mmmm....let me think
i reallly dont know any stores in Richmond, i didnt even know about the Russian one... but i think there are more and more israelis in Vancouver lately. You will see a lot in the spring summer for the cruise to Alaska. The reason that i moved was that my brother moved here two years after we moved to Vancouver and i had 3 years left to finish highschool. At that point we didnt like Vancouver cause there was nothing that reminded us of home (like in new york there are book stores, newspaper, people and such...) so i didnt feel like we fit in i guess. For my parents it was either going back to israel or trying it here. For me it was Toronto or here. I got accepted to UofT and Colleges here so i decided that i would go here since i got a lot of family here (uncles grandparents,parents and my brother was already here). I like the beauty of vancouver but not the people, thats my personal opinion. I think they are to square if you know what i mean.