Czech diaspora in Israel
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Czechs in Israel
| image =
File:Gal Gadot by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg |Gal Gadot
File:Chacham Tzvi.tif |Tzvi Ashkenazi
File:Gerty Theresa Cori.jpg |Gerty Cori
| population = Czech-born residents
50,220 (2001 Census)
90,000 (2009 ONS estimate)
| popplace = Jerusalem, Gush Dan and either places from Israel, especially Kfar Masaryk
| langs = Yiddish, Czech, Hebrew, Czenglish
| rels = Judaism
| related = {{hlist|Ashkenazi Jews|Slovak Jews|Czech people}}
}}
The Czechs in Israel are people who have emigrated from the Czech lands, mostly from the former Czechoslovakia, as well as their descendants. Czechs in Israel are predominantly Ashkenazi Jews who made aliyah during the 20th century.
History
In 1968, Israel relaxed immigration for refugees from Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, both Jewish and non-Jewish. Interfaith families and couples were granted the same rights and responsibilities as other immigrants.{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/1968/09/04/archive/israel-opens-gates-to-czechs-allon-explains-new-immigration-functions |title=Israel Opens Gates to Czechs; Allon Explains New Immigration Functions |date=4 September 1968 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |accessdate=2020-09-03}}
The Czech-Israeli journalist Ruth Bondy has written a book exploring the lives of Czech-born Jews in Israel. Bondy has written that Czech Jews in Israel have developed a reputation for being "square" and law-abiding.{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium-the-forgotten-culture-of-czech-jewry-1.5322163 |title=Dreaming of Dumplings in the Camps: The Forgotten Culture of Czech Jewry |publisher=Haaretz |accessdate=2020-09-03}}
In the 1940s and 1950s, Jewish immigrants from Czechoslovakia, many of them survivors of The Holocaust, took part in founding twenty communities in Israel.
Notable people
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:
Cuisine
The "Little Prague" restaurant chain in Israel serves traditional Czech cuisine.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Arts-and-Culture/Dining-drink-at-Little-Prague |title=Dining: ...drink at Little Prague |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |accessdate=2020-09-03}}
==See also==
{{Portal|Czech Republic|Israel}}