‘The war is the last straw’: Secular Israelis fed up with politics and prices think about leaving
After years of stigma, one says, 'there’s no shame' in emigration anymore
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Israel News French Jews Feel Conflicted About Israel’s Call for Emigration
(JTA) — French Jews are feeling embattled. Arsonists have targeted their synagogues, terrorists have attacked their schools and shops, and with only a few exceptions, French society has not united behind them to stop the assaults and harassment. The solution, according to Israel’s prime minister, is simple: Move to Israel. “To all the Jews of…
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Fast Forward French Jews, Irked by Poor Economy and Anti-Semitism, Give Israel New Look
(Reuters) — When Daniel, a Jewish small business-owner, first raised the idea of leaving France eight years ago, parents and friends talked him out of taking the leap. Now, he says, even some of them are considering the move themselves. The 31-year-old plans to abandon his locksmith and window repair company based south of Paris…
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Fast Forward 74% of French Jews Consider Leaving Country
Nearly 75 percent of thousands of French Jews who participated in a recent survey said they are considering emigrating. The survey, whose results were released Monday by the Paris-based Siona organization of Sephardic French Jews, encompassed 3,833 respondents from the Jewish community of France, Siona said. Of the 74.2 percent of respondents who said they…
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Fast Forward 29% of European Jews Weigh Leaving Over Hatred — 48% in Hungary
Nearly a third of respondents to a survey on anti-Semitism in Europe said they “seriously considered emigrating” because of perceived anti-Semitism. In the survey among 5,847 Jews from nine European Union member states, 29 percent of all respondents said that they considered emigrating in recent years because they did “not feel safe” living in their…
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