasus and Central Asia. In contrast, Hungarian Jewry despite anti-Semitism, very enthusiastically adopted the Hungarian language much earlier, and often Hungarian Jews were often very proud of their Hungarian language culture even after the Holocaust. In the case of my Israeli cousins who have two Hungarian-speaking parents, they at least can understand a lot of Hungarian, but they can barely speak it. But the next generation born in Israel didn't worry so much about marrying other Hungarian Jews in Israel (like my mother married a Sephardic/Mizrahi Jew), so they don't pass it on. I notice a tendency among Russian-speaking Israelis to marry among themselves more, I even notice this among Russian-speaking Jews in the USA, they want to keep the Russian culture alive, even the US-born generation wants to marry people who speak Russian, they send their kids to schools where Russian is taught, etc.

[@AdventureElliot]

Dude your documentary style videos are really informative, entertaining, and surprising relaxing. You got some real skills.. 👍🏻 time for 100k subs

[@theSalukie]

Thanks brother! Slowly slowly :)

[@wtv172]

Nice, You should make a video on moroccan jews or maghrebis in general since they're a big majority in Israel. All love to you from Morocco 🇲🇦❤️🇮🇱

[@SunniLeBoeuf]

Problem is most Moroccan Jews have been here for so long that most people won’t have much connection to the country anymore. Especially if they’re from mixed marriages. He’d mostly have to talk to old people to get more interesting answers I think.

[@yakov95000]

Russians and Morrocons Jews together are majoirty indeed...

[@fredperry9235]

@@SunniLeBoeuf A lot visit Morocco regularly actually

[@canaanite448]

@@SunniLeBoeuf قريبا رح يرجعو للمغرب فقابلهم انتا

[@roibendavid8234]

@@canaanite448 احنا هون وما نروح من بلادنا.

[@vinniepaz5537]

You never cease to amaze me. Your knowledge is immense and you know a lot for your years, hard to believe you're only 24.

[@theSalukie]

Wow, thank you so much

[@orororor100]

Most def one of the promising channels I have found recently. Love your content.

[@theSalukie]

I appreciate that, thank you :)

[@orororor100]

@@theSalukie Baduk ahi

[@TrueGold88]

Nice video as always!

[@theSalukie]

Thanks mate!

[@Kurzy123]

Dude your videos are fun and informative and provide a more authentic angle on every topic you touch. Also, your experience in Palestine got me biting my nails! I would've shit myself a dozen times just thinking about going through what you had gone through(as a fellow Israeli of course). Keep on doing what you do! also supporting you on Patreon because I believe what you're doing is important.

[@theSalukie]

Thank you very much, I really appreciate the support! It helped pay for the subtitles on this video for example (I don’t want to risk mistakes by translating it myself so I pay native speakers in languages other than Hebrew). Happy to hear you find such value in my videos. Lots more nail biting stuff to come 😆

[@jovianmaxian8870]

Can you make a series about the Armenians in Israel? I'm curious about how it is. Thanks & Great Channel 👏

[@theSalukie]

Thank you! Armenians don’t really have a certain place where they hang out for all I know

[@dee74raz]

@@theSalukie I thought Jerusalem has an Armenian quarter? 🧐

[@theSalukie]

@@dee74raz maybe, I really don’t know. Send some info my way if you have it

[@gergelyerdely]

@@theSalukie en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Quarter

[@theSalukie]

@@gergelyerdely cheers, I’ll check it out

[@paulajankauskas]

This was so interesting, me as a Eastern European myself your content sparks my interest and curiosity tremendously and there's not much people who really understand soviet history and much more links within, so thank you and love your videos!

[@theSalukie]

Awesome, thank you I appreciate the kind words

[@thestarseeker8196]

This is super interesting. Love learning about little pocket cultures and scenes in a country, lesser known stuff going on.

[@theSalukie]

Thanks mate, glad you liked it

[@somonalamshoev521]

Loving your channel man. Very good stuff) I'm from Tajikistan and have nothing to do with Judaism or Jewish people but somehow I'm watching your channel for a second day in a row) Also "Shurpa" is a central asian dish. You can find it almost in every restaurant in post-Soviet "Stans". Speaking of, I think it would be great if you visited central asian countries. I know that there was a big Jewish community in Bukhara in the past. Not sure if they are still there. I think you could find some interesting stuff there. Also this entire region is very cheap to travel. And the people are also very hospitable.

