--- Jesse Lemisch <utopia1 at attglobal.net> wrote:
> These figures are quite startling. They are indeed
> voting with their feet,
> in a way that has to have an impact in Israel and
> even possibly on their
> politics (though I can't be optimistic about this).
> Is there any work,
> beyond Doug's observations, concerning the emigres'
> reasons for leaving,
> politics here, etc.?
>
> Jesse
I don't have any figures to back this up, but I think you may in part be seeing the effects of the Russian economic boom. I suspect that if you looked at the people emigrating, large numbers of them would be Russian Jews repatriating.
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