Czech diaspora in Israel
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Yiddish, Czech, Hebrew, Czenglish | |
| Religion | |
| Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
In the 1940s and 1950s, 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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