[@somonalamshoev521]

Bukhara is in Uzbekistan*

[@theSalukie]

Hey Somon, thanks so much for the kind words. I really want to visit the FSU -stans one day, it is the only region in the world I haven’t been besides Aus and NZ. I’ve got friends in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan whom I’m very keen to visit. Im currently in a totally different part of the world though. One day!

[@somonalamshoev521]

@@theSalukie Have fun brother, wherever you go. May Allah protect you!

[@dodomarek]

You’re doing a great job, man. Thanks! 👍

[@theSalukie]

I appreciate that!

[@Gladys971]

Great content. Thank you

[@theSalukie]

Glad you liked it, jagshemash!

[@nikokirilenko1718]

Awesome video Ido, I was born in Ukraine and you speak Russian better than me lol, well done Roni was a classmate, I think we have some mutual friends :)

[@theSalukie]

Roni is an absolute legend and a day one homie

[@bffg62]

Really enjoying your videos!

[@theSalukie]

Glad to hear it!

[@Noah-jx8qw]

Another great video! Your language skills are incredible

[@theSalukie]

Thank you 🙏

[@lrighttobewhite]

Hey! Your subscribers have gone up fast in the past few months. That's cool to see, mate! 😎👍🏻👌🏻 You deserve it......

[@theSalukie]

Thanks mate! We’ll take over KZbin slowly slowly 😉

[@realShikha885]

Day before Yesterday I was Checking about Iraqi Kurdistan on youtube and then One of your videos where you visit to Iraqi Kurdistan were recommended to me, I enjoyed that and I even Watched 2 3 other videos of yours, really very nice Content. You are really and Extraordinary person who Shows thay side of Israel and Palestine which any mass Media wouldn't show. Truly Inspiring. Peace.

[@theSalukie]

Hi Shikha! Thank you very much, I appreciate the kind words. Glad you’re enjoying the videos, too. Have a lovely day :)

[@loveandmercy9664]

That's the first one I saw. I traveled through the southern part of Turkey a fair bit which primarily Kurdish with a small Assyrian Christian community as well so I fell in love with the Kurdish and Syriac peoples. In Turkey its illegal to have a sign in Kurdish and only recently was speaking it legal. When I lived in Israel I remember signs in Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian as seen in this video. I remember my Israeli-Arab friends switching from Arabic to Hebrew with Jewish Israelis and then English to me. I love Israel. The Kurdish city of Diyarbakir is one of the most underrated cities in the world.

[@FlashinYoav]

Very interesting video Ido! Keep the good work miss you

[@theSalukie]

Thanks mate! Miss you too!

[@whitemailprivilege2830]

Another great video

[@theSalukie]

Thank you!

[@grumpyandthepug7753]

Not sure how I stumbled across your channel but glad I did. Great channel, well done. I am a British jew and I stayed in a kibbutz 20 years ago, I must admit I did not enjoy/make the most of my experience but watching your videos makes me want to visit Israel again, I have family there who I have never even met. Keep up the good work!

[@theSalukie]

Sure you should mate! Israel isn’t an easy place to be, people are struggling to get by but it’s definitely worth a visit

[@asafmalka3821]

of course your not gonna have fun. kibbutz is a very small community go to herzeliya pitoach

[@kazmaitalia8796]

This channel is “First Rate” and deserves at least 500,000 subscribers

[@theSalukie]

Thanks Kazma 🙏

[@_jmg14]

*1 million+

[@kazmaitalia8796]

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[@kazmaitalia8796]

@@_jmg14 In reality top level content like his may not got the notice it deserves by the many I idiots out there in KZbin . His bravery and willingness to go to places no other vlogger will even dare , makes him far beyond his peers I am proud of his work !!

[@theSalukie]

@@kazmaitalia8796 thank you, I’d love to!

[@RinatKeren]

Hairy and bankrupt

[@theSalukie]

If this was a bald and bankrupt video, he would just say “Soviet” for 17 minutes

[@sportac]

LOL LOL LOL :D .. it the opposite of the "bold and .. "something channel great comment

[@RinatKeren]

@@theSalukie look at that soviet sex master!

[@thestarseeker8196]

Now the Russian community in IR will soon meet a random bald English man who speaks fluent Russian

[@Gladys971]

Lol

[@loveandmercy9664]

Man! I am really digging your polyglot skills! I remember some of my Israeli friends complaining in my Kibbutz(Lotan) how a lot of the Russian community doesn't speak Hebrew.

[@theSalukie]

Thank you! Learning languages is a passion of mine :) It's true, some Israeli Russians don't speak Hebrew at all.

