The Cossacks weren't poor, now were they? Nope, that's not what they were.
Jews, in the Diaspora, before there even was a glimmer of hope that Israel would be theirs again, were not all wealthy; few were wealthy.
Jews have lived in America since colonial times. During that entire history, there have been wealthy Jews, middle class Jews, and poor Jews.
Are "THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION" still being sold as "fact" to you?
Are "THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION" still being sold as "fact" to you?==
It was falsified book. I do not beleive it. I know many jews personally. My aunt is jewish. SO my cousins are jewish too.
But I think that interethnical differences exist. And the problem will be there.
IMHO Jews in Russia has only 2 options: to assimilate compeletely and become russians (many did) or emigrate (many did). Or live under possibility interethnical trouble. Some continue because they make money in Russia.