Germany concerned by plans to urge aliyah among its Russian Jews

From Haaretz, 03/09/2007, by Anshel Pfeffer:

Berlin is deeply concerned over plans to expand the operations of Nativ, the Israeli government agency responsible for promoting aliyah among Jews in the former Soviet Union, to the Russian-speaking Jewish community in Germany.

...According to German figures, 206,000 Jews immigrated to Germany from the former Soviet Union between 1991 and 2006, most of who remained in Germany....

...All German governments since the end of World War Two have publicly supported the resurrection of Jewish life in Germany, although for some 40 years after the war only tens of thousands of Jews remained in Germany. Berlin politicians therefore view the arrival of Jews from the former Soviet Union as a one-time opportunity to breathe new life into the German Jewish community....

..... "We are constantly trying to give the Russian Jews the feeling that they are wanted here, not as guests but as permanent residents .... These are the only immigrants we want," said a German official. "They allow us to realize our dream of rehabilitating the glorious local Jewish community." ....