English transcript

Then we have, I believe, we have to break the

monopoly of the Orthodox rabbinate on marriage

and funerals and whatever and definition of

who is Jew. And accept, open in a sophisticated,

subtle manner, open the gates for massive conversion

into Judaism. A successful country, many will

apply. At the beginning without, maybe you cannot

make it a precondition, but under the social

pressure and the need, especially of the second

generation to adapt, it will happen. And we

can control the quality much more effectively

than our ancestors or the kind of founding fathers

of Israel could did with the waves that it was

a kind of salvation wave from North Africa,

from the Arabs or from wherever. They took whatever

came, just to save people. Now we can be selective.

And, um, I think that with much more, much more

open kind of mind about turning Jew... Jew...

We could easily absorb another million. I used

to tell Putin always, say, what we need is not

just one more million. It changed Israel in

a dramatic, dramatic manner. The million Russians.

And, um, I think that many will prefer just

to be Belorussian or there many young, handsome

girls will come, tall, thin.