HERE COMES THE MESSIAH! both satirizes Russian émigré life in Israel and explores the spiritual aspects of its multi-ethnic population. The novel is populated by characters struggling, sometimes hilariously, sometimes tragically, with the dangers and absurdities of life on the West Bank, in Jerusalem and in Tel Aviv, in the Israeli army, in Russian émigré cultural institutions and society. Dina Rubina is the best-selling author of two novels and numerous collections of short fiction.