[@donnadejesu4445]

I find your videos so, so interesting. I lived in Israel for one year (1977) and went back for a month in 2018. Looking forward to going back, especially since watching this video as I am Ukrainian, born in New York City.

[@gabrielg9592]

Bro I'm really happy to see that your channel has been growing in views and subs and that you're getting the recognition you deserve! Good job man, keep it up and I'm sure you'll hit the 100k subs in no time!

[@theSalukie]

Thanks so much bro! I’m happy too, here to 100k 🍻

[@jhonsza4316]

cool video, subscribed

[@theSalukie]

Welcome aboard!!

[@muzz444]

Here before your channel becomes really famous 🤍

[@theSalukie]

Thank you I appreciate you ❤️

[@harleyandjustice7395]

love it my friends im from palestine and i respect you

[@theSalukie]

Much love 🇵🇸❤️

[@harleyandjustice7395]

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[@theSalukie]

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[@harleyandjustice7395]

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[@catalincumpanasu27]

Congratulations for the 12k my brother And nice video ❤️

[@theSalukie]

Thanks brother ❤️

[@catalincumpanasu27]

@@theSalukie happy Hanukkah 🕎

[@theSalukie]

@@catalincumpanasu27 thanks man :)

[@hector5203]

Muy bueno el vídeo! Enhorabuena! :)

[@theSalukie]

Gracias amigo ☺️

[@brendonbrendon3775]

great vid

[@RandomDave]

Time to sit back, relax and watch 👍

[@theSalukie]

👌👌👌

[@smouseemice26]

מצאתי את הערוץ שלך ב3 בלילה ולא יכולתי להפסיק לצפות. ממש שמח למצוא ערוץ שמראה איך החיים פה באמת, לא פחות ולא יותר. שמור על עצמך חבר ❤️

[@theSalukie]

תודה רבה חבר ❤️ לא כל התוכן מהארץ, מקווה שתאהב גם ביקורים במקומות אחרים

[@ron258258258]

How did you learn so many languages, particularly Russian and great video thank you !

[@theSalukie]

Hey! I explained in the description about my Russian. In general I learned languages out of the love of exploring other cultures and countries.

[@dr.foster8791]

Hey! I just discovered your channel and, I've binge watched all your videos. New subscriber here. Love from India ❤️

[@theSalukie]

Hey, thank you so much! Welcome to the channel

[@oiitzME1266]

the market owner has such a cool outlook on things

[@theSalukie]

The shop is a theatre - that was epic

[@peterreimer314]

🇷🇺❤️🇮🇱

[@theSalukie]

❤️❤️

[@dariadavay]

Wow this is like a new kind of Bald and Bankrupt: Former USSRians in Israel 🤯 Very good representation my dude, much luck with the channel, subscribed 🔥

[@theSalukie]

Cheers Daria welcome aboard :)

[@theSalukie]

Cheers Daria welcome aboard :)

[@arniegreenberg2719]

Next time in Haifa take us on a ride from the coast to the mountains on the new cable car.

[@JBugz777]

ממש מרגש אדון אולג הזה! 6:38

[@theSalukie]

מלך

[@HaSaluki]

Amazing! Always impressed by your language skills

[@theSalukie]

Thank you 🙏

[@dmitripress9853]

Like your KZbin channel. Especially about Jews in Latin America. Impressive how you speak on so many languages. great job body

[@Howl269]

Much love from italy brother!

[@theSalukie]

Much love ❤️ 🇮🇹

[@rubendagandan5975]

Wow! Im from Philippines and i was surprise i sow two Pilipino migrant worker in your video.. Salamat! and mabuhay!

[@theSalukie]

I was waiting for this comment :)

[@Web_Gems]

Hey. Amazing channel. I’m from the old city of Jerusalem and would be happy to take you around to some really cool places including a rooftop view of Temple Mount which not many people can get access too. Let me know if you’re interested!

[@theSalukie]

Hey , id love to! Not in Israel atm, but we can do it when I’m back

[@Web_Gems]

@@theSalukie alright. Keep me posted.

[@suzis5767]

Love the guy who runs the Russian food shop and thinks of his store as a theater. Totally relate to that idea.

[@empireiranpersian9875]

Love to israel 👍👍 Are you living bro in Haifa? Can you talk with persian Jewish?

