Israel: Report says financial crisis driving up immigration

March 20, 2009

The financial crisis has 'drastically' increased Western Jews' interest in immigrating to Israel, several immigration advocacy groups said this week. It is not clear whether the additional inquiries will translate into actual immigrants, the groups emphasized, yet they are bracing themselves for unprecedented numbers of new arrivals this summer. However, these predictions meet a measure of academic skepticism.

'Literally all over the world, we have registered a significantly higher interest,' said Noga Maliniak, the director of the Jewish Agency's aliyah division. 'Some of our offices received double the amount of inquiries.' Nefesh B'Nefesh, which assists British and North American immigrants, expressed similar experiences. During the period from September 1 until December 31, 2008 - the first four months of the crisis - NBN's call center recorded 2,947 inquires, while during the same period in 2007 only 1,398 people called, an increase of 111 percent. Downloads of immigration applications more than doubled from 300 in February 2008 to 750 last month.

'We won't be able to tell whether this dramatic surge in interest will translate into real numbers of immigrants before July or August, when people actually arrive,' said Danny Oberman, NBN's executive vice president of Israeli operations. 'It is difficult to make an exact prediction, but there will definitely be a huge increase in aliyah.'

Ha'aretz (Israel)

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	Israel: Report says financial crisis driving up immigration March 20, 2009 The financial crisis has 'drastically' increased Western Jews' interest in immigrating to Israel, several immigration advocacy groups said this week. It is not clear whether the additional inquiries will translate into actual immigrants, the groups emphasized, yet they are bracing themselves for unprecedented numbers of new arrivals this summer. However, these predictions meet a measure of academic skepticism. 'Literally all over the world, we have registered a significantly higher interest,' said Noga Maliniak, the director of the Jewish Agency's aliyah division. 'Some of our offices received double the amount of inquiries.' Nefesh B'Nefesh, which assists British and North American immigrants, expressed similar experiences. 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