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Aliyah up but no sign of exodus from Europe

January 13, 2017 13:02
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Simon Rocker,

Simon Rocker

2 min read

Jewish emigration from western Europe is at historically unprecedented levels in the wake of growing disquiet about antisemitism but there is no evidence an exodusis taking place, according to an in-depth study of aliyah trends.

Despite the recent increase in movement of Jews to Israel from France, Belgium and Italy, it has came nowhere near the levels of mass migration before the Second World War and from the former Soviet Union a quarter of a century ago.

In contrast to the French experience, aliyah from the UK since the early 2000s has “generally remained unremarkable”, the report said.

The survey by the UK-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) focused on six countries, which also include Germany and Sweden, containing around 70 per cent of the European Jewish population.