[@theSalukie]

I used to live in Haifa. Now I’m travelling the world full time. I would recommend Corey Gil Shuster for Persian Jews :)

[@seiwarriors]

Honestly I lived in Haifa and was born in Israel although I moved to the UK when I was 7 and still live here so I know that many that is Russian go back and forth from Israel to Russia and backwards. I myself can speak Russian fluently too but not Hebrew since I forgot most of the language unfortunately.

[@Crucial288]

Great content, super informative - your desire to get real hands on experience with people is very inspiring. Give me a shout when you come to Cyprus :) נעשה טיול בכפרים

[@theSalukie]

תודה, מגניב! שמח שאתה אוהב

[@pablo-oq8is]

So Russian is like Spanish in America 🇺🇸

[@theSalukie]

Nice observation, yeah

[@kantravel5258]

Идо, Очень крутое видео!

[@theSalukie]

Спасибо большое ☺️

[@drhank33y]

Not only Haifa, there's a huge Russian speaking community in Nazareth too. Also, this is totally a video Bald and Bankrupt would make 😅

[@kuldeepthakur8358]

Wonderful people, got much inspired from you and israel

[@theSalukie]

Thank you!

[@amari6709]

Bro i love your content hhhh but this is shuk talpiot not shuk hacarmel lol i live near this

[@Bear_Arms]

WOW, the store owner moved from the USA to Israel. As a Russian American Jew myself, I can say that's a very unique case. Although now, some of the children and grandchildren of the people that came here in the 80s and 90s are making Aliyah. I have respect for the guy, I hope to make Aliyah one day soon too B"H. I agree with him, Israel is the only place for a Jew.

[@SantiagoGeffen]

Nice video bro. I would like you to make a video about Jewish olim from Latin America. I'm an Argentinian guy of German-Jewish descent and I know there is a notable community of Argentine Jews in Israel. Argentina is home to the largest Jewish community in Latin America.

[@naturewoodfb]

עכשיו פתחת פתח לעשות עוד סירטונים על שאר העליות שנעשו,תעשה את הסירטון הבא על האתיופים.

[@theSalukie]

ואו רעיון מעולה! פעם הבאה שאני בארץ חובה. רשמתי

[@RaTaN578]

Love your vlogs from india ❤️

[@theSalukie]

❤️

[@SionTJobbins]

This is really interesting fideo. Didn't realise Russian would be so strong 30 years after the big wave of people from the old USSR. But in a way, Israel was built by Russian Jews in the beginning of the 20C. Would be interesting to hear more people say how they compare Israel with Russia? Do they travel back to Russia/Ukraine etc and how it compares? Do they regret leaving USSR/Russia?

[@theSalukie]

I asked these questions in part 2 :) this Saturday

[@SionTJobbins]

@@theSalukie oooh, can't wait. I visited Haifa fod a day in 1988 (stayed at kibbutz Yagur). Unfortunately it was Shabbat and everywhere was closed - we went for a trip as kibbutzniks to the beach - so didn't really get a feel of the city. But this was just before the huge wave of Russophile aliyah. How did you learn Russian - 'off the streets' or/and lessons?

[@theSalukie]

@@SionTJobbins off the streets and off of KZbin videos and stuff like that. Never took any real lessons

[@SionTJobbins]

@@theSalukie impressive. Also shows Russian must be a big language in Haifa. Do you speak Arabic too (must be fairy 'easy' for a Hebrew speaker as it's closer to Hebrew than Russian)? Is there still a big Arab community in Haifa? I know there was in the 1980s.

[@theSalukie]

@@SionTJobbins It's not that big of a language, you sort of have to seek it out. Same with the Arabs. Most people just stay in their groups, I just happened to be in a boarding school with a lot of Russians so I developed a love for their culture. I speak some pretty weak Arabic, as demonstrated in the video "Inside Palestine’s MOST DANGEROUS Hood". I learned from working with lots of Arabic speakers when delivering pizzas for Dominos.

[@user-lb5wl1ym4l]

Exquisite

[@theSalukie]

Thank you!

[@saturnalia2567]

It's an ugly city. outside of some areas on the Carmel and the Bahai Gardens, it's a dirty overcrowded place, with terrible infrastructure, the same as most Israeli cities. The German colony was nice once, but the people who live there now are rather primitive, many buildings in a state of disrepair. In fact, the German Templers and perhaps some of the early Zionist settlements built the only architecture of any worth in Israel apart from a few streets in Jerusalem. Had the German Templers colonized the whole of Haifa and remained or if the Israelis had emulated their ways it would have been a rather pleasant place today.

