Счастливого Рождества из России (Happy Christmas from Russia)

Back in 2010 when I was living in Jerusalem, these posters got my attention which I saw in a few different places in Jerusalem, this is highly unusual, as I normally see only an occasional glimpse of Christmas paraphernalia in ordinary churches for visiting foreign Christians, or the Arab Christian community.

But these are advertising Christmas events to Russian speaking Jews that unlike conventional Jewish culture seem to celebrate Christmas.

The web link www.dagmara.co.il goes to a which appears to be a concert ticket site in Russian language.

Meanwhile in Russian speaking communities in Israel….

Christmas panto in Russian!

This is quite an unusual sight as Christmas is a non-event apart from Arab Christians and Armenian Christians who live here.

This was outside a shop in Agrippas Street in Jerusalem that sells newspapers, magazines and books in Russian.   Russian speaking people from ex-Soviet states make up at least 15% of the population here.

О нет, это не так!