[@Rezl]

וואו אחלה סרטון לא ידעתי שככה אפשר לדבר רוסית בחיפה תמשיכו ככה!

[@theSalukie]

תודה רבה!

[@thawdani]

please visit Batyam, esp for the russians, i love the content

[@theSalukie]

thank you! Im not in the area anymore but next time tho!

[@thawdani]

@@theSalukie awesome, and you absolutely must cover natanya for the french vewiers

[@theSalukie]

@@thawdani I’ve gotta work on my French first!

[@emieelreegis4505]

how many language you speak ?

[@theSalukie]

About 6

[@emieelreegis4505]

wow you can get amazing job with this @@theSalukie

[@n7eet]

Shurpa is just soup in Arabic.... You should say " What Shurpa" , Harira, lent, Mashroom, vegetables, tomato, adas etc etc...

[@theSalukie]

My bad. I’m sorry, I don’t know everything lol

[@Dumpy332]

شوربا shorba שורבא It is Persian word meaning salty stew. It is user in Turkic languages as çorba. It is also used in my native language Urdu.

[@adrianatopic5103]

Your Videos are great! Is there an serbian community in Israel or from the wholeEx Yu? It will be nice to see how they adjust in Israel.

[@theSalukie]

Thank you, and good question! I don't think there is, never met an Ex Yugoslavian in Israel

[@adrianatopic5103]

I find view reportages on youtube now:), there are some. And some football players , too. Keep doing good work! ✌🏼

[@Eivless]

Shuk ha-Carmel or Talpiot?

[@theSalukie]

Whoops maybe you’re right lol

[@sidimightbe3246]

That old guy in a way got his wish, at least 40,000 people saw him ☺️

[@Mrbla-eg5xq]

0:00 in the 70's too

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

You pointed out the haredi gent and said "Not Russian," but davka I know Russian-speaking ultra-Orthodox haredim, some Chabadnikim, some "Lit'aim", almost all hozerim bi teshuva, people who found religion or their parents did. So maybe he was "Russian," but he looked like another kind of hassidic Jew, so probably not.

[@theSalukie]

Yeah I know of that. Met a few Lithuanian and Chabad Hardei Russians over the years. This guy didn't look like one of them, and I know which hardeis live in that area of Haifa. Anyway, it's not met to be that deep we were just fooling around

[@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272]

@@theSalukie Sorry, I am a nit-picker.. sometimes. I will try to comment less and watch more. Glad I found your channel, I will spread the word. Much success!

[@theSalukie]

@@guywhousesapseudonymonyout4272 no haha feel free to comment as much as you please. Thanks for the support ❤️

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

איך אתה יודע רוסית כל כך טוב? אני מת לדעת שוטף. לומד כבר הרבה זמן כשפה שלישית אבל הדקדוק לא קל. אני בכלל מזרחי. וגם האנגלית שלך ממש טובה. האנגלית שלי גם טובה אבל בארץ אין לי סיבות לדבר ואז יוצא שאני חלוד.

[@theSalukie]

תשחרר את הדקדוק, לא רלוונטי. תלמד כמה שיותר אוצר מילים. הדקדוק הרוסי הנדסה גנטית. פשוט תדבר ויבינו אותך. האנגלית שלי חזקה יותר מהעברית, אני קורא באנגלית וכל הזמן מחפש לשפר אותה. גרתי 6 שנים במדינות דוברות אנגלית.

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

@@theSalukie תודה 🙏🙏

[@alisacaney4338]

Your friend looks good

[@judyberman5344]

👍

[@aaronmass6543]

Ronnie looks like he's half Jewish most likely very blonde mother. Kind of looks like Brad Pitt.

[@disforia1]

שמע אחי אתה bald and bankrupt הישראלי, הקונטנט שלך ענק! כל הכבוד

[@timfrench9545]

Love this channel! I want to go to Israel!

[@theSalukie]

Thank you, come visit ! :)

[@denisovic4049]

Malodez achi 👍🏻

[@theSalukie]

Спасибо ☺️

[@1q1q1q981]

Love Haifa

[@theSalukie]

Me too

[@Jewish_Israeli_Zionist]

הערוץ הזה ממכר! באמת כל הכבוד! כל אחד בישראל מכיר רק את ה"שבט" שלו. חשוב להכיר את יתר ה"שבטים". ערוץ חשוב

[@theSalukie]

תודה רבה, מעריך את זה :)

[@georgyzhukov6409]

are you ashkenazi?

[@theSalukie]

Half, why?

[@georgyzhukov6409]

@@theSalukie just curious. keep up the good work

[@theSalukie]

@@georgyzhukov6409 thank you!

[@emilaslan8452]

The restaurant owner is Bukhari rather than a Caucasus/Mountain Jew, I think, judging from the dishes.

[@theSalukie]

Could be. The place did say Uzbek cuisine as well

[@emilaslan8452]

@@theSalukie the funny thing is that around 12:40 the owner says "I'm real Uzbek Caucasian" hehe.

[@nothingness4884]

The law of "return"

[@jshanks8365]

You ARE handsome

[@theSalukie]

Haha thanks

[@fonsekabolero2025]

what ethnic of russian jew? tartar? khazar? volga.? bcoz the king of russian was christian Russ.. and jew must be from other ethnics

[@leahflower9924]

I think the tsar was German

[@itsytyt5192]

The russian jews in this vidoe looks in genaral like suthern European bisde the guy that was with you

[@erectilereptile7383]

That’s because Ashkenazi are genetically half European

[@idontspeakminecraft1475]

Every city in Israel have a big Russian coumminty with shops and Russian food it’s part of Israel culture already

[@theSalukie]

Yes, but especially in Haifa

[@ozgurluklibregoruklebursa3933]

Can u make some video about peace between muslim and jews ✌️ please for peace 💫 u are good Man

[@stephenlewis7770]

Most people on both sides want peace. The more they talk to each other the more they see they are the same. It's the politicians who are the problem.

[@MrMAXZ888]

"Настоящий узбекский Кавказ" made this entire video😁

[@saeedkhodajoo2351]

My Lovely Compatriots, God bless and protect you. Actually, It doesn't matter which country you have chosen to live in and what's your opinion about anything or anyone but It Does matter that you're Russian and wherever you are, You're sentenced to be loved, defended and protected 🙂🌹. I Wish for My God if I was there to do my duties. God bless and protect you ☦️🌹. 🌹❤️🌹🇷🇺🇮🇱❤️🌹❤️

[@carlwermar8161]

The woman seriously she did not look like she was from kaliningrad the place in europe she has shown. In my opinion she was from georgia or caucasus. Her face is like georgian or ossetian or any other iranian nation of the ex ussr.

[@theSalukie]

That’s why I asked if she’s from the Caucuses. But you never now, she might be mixed and have been born there.

[@carlwermar8161]

@@theSalukie she has a typical georgian face and i think she lied to you. First she told you she is from the european part of russia aka from kaliningrad which is impossible because she would look like an esthonian or lithuanian if she was from there. Then she told you she was from crimea symferopol which is impossible cause she would have looked either greek or russian if she was from there (there s a lot of greeks living in crimea since antiquity when it was called tauris and then it was part of greek byzantine empire as greekgothic kingdom of theodoro..then the turks came circa 1500ad invaded it and named it crimean the goths disappeared the greeks and the slavs stayed till today). So she was lying.

[@theSalukie]

@@carlwermar8161 she didn’t lie to me about Simferopol, i misheard her. As I said, she might just have Georgian roots for example and be born in there for example. Many times I’ve seen cases like that. Anyway, why am I protecting a stranger I’ll probably never see again lol

[@maxmichelson3313]

Is Roni Jewish?

[@theSalukie]

Yea

[@patel136]

I wonder if Russian criminals shake the market store owners down for protection

[@goldynatanael9128]

next on the series: how do filipinos live in israel lol

[@gaetanmicallef2135]

Я - Мальтец и говорю по-русски

[@jakovshamilov4193]

brother very good and funny haha. I am jewish living in Germany.

[@theSalukie]

Cheers mate thank you!

[@Catire92]

Из Дагестана

[@deepprakashverma1540]

0:28 How to become Jewish? I mean from what you said, it made me feel like any person from any race who becomes jew can get a free pass to Israel. No VISA needed

[@theSalukie]

Yeah but it's not an easy process to become Jewish. Here you go: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_to_Judaism

[@Channel-ml4qv]

Being a Jew is an ethnicity and religious group (although it’s more like a nation than religions group), hence why there are many atheist Jews. Theres not a lit of converts but the majority of people who do convert, do so because of marriage.

[@saudisinaudis]

Shulpa sounds a bit like shorba which many afghan and persians eat

[@user-gl4qw6ow4b]

רוסים יש הרבה ובכל מקום... גם בירושלים תמיד היו הרבה רוסים, לא יודע יחסית לערים אחרות אבל יש בשפע...